Chart - overview

The following chart was found in the National Archives of Canada. (n.d.)

Tobacco Parcels for
Canadian Forces Overseas
(World War II)

	Orders placed
	Orders Received by Cigarette Companies Draw tobacco from Bond Make into parcels Pay postage Check addresses Parcels dispatched to Base Post Office by tobacco companies Canadian Postal Corps - Base Post Office
	At Canadian Postal Corps - Base Post Office A daily check against parcels dispatched and parcels received. Parcels checked Addresses examined Sorted into unit bags Each parcel checked and alphabetically listed for units ??? ???
	Bags dispatched to Railway by Post Office vehicle.
	At the railway Bags checked against waybill Loaded into railway car Railway car doors sealed
	Railway car doors checked at several points along the way.
	Seals on door checked on arrival at Port. Bags, checked examined and loaded into the hold under the supervision of the Canadian Postal Corps
	Convoyed across the Atlantic
	Mailbags checked against waybill on being unloaded. Mail transported in the custody of the British Postal Service.
	Bags for Units dispatched directly to units
	Bags other than unit bags give to Canadian Overseas Postal Depot.
	Bags for RCAF attached to the RAF.

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	Bags other than sealed Unit bags are opened, checked Consolidated into Unit bags. Items listed and sent to Unit.
	Dispatched by Unit Vehicle to Unit under guard Bags received by Unit Post Examined against list made up by Base Post Office Canada Delivered to Addressee by Orderly Undeliverable cigarettes go to the Canadian Auxilliary Services

	Canadian Overseas Postal Depot Addressed checked against those provided by the RCAF Recorded and dispatched via British Civil Post to RCAF Units for delivery
	Transferred from Civil Post Office to RAF unit for Delivery. Undeliverable cigarettes go to the Canadian Auxilliary Services