The broken circle will now take its place as a classic postmark with the squared circle. The broken circle is a cancel that has tied the two centuries together. In 1984 a new type of cancellation was introduced into the post office that has threatened to delete the few broken circles still in use in […]
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In the early hand cancels of Victoria, B.C., A.M. and P.M. were used to show dispatches up to twelve noon and P.M. after that period. I have a number of early entires and cancels on piece. Among these I found the time element NT. Victoria has had many types of hand cancels since the first
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On June 29th, 1939, a number of Canada’s stamp issues were centrally perforated with the initials O H M S, the vertical leg of each letter consisting of five holes. These were later replaced by a variety consisting of four holes. In 1949 – 50, stamps appeared overprinted O.H.M.S.in black. Finally, in September 1950, Canada’s
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Once upon a time, many years ago, when it was quite unthinkable to take anything that didn’t belong to you, there existed in Victoria a mail delivery system probably unique at that time. In Victoria’s Chinatown in those days lived many elderly gentlemen, retired from long years toiling in the Island’s coal mines, along the
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This exhibit discusses the early post cards of the Gold Coast colony of Africa, including a brief history of the colony and its postal system. By Peter Newroth.
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This exhibit describes the evolution of postal services in Vancouver from the earliest pioneer days into the later 19th century. By Gray Scrimgeour
Early Vancouver Region (Burrard Inlet) Postal History Read More »
This presentation explains the impact on postal services in the aftermath of a major earthquake in Quetta, Pakistan on May 31, 1935. By Neil Donen
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Trans-Pacific postal history for the year 1941 is fascinating. I have a collection of covers to and from Canada sent during this critical year. Most of the mail late in 1941 is inbound because much outbound mail was not being sent, the Post Office Department having suspended delivery to many trans-Pacific countries. After December 7th,
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The following short tale will, I hope, serve to point out that we should study our material, and really look at what we have, so as to recognize it for what it is, or what it should be. A few years ago, while attending a rather large stamp show in the U.S., I happened to
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This exhibit details the history of the US Foreign Airmail Route Number 2 (FAM-2) between Seattle and Victoria. The first service commenced October 15, 1920 and ended in 1937. By Gray Scrimgeour.
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