British Columbia / B.C. Postal History / World War II Censored - 16 June 1943 - HATZIC, B.C. (split ring / broken circle cancel / postmark) to International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland (A1-3 / third hammer)

HATZIC is a historic community in the Central Fraser Valley region of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of the City of Mission and including areas beyond the municipal boundary to the east and northeast. A former railway station named Hatzic was located between the outlet of Hatzic Lake and the foot of the rise to the benchland where most of residential Hatzic is today. Related names, which more or less are also considered part of Hatzic, are Hatzic Island, which is in the centre of Hatzic Lake, north of which are the farming communities of Hatzic Prairie and Durieu, which together form part of the Hatzic Valley, along with communities to the north of Hatzic Prairie around Allan Lake, McConnell Creek and Miracle Valley.

LINK to a photo of the Pioneer HATZIC General Store & Post Office - www.pinterest.ca/pin/1958-pioneer-hatzic-store--382876405...

The HATZIC Post Office was established - 1 November 1891 and closed - 20 November 1978.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the HATZIC Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

When this letter entered the postal system at the HATZIC Post Office - the Postmaster was Walter Brient - he served from - 1 November 1942 to - 15 September 1944.

Walter Connor Brient
(b. 22 December 1884 in Ashford, Kent, England - d. 15 January 1972 at age 87 in Mission, British Columbia) - occupation - Postmaster - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/fe...

LINK to his World War One papers - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B1...

His wife - Beatrice Jane (nee Thomas) Brient
(b. 29 July 1888 in London, England - d. 23 December 1968 at age 80 in Mission, British Columbia) - they were married - 20 September 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cc... - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/0a...

- sent from - / HATZIC / JUN 16 / 43 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-3 / third hammer) was proofed - 26 December 1913 - (RF C).

The U.P.U. letter rate was 5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce. LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2011/06/george-vi-war-is...

15 c due - manuscript "15" in blue crayon (1 cent underpaid)
LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/search?q=underpaid

16 June 1943 from HATZIC, B.C. to the International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland - paid 4 cents U.P.U. letter rate. (1 cent underpaid) - Paris A.x. censor mark - Red Cross arrival mark - COUPON-REPONSE. straight line in red ink.

Addressed to: International Red Cross Committee / Pelais du Consell General / Geneva, Switzerland

LINK to - Block Letters Required in Mail to Japan - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/126815584/

Opened By "Canadian" Censor DB / 248 label / sealing tape

- has a German censor mark on the front - in purple ink (A. / x,)

capital "A." - for Auslands-Briefprüfstelle (foreign letter examination office)
x. - Paris, France - To and from Paris; Red Cross mail (German occupied Paris censor handstamp)

The second style of handstamp was less elaborate and was applied to letters that were not opened by the censor. It consisted of a single circle with two letters inside: the routing mark—either a capital A for Auslands-Briefprüfstelle (foreign letter examination office) or an L for Leitstelle (foreign sorting office)—plus a lowercase letter indicating a censor station.

a - Königsberg, Germany - Baltic states, Soviet Union
b - Berlin, Germany - Transit and airmail: the Americas and Finland
c - Cologne, Germany - Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, north France
d - Munich, Germany - Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland
e - Frankfurt, Germany - Switzerland, the Americas, south France
f - Hamburg, Germany - Scandinavian countries
g - Vienna, Austria - Balkan states, Hungary, Turkey
h - Hof, Germany - Mail from German prisoners of war
k - Copenhagen, Denmark - Sweden, Finland, Norway
l - Lyon, France - To and from south France
n - Nancy, France - Vichy, France
o - Oslo, Norway - Sweden, Finland, and France
t - Trondheim, Norway - Sweden
x - Paris, France - To and from Paris; Red Cross mail
y - Bordeaux, France - To and from southwest France

LINK - bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/wt/wt-2006-11-w035.pdf

Taken on: June 20, 2023

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