Thur 19 Aug 2021

Zoom 7pm - (Military Stationery)

Another open meeting for our August Zoom meeting - anything from your collection, once again hosted by Nick Colley.  For this meeting we had 19 attendees.

RAF WW2 & Postal Stationery: from Ian Muchall a display of RAF stationary and associated items including Air Mail Letter Cards from British and East African military post offices 1942-45; Indian Air Letters, including the blue triangle issue and an Xmas Air Letter from 1945; Postagram envelopes, registered official paid envelopes (RAF Form 2001) with headings of either On His or Her Majesty’s Service; and a Forces Air Letter in 1970 from Majunga. 

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RAF WW2 & Postal Stationery HOT

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From Ian Muchall a display of RAF stationary and associated items used by the RAF, both WW2 and after, including Airgraphs, illustrated Air Letters, redirection labels and the Postgram service. 

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 09:39

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Wartime Stationery Reused Covers: a display by Jim Mackay of both WW2 and later reused wartime stationery items, including economy labels to re-use envelopes, and a variety of other labels connected with War Savings, Patriotic items, the Merchant Navy and charity labels mainly used on civilian mail, as well as overprinted green honour envelopes, as well as envelopes made out of maps. 

Wartime Stationery & Reused Covers

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A display by Jim Mackay of both WW2 and later reused and stationery items, including War Savings, Patriotic items, the Merchant Navy and overprinted Active Service envelopes. 

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 09:39

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Canadian Mail: John Cranmer, who collects material with a Canadian connection, showed V-Mail from a Canadian (RCAF) serviceman in the Middle East who sent it through the post instead of having it photographed.

Military Telegraphs and Stationery: a 10 sheet display from Michael Dobbs, including a range of telegraphs and message forms starting with a Message Form from the Sudan Military Telegraphs in 1898, a WW1 Naval Signal form and a 1937 Message Form, a DRLS cover and various certificates of acceptance for the Courier Service (numbered in the FF Form series). 

Military Telegraphs & Stationery

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A 10 sheet display from Michael Dobbs, including a range of both telegraphs, signals, DRLS covers, certificates of acceptance for the Courier Services and message forms.

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 09:39

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Royal Navy Stationery WW2: a short display by Nick Colley showing items including the 1^st Submarine Flotilla, H.M.I.S. Hamla, the Fleet Mail Office at Port Tewfik (an HMS registered letter receipt on form S.579b) and the Greek Navy; this included the use of OHMS labels and envelopes.

Royal Navy Stationery WW2

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A short display by Nick Colley showing items including the 1^st Submarine Flotilla, H.M.I.S. Hamla, the Fleet Mail Office at Port Tewfik and the Greek Navy.

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 09:39

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Army Post Offices and Unit Cachets WW1: this was an introduction to a research project by Chris Grimshaw into WW1 APO/FPOs and military cachets.  He showed a selection of covers including from units such as the Royal Garrison Artillery, Remount Depots, Infantry Base Depots, Royal Marine Artillery Workshops and a Prisoner of War Company.

Army Post Offices and Unit Cachets WW1 HOT

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An initial display by Chris Grimshaw of WW1 Unit cachets, including Royal Garrison Artillery, Remount Depots, Infantry Base Depot’s, the RMA Workshops and a Prisoner of War Company.

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 09:39

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