South Africa, Scott 200, ½p deep blue green Warthog block on 1958 Marion Island business size FDC, special 24 III 1958 cancel ties stamp and repeated along side, couple of very faint tone spots, no cachet, unsealed flap.
Marion Island, one of the loneliest outposts of the Commonwealth is located 1,000 miles south of Cape Town. It was discovered in 1772 by Marion DeFresne. Its population is only the meteorological staff of the South African Weather Bureau with observations being made for the International Geophysical Year.* This cover is cancelled on the First Day of Usage on Marion Island's temporary Postal Agency.
*As of 1958.
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