On Jan 2, 2:28 pm, "Blair (TC)" wrote:
On Jan 1, 6:08 pm, TL wrote:



On Jan 1, 2:53 pm, Richard Thouin /invalid wrote:

In article
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TL wrote:
In reference to this particular DOX, was this just mailed to someone
employed in the London Office of the High Commissioner of
Newfoundland? I would think the HC of NFL would be in NFL and a
person in London would just have it mailed to their address.

http://cover.home.mindspring.com/stamp/nfound01.jpg

TL

Hi TL

In The British Commonwealth, representatives of on Commonwealth country
to another Commonwealth country are named «High Commissioners». This is
because the monarch could not name an ambassador to itself. The High
Commissoners have the rank of ambassadors for any purpose of protocol
and they exert the same functions as ambassadors. So, the subscription
on your cover is exact as, in 1932, Newfoundland would have had a High
Commissioner in London. I could not find if Mr Murphy was the High
Commissioner, an employee of the High Commission or a Newfoundlander who
would pick up mail sent in care of the High Commission. Nice cover!

Richard

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Richard,
Thanks for the clarification. I couldn't find anything on Mr.
Murphy via Google either.
Tom

Hi Tom + All:

There are many Murphy's in Newfoundland.

Mr JL Murphy must have been a politician or civil servant
of Newfoundland in that era. I found a reference that he
and Commander A MacDermott represented Newfoundland
at the 1933 Conference of the British Empire
Service League (a WWI veterans association) .

I'm not sure if it is the same JL Murphy who was born
c1861, married to Maria Anntoinette Murphy (b 1862)
and lived at Trepassey, NFLD in the 1880s, but
those dates would seem to fit.

Also, it would seem that if Murphy worked at the
Newfoundland High Commission, it would be a cost
saving to have him attend the conference (ie to save
travel costs during the Great Depression).

Note : The Canadian portion of the BESL and other
veterans' groups merged in 1925 to form the Canadian Legion.
In 1960, it became the Royal Canadian Legion.http://legion.ca/asp/docs/about/his_...nce/legion.jpg

Blair

Thanks Blair,
Someone asked me if this was really on the flight out that day
because it is without cachet or back stamp arrival. These things I
don't know.
Tom