Interesting Cancels From Around The World: What Are They?

(1) Malaya 1941:



(2) London - 'F.S. ENG':



(3) Wellington NZ - 'F.M.B.' - was this a special wartime cancel of some kind?

Total guesses, is number 2 "Foreign Service England"? and number 3 "Foreign Mail Boat"?
Someone else will know for sure!

Top, possible FPO Field Post Office (Malaya)

2nd is FS Foreign Service, but I don't recognise the CDS
possibly from newspaper wrapper, but 1d ?

Hi jimjamtwo

When I lived in New Zealand FMB was meant to be First Mail Boat, ie, first available service by boat. But I could be wrong.
Regards
Horamakhet

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

What about this one? What's a location in Barbados ending in 'CY'?

I was able to establish that there's a parish called Saint Lucy in Barbados. That seems the only possibility.

Yes. St. LUCY

Here is my copy, faint but recognisable.

We have another option, perhaps, "Foreign Mail Box" ?
this auction description would suggest Auckland to UK
by air would discount any sea consideration?...comments?

1931 (13NO) Christmas Airmail NZ-UK (via Auckland) Cat #58b with 3d,4d & 7d Airs tied by smudged Auckland FMB cds. Has the Airmail Boxed Air Cachet on back. Cover is slightly aged (1)

BTW...are you curious as to what is written under the FPO Malayan stamp?
can you see anything from the back side of the envelope piece?



"FMB" does not exist in the Ask Phil database.

rod222, I'll look at the Malaya cancel again when I can remember where I put it after I scanned it.

In the meantime, here's another interesting one. It's from a location in Montreal, which would seem to be 'John's Gate Bridge.' However, I can find no evidence of such a location (or bridge by that name) in Montreal. There's a Lion's Gate Bridge, but on the cancel it is clearly an 'H" not an 'O' before the 'N.' What's more, this bridge did not even open until 1938 or 1939, whereas this cancel seems to date from 1934. So are there any other possible constructions of 'hn's Gate Br.'?



BTW the only locations called (St.) John's Gate Bridge that I can find anywhere in the world are both in Ireland!

(1) from Malaya is an Indian Army Forces Post Office cancel. There's a book, by a Brigadier Virk, which would identify the location of the FPO at the time. Of course, there were a large number of Indian troops in Malaya at the outbreak of the war.

Edit: The relatively high face value ($2) suggests this stamp was probably used on an airmail letter from one of the British officers with the Indian Army on a letter back home - or on a parcel from an Indian serviceman back to India.

Thanks, tonymacg!

In Quebec city:
The Artillery Park
Located near St. John Gate, in the very heart of Old Québec, this site bears witness to over 250 years of history. Today, you can discover one by one its unique buildings and other installations that reflect the military and industrial history of Québec.

St. John's Gate, Quebec city:


Part of the old fortifications. So touristy I would think a post office or even a military post office would be nearby somehwere.

Oops, gor so happy that I had found a St Johns Gate somewhere French that I forgot the Montreal part.

Could this be a railway RPO cancel? Or military installation?

Could the BR?? mean Brigade or something other than Bridge?

Is it a postal cancel at all I begin to wonder? It is larger than most postal cancels.

Could it be Quebec - Montreal something?