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In 1976: U.S. Bicentennial; Concorde's supersonic flights commence; String Theory first

postulated; Legionnaires Disease first diagnosed; first Rocky movie; Ronaldo born.

At the RPSL: The Papuan Philatelic Society gives a display of Papua and New Guinea.

RPSL President was Ronald A.G. Lee. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Membership 1446-1503.

CANADIAN FORCES NATO MAIL

From the collection of Robert Toombs.

Member since 1997. Lives in Canada.

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From 1951 to 1993, during the "Cold War", Canada deployed troops to serve with NATO Forces in

Western Europe. The cover above, from Canadian Field Post Office (CFPO) No. 43, at Lahr, West

Germany, was mailed on Sth January 1976. It arrived on 8th January (postmarked on reverse) at the

destination civil post office in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada- inside 3 days! The Trans-Atlantic

airmail rate was 8 cents for military mail transported by Canadian Forces airlift. The equivalent

civilian airmail rate by commercial air carrier was 15 cents. Mail registration was SOc for both cases.