George VI International Mail
Canada
War Period
(POST 10)

1. Letters

a) To April 30, 1939

The prepaid rate of postage for letters to Canada was 1 1/2d. for the first ounce and 1d. for each additional ounce.


Invergordon to Toronto,January 25, 1940
1 1/2d. Imperial surface letter rate



Aldershot to Regina, April 2, 1940
Regina repair label, April 18, 1940


b) From May 1, 1940

The prepaid rate of postage for letters to Canada was increased to 2 1/2d. for the first ounce and 1d. for each additional ounce.


Ardossan to Tillsonburg, November 3, 1941
British Sailors' Society (Scottish Branch) economy label
2 1/2d. Imperial surface letter rate



London to Montreal, May 20, 1941
Canadian National Railways corner card




Witney Mills to Vancouver, June 23, 1941
2 1/2d. surface letter rate



London to Montreal, December 12, 1941
B.B. Vos & Son Ltd., 2 1/2d. stationery



Birmingham to Hamilton, November 17, 1942
Rotary correspondence



London to Windsor, August 20, 1943
3 1/2d. paying the 2 ounce rate (2 1/2d. for the first ounce and 1d. for the next ounce)



Huddersfield to Sherbrooke, January 3, 1945
G & J. Hirst & Sons, Limited (G. & /J.H.) perfin


Re-mailed


Golders Green to Beaconsfield, England, June 13, 1941
2 1/2d. inland letter rate

Re-mailed to Toronto, June 16, 1941
2 1/2d. postage affixed and cancelled at Beaconsfield



Dundee to Vancouver, December 3, 1940
2 1/2d. surface letter rate

Re-mailed from Vancouver to New Jersey, January 3, 1941
3 cents surface letter rate to the United States


2. Postcards

a) To April 30, 1940

The prepaid post card rate to Canada was 1d.


Aldershot to Picton, January 5, 1940
1 d. surface letter rate

A post card from a Canadian serviceman in the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment to his dentist. According to the writer, "teeth working O.K."


b) From May 1, 1940

The prepaid post card rate to Canada was increased to 2d.



Harrow to Toronto, May 4, 1940
2d. post card rate
Shortpaid 1/2d. and taxed 10 centimes by British post office
The Canadian tax was 2 cents



Chisledown to Listowel, December 28, 1940
2d. post card rate



Peterborough to Swastika, May 21, 1942
Octagonal censor handstamp



Peterborough to Kingston, Februaary 21, 1944
2d. post card rate


3. Registration

The registration fee was 3d. to be prepaid in addition to the postage.


London to Halifax, June 26, 1942
2 1/2d. surface letter rate + 3d. registration fee



Burntwood to Leamington, November 13, 1943
2 1/2d. surface letter rate + 3d. registration fee


4. Express Delivery

Express delivery service to Canada was not available.


5. Air Mail Service

Air mail service was available to Canada on payment of special postage rates.

North Atlantic Air Service

The rate was 1/3d. for each 1/2 ounce.



Nottingham to Kincardine, April 8, 1940
1/3d. air mail rate
S. Bourne & Co. Limited (S B / C) perfin



Glasgow to M/V Montrolite, c/o Imperial Oil Co., Toronto, May 12, 1940
1/3d. air mail rate

Returned By Censor
"POSTAGE REFUNDED" handstamp applied across the stamps

On February 4, 1942, the M/V Montrolite was torpedoed by U109, northeast of Bermuda. Montrolite had been travelling alone from Venezuela and was carrying a cargo of crude oil. There were twenty survivors and twenty-eight killed. A freighter rescued the survivors and landed them at Halifax on February 20, 1942.



Wolverhampton to New Toronto, March 27, 1941
"Atlantic Air Service"
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co. (G/T/C) perfin



Letter mailed from West Mount, Quebec, to London, August 20, 1940
30 cents air mail rate to Great Britain
The envelope was re-used for reply and mailed on August 27, 1940
1/3d. air mail letter rate to Canada



London to Toronto, December 2, 1943
2/6d. paying the 1 ounce rate + 3d. registration fee
Sent by the Canadian Red Cross Society:






Notting Hill to Hamilton, December 2, 1944
1/3d. air mail rate + 3d. registration fee


6. Printed Papers

The prepaid rate was 1/2d. for every 2 ounces.



London Foreign Section undated cancellation to Toronto
1/2d. printed papers rate
Montreal Customs Duty Free cancellation, December 10, 1941






London to Norwich, November 1939
1/2d. printed papers rate
W & G Foyle Ltd. stationery


Norwich receiver November 17, 1939



Denham Studios, Uxbridge to Toronto, December 18, 1940
1/2 d. printed papers rate - overpaid 1/2d.

The inland printed papers rate was increased to 1d. for each two ounces on May 1, 1940. The foreign rates, however, remained at 1/2d.




Leslie Howard