Couple Interesting C25s

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Recently acquired:
Naval cancel with "TOJO IS A BUM, HITLER A HEEL

Apparent Imperf, most likely a trimmed Booklet single. MNH But looks pretty good!

I"m with most likely. That's why you need pairs.

The "Tojo - Hitler" cancellation appears to be an official U.S. Post Office cancel which is interesting. The "imperf" is most likely not official in any way, however, but it's very nicely done. See if you can find an entire sheet of them! That'll keep you busy.

Not "most likely". Totally. Stamp was issued from 1941-1944. If genuine imperforate examples actually existed they would be known long before now.

The 3-bar handstamps were particularly receptive to messages:


And very common with philatelic ship covers before WWII:

Turns out the TOJO-HITLER cancel was an unauthorized Military cancel. In a Mar 1943 letter, it was specifically called out as a violation of standards.

The cancel appeared from Wellington, New Zealand.

It would be appreciated to have the reference for this information. Thanks.

I'm not very good with this. My desktop is obsolete, I'm on an IPAD.

Here goes. http://militaryphs.org. Bulletin SPR 2007 page14


I'm probably the last person on earth without a cell phone too.

Below is an image of the source cited for this being an unauthorized military cancel. I seem to recall Ken Lawrence once indicating something of the sort, that after the war started, the Department of Defense prohibited these kinds of slogans with the 3 killer bar cancels. In my Victory, VT exhibit I have one or more Linto covers that I know are backdated, and have bogus cancels of this nature. This is the first I have seen of actual documentation relating to the wartime prohibition of this practice. It is specific to the Navy Department, but my recollection is that most of these 3 bar cancels with slogans were Navy ship cancels, so that makes some sense.

Here's the document:

Bogus Navy ship cancels on Linto covers:

Interesting, First time I have ever seen this