Date	Type of Cancel	Language	Time in Dial
May 15, 1939	hand	English	3, 5,6 *,9, 11,15 *,16,22
	hand (purple)	English	9*
	hand	French	3,4*,5*,9*,15*,22
	hand (purple)	French	3
	machine	English	3a, 9a, 11a, 5p, 7p, 9p, 10p, 11p
	machine	French	3a, 9a, 1p, 5p*, 7p*,10p*
	machine (purple)	French	3
May 16, 1939 *	machine	English	7p*, 10p*
May 17, 1939	machine	French	9a, 10a*, 10:30a*, 1p*, 4p*, 7p
		English	10:30am*
	hand	French	no time in dial*, 11*, 22*
	hand	English	7*, 10:30*, 13*
May 18, 1939	hand	English	22*
	hand	French	9*, 15*, 20*
	machine	English	8a*, 5p, 9p*, 10p*
	machine	French	9a*, 1p*, 6p*, 9p*
May 19, 1939	hand	English	9a*, 11
	machine	English	9*, 11a
	hand	French	9*
May 20, 1939 *	hand	English
	machine	English	1p*
May 21, 1939 *	machine	English	1p*
May 22, 1939 *	hand	English	9*,11*,15*,22*
	machine	English	10a*, 3p*, 6p*
May 23, 1939 *	hand	English	11*, 17*, 22*
	machine	English	11a*, 5p*, 10p*
May 24, 1939	machine	English	9a*, 11a,3p, 7p*, 11p*
	hand	English	10, 21*, 11*
May 25, 1939 *	machine	English	5p*, 8p*, 11p*
	hand	English	5*, 10*, 11*
May 26, 1939 *	hand	English	10*, 16*
	machine	English	10a*, 4p*, 8p*
May 27, 1939 *	hand	English	10a*, 5p*
	machine	English	12*, 17*
May 28, 1939	machine	English	10a*, 3p, 6p*
	hand	English	10*, 11*, 14*
May 29, 1939 *	hand	English	11*, also know with "29 May"
	machine	English	10a* (on USA Stamps)
May 30, 1939 *	hand	English	11,
	machine	English	10a*
May 31, 1939	hand	English	15, 20*
	machine	English	3p*, 6p*, 10p*
June 1, 1939 *	machine	English	1p*, 5p*
	hand	English	11*, 17*
June 2, 1939	hand	English	9*, 15, 20*
	machine	English	9a*, 3p, 8p*
June 3, 1939	machine	English	1p*, 6p
	hand	English	13*, 19*
June 4, 1939	hand	English	10*, 16
	machine	English	10a*, 4p*, 9p*
June 5, 1939	hand	English	16, 20*
	machine	English	4p*, 10p*
June 6, 1939	machine	English	10a, 4p*, 6p*, 10 p
	hand	English	11*, 14*, 20*
June 7, 1939	machine	English	10a, 1p, 4p, 8p
	hand	English	10*, 11*, 14*, 21*
June 8, 1939	machine (USA)	U.S.A. with periods	Perfect cancelling machine
	hand (USA)		exists with the "8" inverted
	hand (USA) (purple cancel)		inverted "8"
June 9, 1939	machine (USA)	U.S.A. with periods	Perfect cancelling machine
	hand (USA)		black*, purple*
June 10, 1939	machine (USA)	U.S.A. with periods*	Perfect cancelling machine
	machine (USA)	USA without periods	Universal cancelling machine
	hand (USA)		black*, purple*
June 11, 1939	machine (USA)	U.S.A. with periods	Perfect cancelling machine
June 12, 1939	machine (USA)	U.S.A. (25 reported)	Perfect cancelling machine
June 12, 1939	machine	English	10a
	machine	French	10a*, 1p*, 5p*, 8p*, 11p*
	hand	French	11*, 13, 20*
	hand	English	10*, 22*
June 13, 1939	machine	English	8a*, 1p*,5p, 6p, 8p*, 11p*
	hand	English
June 14, 1939	machine	English	8a*, 5p*, 11p*
	hand	English	11, 18
June 15, 1939	machine	English	6p (latest day and time)
June 15, 1939	hand	English	8 (at bottom), 18*
June 17, 1939	Newfoundland (St. Johns)	special cancel
June 17, 1939	Newfoundland (Holyrood)	special cancel

Bibliography:

Jamieson, R. A., The Royal Train Post Office, Weekly Philatelic Gossip (September 14, 1940, 4-5, 19-20)

Taylor, James R., Royal Visit Stamps--May-November, 1939, Scott Stamp Monthly (May 1996, 72-3)

Tucker, Sidven Frank, A Philatelic Wreath for His Majesty King George VI, Stamps (March 8, 1952, 344-347)

Many thanks to Doug Lingard for information based on his research.

Other Royal Visit Sites:

Mr. FDC's Royal Visit First Day Covers

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