Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Encyclopedia
This is a survey of the postage stamp
s and postal history
of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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s on stamps of the Falkland Islands
for use in South Georgia when it was part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
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Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
s and postal history
Postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...
of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
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First stamps
The first stamps specifically for South Georgia were issued in 1944 and consisted of overprintOverprint
An overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a postage stamp or banknote after it has been printed. Post offices most often use overprints for internal administrative purposes such as accounting but they are also employed in public mail...
s on stamps of the Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
for use in South Georgia when it was part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement for administering the British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985.-Background:...
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1963 onwards
From 17 July 1963 South Georgia had its own stamps again, simply marked South Georgia.See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland IslandsPostage stamps and postal history of the Falkland IslandsThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands.-Early mails:Early mail service depended on occasional calls by ships connecting to the Brazil packet via Montevideo; the earliest recorded letter dates from 28 January 1827...
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands DependenciesPostage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands DependenciesThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands Dependencies .-First stamps:The first stamps specifically for the Falkland Islands Dependencies were issued in 1944 and consisted of overprints on stamps of the Falkland Islands for the FID territories of Graham Land,...
Further reading
- Grant, B.S.H. The Postage Stamps of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1952.