Australia : Postal History.

Form 920
May 1943

Application form for War Savings Bonds:

I love postal history documents. At first blush, it would be challenging, without knowing ahead of time, to tell that this document came from Australia (and not, say, the United States). After close examination, I found some wording that would definitely not appear in a document from the US. It is a refrence to "Treasury Department Circular No. 530." We do not refer to our laws as "circulars." Thanks for sharing, Rod.

Yep, smauggie, the only time you see these sorts of things are in
stamp exhibits.

The thing that makes me want to rainbow sneeze,
is the word DEFENSE! What the!
Most unAustralian.

Rodney, I doubt this was from Australia - unless it was anticipating decimalisation by something over 20 years ... Canadian perhaps?

Rod the money options are in dollars mate
we had pounds,shillings or pence

They are, they are
Holy Mackerel what was I ever thinking?

So what are they, Canadian?

Canadian/Newfoundland would be my guess, from the spelling 'Defense' and the use of the middle initials in the names - 'Mary A. Jones' etc.

The Australian Government had War Savings Certificates (rather than Bonds).

Examples can be found in this link (which Rodney should remember):

http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/in...-savings.pdf

Thanks 22c, yes I recall that,
and the long discussion on the Spitfire / Boulton-Paul Defiant.
Thanks.

1914 KG5



The Boulton-Paul Defiant, often referred to as the "Spitfire"