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Trying to find out what kind of cancels are on these O.H.M.S. Scott OC6a stamps...Not familiar with these. Robert  |
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I read about thes a while ago, but cannot remember where. I think they were used in ww2 on military mail. The place being blanked out for security reasons. Unless someone comes on and corrects me, I will try to find where I read it. |
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Robert,
went through Boggs thick reference book and he has lots of Postmarks......could not find a double circle with date inside like yours......even in WWII military cancels.
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| Edited by Renden - 05/11/2018 3:17 pm |
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You are great dynamode - thanks - link saved !! Boggs ddid not mention a word about this  René |
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| Edited by Renden - 05/11/2018 3:43 pm |
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WW II Censorship Blackout Cancellations Quote:In 1941, the Canadian Department of National Defence requested that the Canada Post Office delete all local date stamps on letters arriving from H.M.C. Ships. It subsequently requested that Merchant Marine, Canadian Army, and RCAF mail be treated in a similar manner. Starting in December, 1942, Canada Post Office removed the town names from cancellers used in port cities and designated military areas. Although introduced to censor military mail, these "blackout" cancellers were used on both military and civilian mail. These cancels I have are from Vancouver B.C.  WOW thanks dynamode
Rene I wonder why Boggs would not have it in their book.. |
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| Edited by wert - 05/11/2018 5:18 pm |
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Robert,
1st Copyright of Bogg's book: 1945
2nd Copyright......1974
So, like the Publisher said "long out of print, W Bogg's masterly work on Canada etc "
I do not blame the author who did write during the 2nd WW and was not certainly aware of this request by our National Dept. of Defence......No internet at the time !!
There is a bunch of "annotations" at the end of the 2nd printing but nothing on "Postmarks od WWII"
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Glad to be of help. A while ago I found these 2 GVI stamps, and could not understand the blank cancels. Poor strikes, but the same explanation as your stamps. I wonder if other countries did the same.   |
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dynamode..I have approx. 9,000 - 10,000 of those stamps..Now I have to re look at the...yikes.
Robert
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wert.
There is a link on the blogspot to an article by Ron Leith, in the July-August 1995 issue of The Canadian Philatelist. Its quite detailed and well worth a read. They were also used in WW1. These cancels were considered rare back then. Could make an interesting collection trying to find all the different ones. You already have a head start |
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I always found it hilarious that as a WW II security measure blackout cancels were used....but quite clearly the government did not request - or order - commercial enterprises and non government organizations to remove their names and return addresses from their mail. So the point of the exercise was lost for a very large chunk of daily mails. |
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The airmail cancels are Type 1 and the SC254 and SC257 stamps are Type 2 cancels. |
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So the point of the exercise was lost CanadaStamp..You have to remember back then even Japanese people were interned..Security was at its highest..I can understand why this type of canceled were used..Makes sense to me. Robert |
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Hi, Just picked up this example. 4 cents, correct rate to USA. Nothing to identify the location at the time. (Back is blank) Hand stamped instead of Machine cancellation. Have a good weekend! Hornet  |
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Very nice cover Hornet
Hey, you can mail it to me...haha
Very nice.
Robert
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