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MILITARY CENSORS~IP HA~STAMPS
OP THE CANADIAN ARMY.

M - CAC 4·

The fourth of the censorship handstamps was the one

which replaced the ''Y" Force nandsmps, and consis-ted of
a ~ick single circle 21 ~ diameter surMounted by a Crown.
The ha.nclstamp bears -the ~ords ''CANADIAN ARMY" in san serif

ca.pi~als 2 ~m high the words being separated by dots.
There is a central censor number in type ? mm high.

This handstamp has been divided into -two sub-groups,
in ~he same way as M-CAC 2, depending on Unit user and it
would appear that perhaps only one censor number was

allocated to each battalion or regiment. This ~oint is
•ade because in ihe case of the Vancouver Regiment that
Regiment's handstamp appears to have been handed over to the

relief "Regimen-b. The subsequen-t cla1;es of usage o£ this
handstamp covers ~he ~e1ievingUni~, making two handstamps
I
£or -the .BrocKville lUf'les.

Typa (i).
The sub-group under ~ype (i) comprises Censor ~umber

;16 i~ Blue belonging to ~he Irish Fu~iliers o~ Canada
The Vancouver "Regiment. 1-t is assumed -tha-t this numbered
bandstamp was allocated -to that Unit on a regimental basis

ta be used irrespective of where the "Regimen-t was s-tation~d.

:BKD: ?/~/1944.. LKD: l/4/1944·

Type (ii).
Within -this su'b-group are -the band stamps used by -the
last Canadian Uni~ to be stationed in the island during ~he

Secona World War, The Brockville Rifles. As tnen·Honed
above, however, ii would appear that on being relieved ~e

Vancouver Regiment 'tnust have handed "their hands-tamp over -to