Question of the Hour

[vonGarvin]

You cheated muffin (Yeah, as if I have never googled for an answer)


Cheers and thanks for posting the images of those stamps.


Garvin out.

 

[redleafjumper]

Actually Muffin, while those are nice stamps, they are not the ones issued in World War 2.  These are recent ones and do not even reflect the earlier designs.  The stamps I asked for are the ones actually issued by Canada during the war, in several different denominations.

Please try again.

 

[villecour]

There were 14 stamps issued in 1942 to promote the war effort, these are:

one cent, George VI in Naval uniform,
two cents, George VI in Army uniform,
three cents, George VI in Air Force uniform,
three cents, same as above but with a different color,
four cents, grain elevators,
four cents, George VI in Army uniform,
five cents, George VI in Navy uniform,
eight cents, farm scenes,
ten cents, Parliament buildings,
thirteen cents, Ram Tank,
fourteen cents, Ram tank,
twenty cents, Corvette launching,
fifty cents, munition factory,
One dollar, Destroyer,

These are nice stamps,

 

[Danjanou]

Muffin, how could someone make stamps during the Second World War with the dates 1939-45 on them? It's all about the details ;D

 

[geo]

Muffin, how could someone make stamps during the Second World War with the dates 1939-45 on them? It's all about the details ;D

Very good planning>?

 

[Cloud Cover]

A $1 stamp in ww2? That would have been a rare stamp indeed.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Whose likeness or image was on a dollar bill issued by the government of Canada* in the 3rd year of the Great War, and whose likeness or image was on a Canadian* dollar bill in the 3rd year of WW2?

In contrast, whose likeness or image was likely to be found on the bills issued by commercial banks during the time period above, until 1944

*edited: "Dominion of Canada"

 

[redleafjumper]

Villecour, that's a good answer on the stamps.  Likeness on money issued in the third year of the Great War?

Let's see... King George V on the dollar in the third year of the Great War, and the dollar in 3rd year of WW2, King George VI.

Commercial Bank notes - I'm guessing but I think that the image was Britannia.

 

[villecour]

Whiskey 601, the WW2 one dollar stamp might be unusual for its time but there were Dollars valued stamps in Canada much earlier. The Vicoria Jubilee  of 1897 saw the issue a set of stamps including: one, two, three, four and even a five dollars stamps. Think of the average wages of this period .
To my knowledge these were the first Canadian stamps with $$ plus face value.

 

[redleafjumper]

What was Operation "Goldflake?"

 

[Rhibwolf]

The 1st Cdn Division moved from Italy as part of Operation Goldflake in March 1945, finishing The War in The Netherlands with Cdn 1st Army.

---The bulk of Canada's WWII Navy comprised what class of vessel?

 

[redleafjumper]

Rhibwolf, you're correct about Goldflake

Escorts were the most common class of vessel - Flower class corvettes were the most common ship.  See "uboat.net" for more information.

Royal Canadian Navy Flower Class Corvettes

HMCS Agassiz (K 129)
HMCS Alberni (K 103) (lost 21 Aug, 1944)
HMCS Algoma (K 127)
HMCS Amherst (K 148)
HMCS Arrowhead (K 145) (ex. HMS Arrowhead)
HMCS Arvida (K 113)
HMCS Baddeck (K 147)
HMCS Barrie (K 138)
HMCS Battleford (K 165)
HMCS Bittersweet (K 182) (ex. HMS Bittersweet)
HMCS Brandon (K 149)
HMCS Brantford (K 218)
HMCS Buctouche (K 179)
HMCS Calgary (K 231)
HMCS Camrose (K 154)
HMCS Chambly (K 116)
HMCS Charlottetown (i) (K 244) (lost 11 Sep, 1942)
HMCS Chicoutimi (K 156)
HMCS Chilliwack (K 131)
HMCS Cobalt (K 124)
HMCS Collingwood (K 180)
HMCS Dauphin (K 157)
HMCS Dawson (K 104)
HMCS Drumheller (K 167)
HMCS Dundas (K 229)
HMCS Dunvegan (K 177)
HMCS Edmundston (K 106)
HMCS Eyebright (K 150) (ex. HMS Eyebright)
HMCS Fennel (K 194) (ex. HMS Fennel)
HMCS Fredericton (K 245)
HMCS Galt (K 163)
HMCS Halifax (K 237)
HMCS Hepatica (K 159) (ex. HMS Hepatica)
HMCS Kamloops (K 176)
HMCS Kamsack (K 171)
HMCS Kenogami (K 125)
HMCS Kitchener (K 225)
HMCS La Malbaie (K 273)
HMCS Lethbridge (K 160)
HMCS Levis (i) (K 115) (lost 19 Sep, 1941)
HMCS Louisburg (i) (K 143) (lost 6 Feb, 1943)
HMCS Lunenburg (K 151)
HMCS Matapedia (K 112)
HMCS Mayflower (K 191) (ex. HMS Mayflower)
HMCS Midland (K 220)
HMCS Moncton (K 139)
HMCS Moosejaw (K 164)
HMCS Morden (K 170)
HMCS Nanaimo (K 101)
HMCS Napanee (K 118)
HMCS New Westminster (K 228)
HMCS Oakville (K 178)
HMCS Orillia (K 119)
HMCS Pictou (K 146)
HMCS Port Arthur (K 233)
HMCS Prescott (K 161)
HMCS Quesnel (K 133)
HMCS Regina (K 234) (lost 8 Aug, 1944)
HMCS Rimouski (K 121)
HMCS Rosthern (K 169)
HMCS Sackville (K 181)  * This is the only one left.
HMCS Saskatoon (K 158)
HMCS Shawinigan (K 136) (lost 25 Nov, 1944)
HMCS Shediac (K 110)
HMCS Sherbrooke (K 152)
HMCS Snowberry (K 166) (ex. HMS Snowberry)
HMCS Sorel (K 153)
HMCS Spikenard (K 198) (ex. HMS Spikenard) (lost 11 Feb, 1942)
HMCS Sudbury (K 162)
HMCS Summerside (K 141)
HMCS The Pas (K 168)
HMCS Timmins (K 223)
HMCS Trail (K 174)
HMCS Trillium (K 172) (ex. HMS Trillium)
HMCS Vancouver (K 240)
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K 242)
HMCS Wetaskiwin (K 175)
HMCS Weyburn (K 173) (lost 22 Feb, 1943)
HMCS Windflower (K 155) (ex. HMS Windflower) (lost 7 Dec, 1941)
HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

 

[Cloud Cover]

Whose likeness or image was on a dollar bill issued by the government of Canada* in the 3rd year of the Great War, and whose likeness or image was on a Canadian* dollar bill in the 3rd year of WW2?

In contrast, whose likeness or image was likely to be found on the bills issued by commercial banks during the time period above, until 1944

*edited: "Dominion of Canada"

Answers:

1. Great War:  Princess Patricia
2. WW2- King George V

Canadian Commercial Bank money bills- were not issued/printed by the government, so it appears no Crown likeness was permitted except in exceptional circumstances. As far as I can tell the printing of Canadian commercial bank legal tender for general distribution and usage fell out of favour due to increase Crown supply, and was quickly discontinued from general circulation in 1944. [although similar systems such as American express remain to this day]. The images on the Commerical bills were usually the 2 top executives in the bank. I am informed some Quebec institutions [Caise, other credit unions] were accumulating gold, and printing their own money for potential currency circulation in the late 1970's. Never been able to confirm that but it would make sense if they wished to avoid a money supply crisis in the event of separation.

I once heard [recently] that a special $50 bill was proposed in 1917 with a battle image of Vimy Ridge, but it was rejected so as not to link wealth with the war!! [bearing in mind the threat of communism.]  The $50 figure was to reflect the fact that the great Vimy battle occured in the 50th year from Confederation.  Few common people would have had an opportunity to hold a $50 bill in 1917.  Perhaps this would be a good idea to work towards for 2017. 

   

 

[redleafjumper]

Thanks for that answer Whiskey601, the sad thing is that even today, I rarely get to see a fifty dollar bill!

What is a vambrace?

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Might it be this?

Vambraces are "tubular" or "gutter" defenses for the forearm, developed first in the ancient world mainly by the Romans, but only formally named during the early 14th century, as part of a suit of plate. Made of either leather, sometimes reinforced with longitudinal strips of hardened hide or metal (a crafting method named "splinted armor"), or from a single piece of worked steel and worn with other pieces of armor. Vambraces are generally called forearm guards, with or without separate couters, or elbow guards.

Often archers would wear bracers, a variant of vambraces, to keep the inside of their forearm from getting hurt by the string of the bow or the fletching of the arrow.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vambrace.

 

[redleafjumper]

Yes Nfld_Sapper, that is a good definition of vambrace.

Did you have a question to challenge us with?

 

[Nfld Sapper]

OK, time for a sort of historical question.


Who was Japan's Last Samurai? and was he a real person or a historical compelation?

 

[Danjanou]

OK, time for a sort of historical question.


Who was Japan's Last Samurai? and was he a real person or a historical compelation?

Tom Cruise, lousy movie too.

Sorry couldn't resist. I saw the shot. I took it. I wasn't below the hard deck for more than a few seconds. 8)

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Tom Cruise, lousy movie too.
Sorry couldn't resist. I saw the shot. I took it. I wasn't below the hard deck for more than a few seconds. 8)

LOL, nice answer but no.

(I do realize that the questions are supposed to be about the Canadian Army but I couldn't think of a good question )

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Ok a hint, Danjanou was the track so to speak.

This figure was mentioned in the movie.