World War II

RAF Ferry Command Mail

During the Second World War, supplying Britain with new aircraft built in North America was a significant logistical challenge for the Allies. This presentation explains the development of the RAF Ferry Command which eventually flew these aircraft to where they were needed. Not long after its formation, a semi-formal system of using these ferried aircraft […]

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Canada’s Alphabet Forces in World War II

During the Second World War, Canadian military units were deployed as defensive forces to a number of locations around the world. Most were somewhat removed from the main theatres of conflict. This presentation by Hal Kellett describes the postal history of these “Alphabet Forces” and shows examples of mail to and from Canadians serving overseas.

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Malaysian Postal History During The Second World War

This extensive exhibit by David Foreman (more than 80 scanned pages) examines the postal history of the mails to and from the Straits Settlements, Malaya and British Borneo during the Second World War. It includes details of the postal system after the Japanese invasion of the British colonies. David Foreman (1934 – 2017) was an

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Mining for Mines?

In the 2019 fourth quarter issue of Topics, the journal of BNAPS, I read the article “Classified Mail” by Bill Pekonen. In the article he lists eight different classifications that were used during WWII to indicate how secret the correspondence was. The third classification was Confidential. Having read the classifications, I remembered that I had

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Cover From China to New Hampshire in 1941

Sent via California but Censored in Vancouver Gray Scrimgeour brought this cover to Muffin Break a few months ago. Here is a registered cover from Shanghai (mailed October 10, 1941) mailed to New Hampshire. It was carried possibly by an American President liner to San Pedro, California (December 27, 1941) and sent to Vancouver, Canada

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