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MILITARY CENSORSH!:F HANDSTAMPS
OF THE CAHAl>JAN ARMY.
M - CAC 4·

Type (11) ..

~e Brockville 'Rifles, ·as covers from the la-tier 'Regiment

are re~orded censored wi~b this handstamp. These are
known struck in a variety of Blue inks which vary frG~
Pale Blue to ~eep Blue ana also in Qreyish ~lue to Violet

Blue. The "'16'' hands;;amp was used by The :Brockville
Rifles fro~ Augusi, 1944, uniil ~eeember, ~944.
This Regiment also had a second handstamp, ~umber 32?,

which it is assume<l woula have been -the official censor
bands-tsmp all ocaied -to the. 'Regiment. This la-lier

handsta.p is rare, only ~wo examples having been recorded
to date., and bo-th are .struck in ~raenish Blue ink. Their
usage is recorded between the 6th Sep~ember, 1944, and the

6~h December, 1944· ~e da~es given below cover ihe
usage of both bmdsiamps.

EKD: 15/B/194t. J.I<D: 6/12/ 19-#·