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[[File:Official Paid Scan.jpg|thumb|"On Her Majesty's Service" envelope with OHMS economy "Official Paid" label from 1978]]
[[File:Official Paid Scan.jpg|thumb|"On Her Majesty's Service" envelope with OHMS economy "Official Paid" label from 1978]]


'''O.H.M.S.''', an acronym for ''On Her Majesty's Service'' or ''On His Majesty's Service'' (depending on the sex of the reigning monarch), is an official [[franking]] commonly seen on [[Official mail|correspondence from government departments]] in countries of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], recognising the British monarch as the head of state.
'''O.H.M.S.''', an acronym for ''On Her Majesty's Service'' or ''On His Majesty's Service'' (depending on the sex of the reigning monarch), is an official [[franking]] commonly seen on [[Official mail|correspondence from government departments]] in countries of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], recognising the British monarch as the head of state (otherwise known as the [[Commonwealth Realms]]).


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 [[Canadian House of Commons]] or to any member of the [[Canadian Parliament]].{{fact|date=March 2009}}
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 [[Canadian House of Commons]] or to any member of the [[Canadian Parliament]].{{fact|date=March 2009}}

Revision as of 19:19, 15 March 2012

Australian official mail, franked "On His Majesty's Service", crash cover salvaged from the 1935 Imperial Airways "City of Khartoum" aircraft crash at Alexandria during an England to Australia flight.
"On Her Majesty's Service" envelope with OHMS economy "Official Paid" label from 1978

O.H.M.S., an acronym for On Her Majesty's Service or On His Majesty's Service (depending on the sex of the reigning monarch), is an official franking commonly seen on correspondence from government departments in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, recognising the British monarch as the head of state (otherwise known as the 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 Canadian House of Commons or to any member of the Canadian Parliament.[citation needed]

O.H.M.S. is a 1937 action comedy film, while 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