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Do not know what you are looking for but here some info about the 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron
Why the stamp of Edinburgh Castle? I do not know.
As far as I know they were stationed on Thorney Island.
A question to you...
Why that blue cross on the enveloppe?
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I have no idea why there would be a £2 Edinburgh Castle stamp on this PC as the unit was based at Thorney Island in Sussex which is on the south coast on the English Channel, or La Manche, if you you are a Quebecian.
The blue cross was put on registered post, probably so the postman knew to get a signature. Nowadays it is all done by barcode, which means that I never have to sign for registered post, especially if it's from overseas.
But £2 does seem a lot to pay for registered post. Today it would cost £2.06 for UK post or £6.41 to Canada so maybe not.
Don't you just love a mystery?
Best of luck.
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The cover looks contrived, firstly no address then a stamp that has a parcel postmark that does not extend to the envelope.
Someone playing games?
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You could be right there, the postmark does not venture past the perfs. It could have been taken from another item. Mind, you have better eyesight than me, I couldn't tell it was a parcel cancellation. I just thought it may have been a none too elegant CTO.
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Back in the days before barcodes, when you took an ordinary packet or envelope to the post office for registered post the postmaster/mistress would put on a blue cross with a thick blue pencil. Unless you had an arrangement with a friendly postmaster/mistress they wouldn't have bothered to carefully place the vertical line to the right of the write-up without impinging on the address portion and the same with the horizontal. Customer service wasn't invented then. And if it was intended as a registered item where is the Registered Number sticker?
I think you're right Sheepshank, some silly bugger is having a laugh.
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"Back in the days before barcodes, when you took an ordinary packet or envelope to the post office for registered post the postmaster/mistress would put on a blue cross with a thick blue pencil. Unless you had an arrangement with a friendly postmaster/mistress they wouldn't have bothered to carefully place the vertical line to the right of the write-up without impinging on the address portion and the same with the horizontal. Customer service wasn't invented then. And if it was intended as a registered item where is the Registered Number sticker?"
Oke, just like the Germans did in WW2.
See my posts in the Europe -> Germany section. (You like them or you do not like them, Karl Hennig enveloppes.)
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Would like to receive information on this strange cover with a used GB Castle stamp?
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Do not know what you are looking for but here some info about the 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron
Why the stamp of Edinburgh Castle? I do not know.
As far as I know they were stationed on Thorney Island.
A question to you...
Why that blue cross on the enveloppe?
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re: ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
I have no idea why there would be a £2 Edinburgh Castle stamp on this PC as the unit was based at Thorney Island in Sussex which is on the south coast on the English Channel, or La Manche, if you you are a Quebecian.
The blue cross was put on registered post, probably so the postman knew to get a signature. Nowadays it is all done by barcode, which means that I never have to sign for registered post, especially if it's from overseas.
But £2 does seem a lot to pay for registered post. Today it would cost £2.06 for UK post or £6.41 to Canada so maybe not.
Don't you just love a mystery?
Best of luck.
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re: ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
The cover looks contrived, firstly no address then a stamp that has a parcel postmark that does not extend to the envelope.
Someone playing games?
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re: ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
You could be right there, the postmark does not venture past the perfs. It could have been taken from another item. Mind, you have better eyesight than me, I couldn't tell it was a parcel cancellation. I just thought it may have been a none too elegant CTO.
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re: ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
Back in the days before barcodes, when you took an ordinary packet or envelope to the post office for registered post the postmaster/mistress would put on a blue cross with a thick blue pencil. Unless you had an arrangement with a friendly postmaster/mistress they wouldn't have bothered to carefully place the vertical line to the right of the write-up without impinging on the address portion and the same with the horizontal. Customer service wasn't invented then. And if it was intended as a registered item where is the Registered Number sticker?
I think you're right Sheepshank, some silly bugger is having a laugh.
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re: ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
"Back in the days before barcodes, when you took an ordinary packet or envelope to the post office for registered post the postmaster/mistress would put on a blue cross with a thick blue pencil. Unless you had an arrangement with a friendly postmaster/mistress they wouldn't have bothered to carefully place the vertical line to the right of the write-up without impinging on the address portion and the same with the horizontal. Customer service wasn't invented then. And if it was intended as a registered item where is the Registered Number sticker?"
Oke, just like the Germans did in WW2.
See my posts in the Europe -> Germany section. (You like them or you do not like them, Karl Hennig enveloppes.)
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