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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Stamps issued: 1985-PRESENT

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30p Map of Shackleton's Route single

Two groups of islands in the extreme south Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia is about 875 miles east southeast of the Falkland Islands and about 1,000 miles equidistant from Cape Horn and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The even more remote and southerly South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited. The last remaining component of the Falkland Islands Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands assumed its new title in 1985 and issued stamps beginning the following year.

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SOUTH GEORGIA
Stamps issued: 1963-1979

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2p Sperm Whale single

An island in the South Atlantic Ocean. In 1962, when neighboring areas were detached from the Falkland Islands to become the British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia remained a Falklands' dependency.

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SOUTH GEORGIA
Stamps issued: 1944

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Overprint on 6p stamp of Falkland Islands single

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