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[[File:Official Paid Scan.jpg|thumb|"On Her Majesty's Service" envelope with OHMS economy "Official Paid" label from 1978]] |
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'''O.H.M.S.''', an initialism for ''On Her Majesty's Service'' or ''On His Majesty's Service'' (depending on the |
'''O.H.M.S.''', an initialism for ''On Her Majesty's Service'' or ''On His Majesty's Service'' (depending on the gender of the reigning monarch), is an official [[franking]] commonly seen on [[Official mail|correspondence from government departments]] in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other countries that share the same monarch as their head of state (now known as [[Commonwealth realm]]s). |
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In [[Canada]], '''O.H.M.S''' may be written on an envelope instead of using [[postage stamp]]s for any letters being sent to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] or to any member of the [[Parliament of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-10/page-5.html#h-21|title=Consolidated federal laws of canada, Canada Post Corporation Act, s.35(2)|last=Branch|first=Legislative Services|website=laws-lois.justice.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Letters sent from Lieutenant-Governors may also bear the O.H.M.S. mark. |
In [[Canada]], '''O.H.M.S''' may be written on an envelope instead of using [[postage stamp]]s for any letters being sent to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] or to any member of the [[Parliament of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-10/page-5.html#h-21|title=Consolidated federal laws of canada, Canada Post Corporation Act, s.35(2)|last=Branch|first=Legislative Services|website=laws-lois.justice.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Letters sent from Lieutenant-Governors may also bear the O.H.M.S. mark. |
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O.H.M.S., an initialism for On Her Majesty's Service or On His Majesty's Service (depending on the gender of the reigning monarch), is an official franking commonly seen on correspondence from government departments in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other countries that share the same monarch as their head of state (now known as Commonwealth realms).
In Canada, O.H.M.S may be written on an envelope instead of using postage stamps for any letters being sent to the House of Commons of Canada or to any member of the Parliament of Canada.[1][citation needed] Letters sent from Lieutenant-Governors may also bear the O.H.M.S. mark.
In Australia before Federation, letters in envelopes franked with the O.H.M.S. mark were exempt from postal fees.[2]
In popular culture
- O.H.M.S. is a 1937 action comedy film.
- The title of Ian Fleming's 1963 James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service, along with its film adaptation, is a play on the term.
See also
- Britannic Majesty for the designation On Her Britannic Majesty's Service.
References
- ^ Branch, Legislative Services. "Consolidated federal laws of canada, Canada Post Corporation Act, s.35(2)". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "Notice to advertisers – VII. Exemption from Postage Rates". The Age. 12 December 1867. Retrieved 18 April 2018.