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1940 (Sep 19) Airmail envelope registered to Royal Bank of Canada, London bearing Parliament Building Ottawa 2 x 10c & Fort Garry Gate 20c tied Toronto Adelaide St. Sta. /Ont cds with matching violet registration handstamp & scarcer Opened to Verify Contents in /Accordance with Requirements of /Foreign Control Board /and Officially Sealed by /Censorship clerk label (Imprint I – B -20,000 Sheets – 15-2-40) (CCSG E2) tied on reverse violet circular District Director of Postal Services /Sep 20 1940 /Toronto, Ont & with on opposite side PC 90 Opened By /Examiner 721 label & with Toronto Adelaide St. Sta./Ont (19 Sep) despatch + Toronto Ont./Reg. Div. Terminal (20 Sep) + New York N.Y. /Reg’y Div (21 Sep) + New York N.Y. /Foreign (21 Sep) transit datestamps …..The USA objected to the word Censorship & this was soon changed to Examiner