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Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46

DEPENDENCY OVERPRINTS
POST WAR COMMONWEALTH MAIL

1946 Cover at 1d Commonwealth rate to Norfolk, SG5 datestamp, 4 FEB 1946
Taken in March 1946, day unknown, by tanker Empire Norse bound for Buenos Aires with 4 bags of mail

1946 Whaling mail at 1d Commonwealth rate to Shetland; SG5 datestamp, 29 OCT 1946
Taken next day by Salvesen’s tanker/transporter Southern Opal bound for Aruba with 3 bags of mail
The SG overprinted issue was withdrawn from sale on 2 February 1946 but not invalidated until 1 July 1964
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