La Posta January 2002 43
Figure 3 Back
side of picture post
card from Hickson,
N.D. June 21,
1907. Addressed to
Box 76, Kindred,
N.D. Barrie, N.D.
Doane, dated June
22, 1907, Transit
Postmark.
Usages were on Routes 1, 2, and 3 both for delivery
RFD network at the time. Without knowing the vari-
on the route and for delivery out of state.
ous RFD routes, we could only guess. We felt of course
that the human error factor should always be consid-
Figure 3 shows the postcard from Hickson to Kindred
ered. If this was the case, there would usually have
but with a Barrie transit postmark. We felt that this
been a “Missent to . . .” auxiliary marking, but Barrie
finding was bizarre to say the least. Kindred is virtu-
probably didn’t have one. Thus, an RFD carrier is our
ally halfway between Hickson and Barrie. The post-
best theory.
card obviously did not go by rail. Perhaps it can be
explained by the fact that Kindred had an active
An unusual World war II Censor Mark
(concluded from page 41)
A guess on my part is maybe this Lieutenant was a
FOR SALE
prolific letter writer and didn’t want to be bothered
OR DONATION
rubber stamping over and over and perhaps also be-
ing the censoring officer he had a supply of envelopes
Complete run of La Posta, Vols. 1-30
printed with the censor mark but without his return
(vols. 1 and 2 are facsimiles), best
address on them and passed them out to other mem-
th
bers of the 40 Fighter Squadron to use and then he offer by an individual or justification
just had to sign his name when censoring mail.
by a library or museum with strong
subject matter interest why I should
This is strictly conjecture on my part and perhaps the
donate it to them. Contact
reporting of other covers by collectors can help pro-
vide the explanation for this printed censor mark.
Daniel Y. MeschterAs I headed home with my prize I thought, “the coffee
will taste extra good tonight.”
9116 Wimbledon Drive, NE
___________________________________________
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Note: After viewing a copy of this cover, WW II cover
collector and postal historian Stan Jersey theorizes that
this Lieutenant probably had the envelopes printed
while on leave in Australia and posted this particular
cover while there.
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