1941 WWII Aid To The Brits Label

Found this in a 25 cent "junk" box, 1941 British American Ambulance Corps on the back of a censored 1941 Nova Scotia cover to the U.S.

Great scan Fred, looks like you got the hang of it.

I suppose it was censored in Canada before it was sent off to the States, nice item.

Yeppp.. if you need any tech help just give me a call

OK I will.

I see you added the front now. The postmark has August 11, 1941 so before Pearl Harbour.
I wonder if mail was still censored to the US from Canada after the Americans became Allies?

Nice civilian cover Fred

This is also my area too.

Covers to and from Canada were censored, though not always, throughout the entire war even after Pearl Harbor. The main concern was mail falling to enemy hands and the powers that be at the time made it their job to make sure that no pertinent war time information was the content of any given letter.

The label used on the back of your cover is quite interesting and and by itself would be a desireable addition to any cinderella collection, let alone on cover.

Interesting to say the least.

Chimo

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There were probably a number of coastal submarine monitoring stations in Nova Scotia in WWII.

Smauggie and All

Yes, there were a number of these stations throughout WW2 on both the West and East coasts. It is now a known fact that some German submarines did get part way up the St.Lawrence River. Also have heard reports where subs also could see the lights of New York City etc.

Parts of the Western coast were shelled by Japanese subs and ships too but this was not reported because the authorities did not want to spread panic among the population.

One could go on and on with this topic because it is so large and very interesting

Chimo

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