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MILITA-RY CENSORS"H IP H ANDST AMPS
or T:H £ CANAJ)IAN NAVY.
Foster - ~-RCNC 1.

This censol:'ship hands-tamp is the general type is.sued to
ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, being worded, u.rrorn H.M.C.
sbip'w in mix.ed setif -type on the :first line. The secohd

and third lines colwlprise the words, ''PASSED/EY CE:NSOR" in
heavy sans serif type, 4 t 1\lm high, and at the b ot-lorn of' the

handstamp appear ihe words, "Signature" and "]ate 11 in tnixed
sans serif ~ype. The wording is enclosed in a single line
frame, 46 mm x 37 mm and the handstamp has only been seen
st.ruck in red.

A5 in the case o£ all ~he genera1 censorship markings of
bot.h the Royal Nav-y and the Royal Canadian Navy it is, o:fte:n

difficult to de-termine -bhe area :frotn which the cover was
sent, but it i8 known -that ships o:f the Royal Canadian Navy
did serve on the 'qJ"amaica" station during the Second World

'IJar .
EKD1 2}/10/1941 I.KD: