In the Victorian era, the time indicia in the hammer began a differential in time, with A.M. and P.M. Added to these was the NT symbol and about the meaning of this, very little is known. In 1901, Queen Victoria died and Edward VII ascended the throne, and a new issue of stamps appeared featuring […]
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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 describes the evolution of postal services in Vancouver from the earliest pioneer days into the later 19th century. By Gray Scrimgeour
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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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The following article by Edgar Fawcett appeared in the Victoria Daily Times, 9 May 1908 Old timers and new timers look at the accompanying cut of an envelope! It was received from England in 1863 by my father. The three stamps on it show a value of 34c – one shilling, one four pence and
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Among the thousands of names used for Canadian post offices over the years, most are quite forgettable. For example, there are the countless replicated British town names, the many Saints of Quebec, and the unlimited supply of first settler/first postmaster honourifics (Smithville, Jonestown, and the like). However, other names are more unusual, and beg the
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To commemorate the centenary of the founding of Fort Victoria in 1943, Gerald Wellburn designed a pictorial slogan postmark, which cancelled regular letter mail in Victoria from March 15, 1943 until March 31. Below is a local letter mailed on the second day of the slogan’s use. The cover is addressed to Mrs. A.D. Muskett,
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