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Postal History of South Shetlands, 1913 - 1931
EMPIRE REGISTERED MAIL, 3oz RATES

1930 Empire Registered 3oz rate, 1d x 3 + 3d, tied by SS.2, JA 24 30 to Scotland
Registered at Stanley Post Office with (Stanley) label type 6B
AIRMAIL

1930 Cover to California, sent at 2½d UPU rate by sea to New York and onward by airmail internally at US 5c rate
Dual franking and source datestamp, SS.2, DE 16 30, usage authorised under US - Empire agreement
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The South Shetlands Post Office closed at the end of the 1930 - 31 whaling season,
abandoned and dormant until February 1944 when it was re-established under Operation Tabarin

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