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CANADIAN ARKY POSTMARKS
APPLIED IN "JAMAICA.
During the Second World War the Canadian Forces sta-tioned

in damaica made use of the ]ritish Army's Postal Service and
there are -thus no Canadian Army postmarks in respect o£ mail
.from the island.

Afier ihis war the Canadian Army used ~amaica as one of
the areas in which to carry out -training, especially in
jungle warfare. To date, three such training exercises

have been recorded wbere on each occasioh the Can~eian Army
i *s own Field Post O:ffi ce unit present.

It appears that -the same unit went to J""amaica each -time,
Field Post Office ?003, but the ~ormat of the dater was
varied ~or each exercise. All the strikes are recorded

in black, and the dates o:t usa.ge given the periods :for
which the particular exercise lasted, and not necessarily
the recorded dates of' usage. A.s in. tne case of other

daters, the initials of -the particular army or unit have
been allocated, these daters bein.g designated M-CA..

Foster - M-CA 1 .
This is the general type of dater issued to all Canadian
Field Post Offices, comprising a single circle, 2} mm in

diattteter. It is worded, "CfPO - 5003" around the top in
sans serif type,. 4 mm high. Within this wording: is a
·hme code expressed as "AM 11 or "PM" and on -the following

line the day and monih in one line, the month bei ng shown
in Roman numerals; there is no year plug.
This dater was used during the £irst o~ the Canadian

Army's exercises, whicb took place in the Cockpit Coun-try
of 'J"arnaica, as did the subsequent exercises. Named "Nimrod

Caper'', the ~xercise was under the command of' Lieutenant
Gener al W.A .lL Anderson, his mobile command comprising the
1st Royal Canadian Regiment of London, On-berio; and units of