Philatelic & Non Philatelic Items

In my collection of Canadian military history books, I have found some identical photos that are actually on postcards. For me it is interesting because the books themselves have nothing to do with philately, or postcards.

I have a book on Little Norway in Canada and also noticed that there is a photo of a flying squadron of Norwegians that I also have on a postcard.

Another book is about the history of the Royal Canadian Navy and I was lucky again because I have a postcard that is the same exact image as the dust cover.

I hope this isn't too off topic but I found them interesting and thought I would show them in here.

BTW - I believe that the "Black-out" cancellation on the postcard of the flying squadron is from Vancouver, B.C.

Chimo

Bujutsu

The photos are credited to the Director of Public Information. They were official government releases, so they no doubt showed up in a hundred other places as well.

wow....

definitely interesting, though a tangent as you mention.

in the days before photoshop, its uncanny how similar the photos look--but yet they are not the same: the one at top, as plane #101 missing and instead #1. Seems like the same flight though, because the coast below is so similar. almost like it was a reel of photos taken in 1944, and of the many images developed--a few went to the book and some went to be postcards.

cool

Not sure what you mean tommy. Each photo that I see has a plane numbered 101. Indeed all planes that I can see have a three digit identifier.

The more distant and larger planes in the first photo are probaly hidden by the stamp in the second or removed by a lower top margin.

Nonetheless, an interesting piece of aviation and naval history. I mean, who would know if the pilots in the first photo are Norwegian, French, Danish, Polish or whatever???

Bujutsu: if I'm not mistaken the Norwegians trained at a few airfields in southern Ontario. One of them, Emsdale, is near you. Mention is made of it here on Stamp Community Forum (see link below). Exiting stage left patting myself on the back I remain... Cynical.

https://goscf.com/t/28193&SearchTerms=tca

The photo appears to have been cropped, so the angle appears slightly different.

Actually, they were also in Gravenhurst as well as Toronto area. Gravenhust airport, where they trained is only 7 miles South of me on Hwy #11

I have a couple of "Little Norway" covers but, both of them were when they were located in Toronto. I am still searching for a cover while they were here in Muskoka.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Regarding the flying squadron photo, they are identical. The stamp was placed over another plane from the photo.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Bujutsu: thought you might be interested in this BNA Topics item from my files that relates to a Little Norway, Ontario cancel/cover and the stamp issue that Norway produced to honour the pilot training program.

Thanks for this Cynical.

All information gratefully received

While we are on the topic of Little Norway, here is a cover I got only about 2 weeks ago from one of our local club members.

Chimo

Bujutsu