Weird Slogan Cancels Category

I've posted this one before, but it may be the first step toward getting people NOT to use the mail but rather telephone instead!



Now here's a curious thing that I'd like to query our SCF members about: The above cancellation from Australia in 1937 clearly shows the word "INSTAL" with one "L";

Yet I found this example on-line of a 1938 cancellation from Australia that uses a similar slogan cancel but shows the word "INSTALL" with two "L's":



Why?

I have a catlogue of West Australian slogans wt1,
I'll have a bo-peep in there and report back.

Nope, not employed in Western Australia

It's a Victorian thing, not surprising

One for Aussie Al,

"Stop Licking, start franking" meter slogan.

I spell install with two L's here in Canada, and I believe it is an English way of spelling it, so probably the same throughout the Commonwealth. The one L might be a mistake or perhaps either way was / is used.

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there are two spellings, with and without the second L. The original meaning seems to have come from



Webster, I think, worked on shortening the English words to an easier to use spelling.

I suppose it depends on where you learned your letters, which one you consider to be correct.

Also, from Merriam-Webster is this link suggesting that "Instal" (with one "l") is a British variant of "Install" (with two "l's"). Just curious why in 1937 the one usage was acceptable and in 1938 they changed it.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instal

If it wasn't so late of a usage and if it were a US example, I'd say it might have originated back to the Simplified Spelling Board. What a mess it would be if the English language (in the US, anyway) ever adopted such changes. For anyone not familiar with that part of US history, here's a synopsis of what was planned, but (thankfully) never adopted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpli...elling_Board

Here's an Irish example that I had posted earlier, showing an update in accepted spelling from "shew" to "show".

https://goscf.com/t/8589#78122

And I'm sure Chas could show us some examples of the precancels marked both Pittsburg and Pittsburgh.

Ryan

District 9. That was a different movie alright. Far better than "Plan 9 From Outer Space" <G>

Chimo

Bujutsu

Just found my copy of "Aliens must report their addresses during January". I thought everyone from outer-space just "Phoned Home".

I LOVE that cancel, Partime!

I seen one once that had a stamp of the Queen and a slogan about alcoholism..It didn't last too long needless to say! I wish I could remember where I seen that one!

I haven't seen a tipsy queen slogan, but I have a cheesy one:

Only a Partial, but "Sales Abroad Make Jobs at Home". I wonder how our Politicians would argue over this one today?