SCF's Shown Ymca WWI Soldier's Use Covers, Now A Mailing Tag From Army Ymca No. 149 W/WWI Parcel Tax

Apparently some YMCAs (one?) supplied mailing tags to soldiers. Unlike the letter logos, here periods boldly separated the letters Y.M.C.A.

Camp Gordon (Georgia) saw the arrival of the first new recruits (inductees) in the first half of September 1917. The last inducted arrivals came December 31, 1918. It was also an officer training school (until February 1919) as well as a demobilization center into 1919.

The WWI Parcel Tax started December 1, 1917 and ended December 31, 1921. One cent per the first 25 cent in postage and once cent for each 25 cents or fraction thereafter.

While undated, this not over 14 lb zone 4 parcel was mailed on or after December 1, 1917 and by December 31, 1918 or shortly thereafter since the sender did not have a rank yet to include in his return address, meaning he was an inductee.

The documentary tax stamps were to be dated and initialed in manuscript, not postally cancelled.

One sees a lot of 1917 documentary stamps with parcel post cancels off cover. I would assume that the clerks were often too busy to be bothered with manuscript cancels, since they already had the canceler in hand.

Everything applied at the same time, no doubt?

Per rule, it was not the PO Clerk's job but the responsibility of the sender to manuscript cancel the war tax documentaries.

Now I have seen them:

Manuscript canceled (with variations on initials and date)
PO Round dated
PO City only cancel
PO mute cancelled
Company round date revenue cancel
Company straight line cancel
Company cut cancel per a revenue document
Company punch cancelled per a revenue document
Uncancelled in any manner
Perhaps one or two others but none come to mind at the moment.
Normal stamps, cancelled for the tax
Normal stamps manuscript cancelled (initials and date)

Would the YMCA have filled this out for the sender? Seems like it, as the sender is unlikely to write his name twice?

According to Hoyle, who should have canceled the revs?

For just the revenue, the sender or person who presented the item for mailing. The post offices ordered the revenue stamps just like any other stamp the office sold and sold them to the public for paying the parcel tax.