Correspondence

Prisoners of war in Germany were permitted to send just two letter forms like this per month. This South African airmen used one of his to write to a friend who worked with the Canadian Red Cross Society.

One of the many humorous postcards of the First World War, this one provided a recipe for defeating Imperial Germany.

The stamp features grain elevators, but the special cover pays tribute to the navy.

This cover refers to the song popularized by Vera Lynn that became an immediate hit in September 1939.

George Parker, a barber who enlisted in the CEF in September 1915, writes to his wife about his work procuring food for the officers' mess of his unit.

This postcard, showing the British lion mastering the German eagle, was a generic design - the word "Canadians" could be replaced with the name of another nationality or unit.

This patriotic cover, with the warship and crossed ensigns, honoured the Royal Canadian navy.

One of the many commemorative covers honouring the Canadian effort during the Second World War.

A soldier from Nova Scotia describes a brigade training march, involving 6000 men in a formation three miles long.

This postcard was manufactured in England, probably not long before the 135th Battalion, raised in and around London, Ontario, was broken up for reinforcements.