WWI era Canadian Postal Corps Title

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You are viewing the scans for a brass title for the Canadian Postal Corps uniform. Part of the collection shown in the WII KC era Canadian Postal Corps badge grouping (just copy and paste the italiced writing into the search engine on the left to view the whole collection ...

Most likely these were made during the WWII era. This organization got its start as a military unit, and operated as such, with efficiency and pride of service. ("Nor rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail, will stop us from our appointed rounds.")

The Queen added the prestigious "Royal" designation to their name in 1961, but less than a decade later, thanks to the socialist leanings of the Liberals and Trudeau I, as well as disruptive unions, the postal service lost its military nature, and became the commercial organization it is today, eventually being privatized to a great degree, again by Liberals, until it was unrecognizable when compared to the prestigious corps that it was originally. Established 3 May 1911 as The Canadian Postal Corps disbanded some time before the unification of The Canadian Forces in 1968.

Interestingly it also got a lot more expensive too. Remember the 5 cent stamps with the Queen Elizabeth head of the '60's. It now costs a staggering $1.02 to mail a letter. If we compare car prices from that time; under the same inflationary results, a $3000 Chevy car in 1965 would cost 25 times more or over $90,000 today,.amost twice what they are currently worth...