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Study Group
Number 2
A Study Group of the Postal History Society of Canada
Welcome to Issue 2
We're trying to complete four issues a year. The last
one was produced in October, 1998, so this has to be
January, 1999, even though you aren't getting it until
March, 1999. By the end of this year I'll get caught up
and we'll be on time. I say I because the co-editor
Michel Gosselin had nothing to do with the lateness of
the issue.
Welcome to the following New
Members.
In order of membership they are: George Sangster,
Earle L. Covert, Marc Beaupre , Doug Lingard, Michel
Gagne, Bob Thorne, John Robertson, Dan Rosenblat,
William Silvester, Scott Traquair, Jean-Guy Dalpe,
Robert G. Rderson, William McCann, Ronald P. Roy,
Carl R. Ditsch.
Classified Ads for next issue
In order to assist in the dissemination of all types of 20"
Century machine cancels the next issue of the
newsletter (I hope for late April) will have a classifieds
page. If you havedips of machine cancels and you want
to sell or trade send copy for your advertisement to
Charles Livermore at the address on page 7. This is a
perq for your membership in the Study Group so there
will be no charge for the service. With that in mind
please remember to keep your ad as short as possible.
The editors will wield a mighty pair of scissors for those
ads which exceed the space available.
Dues are $10 and should be sent to Tony
Shaman , P.O. Box 43103 , Eastwood Square,
Kitchener, ON, Canada N2H 6S9
January 1999
Early and Late Dates : policy
considerations.
The best of us make mistakes. In order to keep the
reporting of new EKD and LKD's as accurate as possible
we are asking that confirming photocopies be included
with all reports. Whenever possible we'd like to include
an image of the dates being reported.
If a date is
reported without a confirming photocopy or scanned
image such report will be noted in the newsletter as
unconfirmed. We hope in this way to keep the reportings
as accurate as possible.
THIS ISSUE:
Cecil C . Coutts ( p1) has written an overview of the
history of machine cancels in the 20th century.
Francois Brisse ( p5 & p9) has responded to
queries about Klussendorfs which were posed in the first
newsletter and has supplied some additional information
about them.
Robert Thorne (p6) writes about spray-jets for
oversized envelopes.
An update Inkjet Table appears on p 8.
Michel Gosselin (p10) has written up the 069 inkjet
cancels. At the end of his article are included the 069
cancels from November 19, 1992 to date.
Please consider writing an article or
supplying information for the newsletter.
See page 7 for details.
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Machine Slogan Postmarks
by Cecil C. Coutts cec.coutts@bc.sympatico.ca
I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Machine
Cancel Study Group.
Slogan postmarks are my
specialty and I invite members to contact me if they have
questions concerning slogans.
When I first made my foray into slogan postmarks, I
found that some basic knowledge of the machines that
produced the markings was of great benefit.
Our Group intends to study 20th century machines. I do
not consider the 1900-1902 Bickerdike flags with the
word CANADA to be "true" slogans. 'Aiwill begin then
on May 1, 1901 with the introduction at Toronto of
CANADA'S EXPOSITION slogans (C-150 and C155) 1 .
In total, six Bickerdike (B) slogan dies were cut. Each
die is identifiable by a letter (A to F) incorporated below
the flag (Figure 1). No other 20th Century (B) slogans
were made.
The "Classic Period" for slogan collectors is 1912-19192
During this time, a host of proprietary (single office)
slogans can be seen. As an example, in 1912 alone. no
less than twenty-one post offices used slogan
postmarks. Certainly, postal slogans, as an advertising
medium, were firmly established.
Between 1913 and 1918 a few Universal (U) and
Columbia (C) cancelling machines were distributed but
the majority of slogan impressions were produced on (I)
machines. An important note here is the (I) and (U) dies
were not interchangeable.
Proprietary slogan use continued until 1917 when, for
the first time, multi-office usage of the same slogan
began. Of these, the 1917 Flags are a popular and
sought after item.
A most interesting and complex year for machine
collectors was 1919. In mid-year there was a major
change from International to Universal machines.
Remember that (I) dies could not be used in (U)
machines. At the time of the switch one slogan that was
running at many offices was B -790 - BUY WAR
SAVINGS STAMPS AND HELP RECONSTRUCTION.
Mid-way through the life of B-790, new slogan dies were
prepared for the (U) machines. This resulted in a
situation where some offices used both (I) and (U) dies
of this particular slogan.
Figure 1. Bickerdike machine.
The Post Office Department changed from Bickerdike
machines to those of the International Postal Supply
Company (IPS) in 1902. For slogan collectors, the
ensuing ten years were dry, since all we saw were the
unexciting International wavy line obliterators.
In 1912, the Post Office offered sponsors the opportunity
to purchase slogan dies advertising local events such as
fairs and expositions. The first of these slogans was (I165) at Lethbridge, Alberta. ERD is January 24, 1912.
(Figure 2).
In is quite easy to separate (I) and (U) machines. In the
former, the year is found at the bottom of the dater hub,
while the (U) shows the abbreviated Province at the
base (Figure 3). Eleven Columbia dies of B-790 were
added to confuse the issue. This machine can be
separated from the (U's) by noting the very narrow
spacing between the slogan and the dater (figure 4).
BUY WARSAVINGS I
STAMPS,s'DHELP
RECO^1STRUC11U
Figure 3. Universal cancelling machine
INTERNATIONAL
ORY5o'sil'I C
CC;.C1ESS
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BUY WARSAVIINI
tiSTAMPSPJ HE .
RECUR+STPIUCTI0N
Figure 2. International Postal Supply Co. machine
Figure 4. Columbia cancelling machine
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The bottom line here is that by 1919, there were three
different cancelling machines in use, none of which could
use the others dies.
With the change to (U) machines, all (I) dies were
obsoleted except at two offices that retained their (I)
machines, viz., Gananoque to 1938 and Cobourg to
1930.
A word now about Official slogan documentation. How
do collectors go about finding and confirming what is
available?
First and foremost are the Proof Impression Books. In
the case of hand-held hammers, it was a simple matter
for a clerk to take the hammer and put a strike on the
page of the proof book. But you can't run a proof book
through a machine canceller!
In the case of slogan dies, a machine impression was
made on a piece of paper and this was pasted in the
proof book. Unlike other proofs, slogans did not show a
post office name since the dater hub of the intended
office was not available at the proofing stage. Policy
required that upon receipt of the slogan die, the using
office made an impression that included the dater hub
and this was returned to the proofing office where it was
pasted alongside the initial proof.
A secondary source of official documentation is known
as a Record of Postal Advertising Die Slugs, or more
simply put - Distribution Lists.
Distribution lists are a series of hand-written records kept
at Post Office Headquarters in Ottawa. A separate sheet
was kept for each Post Office. The record included the
wording of the slogan die, date the die was issued and
date returned, i.e., returned after the using office was
finished with it.
The earliest record keeper(s) was not that diligent so
there are some missing entries, particularly in the
"returned" column. After 1926, record keeping was
much improved.
Another source was the work of the Canadian Philatelic
Society of Great Britain (CPSGB). This group compiled
a list of slogans from 1912 to 1963. Their records
appear to have been based on seen and/or reported
items.
The David Proulx catalog of Canadian Slogans was the
only published reference for many years. The BNAPS
Slogan Study Group found that many errors that
appeared in CPSGB material also cropped up in Proulx,
indicating that Proulx used at least some of the CPSGB
records.
The best reference is the work produced by the BNAPS
Slogan Study Group under the direction of Daniel
Rosenblat, considered to be the dean of Canadian
machine slogan research. For the first time, slogan
study was based on official documentation. After
fourteen years, research by this Group is ongoing. The
work of the BNAPS group has been published by Cecil
C. Coutts in his 1996 catalogue Slogan Postmarks of
Canada.
Back to machines . The First World War caused the
cancellation of many local events and slogan usage was
curtailed , particularly during 1914-1916.
While most of the slogans used up to 1920 were
proprietary in nature, the Post Office Department quickly
learned of the benefits of slogan advertising. The result
was a flood of postal directive, from REGISTER
LETTERS OF VALUE to the current POSTAL CODE
CODE POSTAL and everything in between.
Most of the Universal cancelling machines were in use
from 1919. These were of USA manufacture and rented
to the Canadian Post Office. Some years later the
Department was desirous of using a Canadian-made
product. This led to the purchase in 1930 of canceling
machines invented by Joseph Lamoureux and promoted
by George Robert, both of Montreal. These machines
eventually became known as "Perfect" (P) machines
(Figure 5) Spacing between the slogan and dater on the
(P) machine is slightly narrower than that of the (U)
STAMP 13UT
svp"Us
IN
SA'KATCi AM
Figure 5. Perfect cancelling machine
As was the case in the change over from (I) to (U)
machines, the (P) could not use the others slogan dies.
Again, slogan use declined.
As early as 1936, the Post Office Department realized it
had made a mistake in purchasing outright the (P)
machines. When renting the (U's), the manufacturer was
responsible for maintenance. Whereas, the Post Office
owned (P's) required a parts depot, machine shop and
travelling repairmen. As well, the (P) machine came in
one size only and was not suitable for smaller offices.
By now, the Universal company had merged with PitneyBowes (PB), the latter manufacturing machines in three
sizes. By 1938, the Post Office Department began to
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replace (P's) with (PB's) (Fig. 6). The Coleman machine
(shown) was owned by the postmaster.
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Figure 7. I.P.S. Model HD-2
Figure 6 . Pitney- Bowes Model D machine
One significant happening occurred with the latest
change. The old (U) slogan dies, abandoned in 1934,
but retained by the Post Office Department, could be
used in the (PB) machines. The upshot of all this was a
resurrection of some of the old (U) dies.
From the late 1940 's to 1965 , slogan usage increased
dramatically as sponsoring groups such as Easter Seals,
Christmas Seals, Cancer and Red Cross purchased
multiple slogan dies for distribution Canada-wide.
Multiple dies from 1953 were made from a master and
separating them can be a daunting if not impossible task.
By 1935, the Post Office Department discontinued the
hand-written Distribution Lists. Also by 1953, slogan
proof impressions were being phased out. What
remained was official correspondence between the POD
and individual PO's, slogan sponsors and die
manufacturers. Of this, there is a wealth of material in
the National Archives.
By 1966, invoices from Pitney-Bowes indicted that rental
was being paid on 380 machines. That number would
increase by the 1980's.
By the early 1970's ever increasing mail volumes, stiffer
competition and customer demand forced the POD to
find ways and means to improve mail processing time.
Over the next few years, experiments were made with
several cancelling machines, most of them short lived.
Of significance to slogan collectors was the
government's decree that by 1972 all new slogans were
to be bilingual.
Some of the smaller post offices were issued with a
Model HD2 machine made by International Peripheral
Systems Inc. (IPS) of Lewistown, PA. Three slogans
only have been reported from this machine. The dater
hub carries a comma after the town name (Fig. 7).
Larger offices that had used (PB) machines now saw
them replaced by Toshiba (T) CFC's, the acronym
meaning culler, facer, canceller. Toshiba dater hubs
carry a postal code of the processing office rather than a
town name . (T) machines can accommodate slogans
although the most frequently seen is the POSTAL CODE
CODE POSTAL one (Fig. 8)
F r-25 Ti ;L
Figure 8. Toshiba Cancelling Machine
In 1981, the Post Office Department was replaced by
Canada Post, a crown corporation. In an effort to further
streamline operations, the government of the day
ordered the closure of some smaller offices. These were
replaced by Retail Postal Outlets. Most mail from
smaller towns was now being trucked to large mail
processing plants.
Once again, slogan usage saw a decline and one
wondered if we were beginning to see the end of slogan
postmarks.
Pitney-Bowes model D and DD cancellers were still
being used at small to medium offices. In 1983 , some of
these machines were replaced by the German-made
Klussendorf ( K) was its very distinctive dater hub (Fig.
9). All (K) machines came equipped with the POSTAL
CODE CODE POSTAL slogan although other slogans
are seen from time to time.
Impressions from a machine at Sechelt, BC resemble a
(K) but these are in fact from a model HDM
manufactured by International Peripheral Systems (Fig.
10). This is the only machine of its kind reported in
Canada.
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This brings us into the 1990's with the fastest processor
of them all. Optical Character Readers (OCRs) coupled
with inkjet spray printers are now processing most of the
mail in Canada (Fig 12).
Figure 9. Klilssendorf cancelling machine
)g V,9 4R0 95 1 206 04 :5' 11111.
)-/AfPY HOL JDAV TONS 11i0E1.1.•`i 11111.
Figure 12. OCR 118 with inkjet spray printer.
Figure 10. I.P.S. Model HDM - Sechelt only
In 1986 some of the ( K) machines were replaced by faster
Model MST CFC' s made by ( IPS). These machines have a
larger dater that carries the new two-letter provincial
designation at the base (Fig. 11).
Just when we thought slogans were on the way out, a
whole new field has opened with the advent of spray-on
postmarks. I note that co-editor of the Machine Cancel
Newsletter, Michel Gosselin has a special interest in
these markings.
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SUN' •+
T.H
JULY - _3 .....; - :.:. k. T
N?Low? JA. br.
Catalogue numbers from Slogan Postmarks of Canada.
1996. Cecil C .
Coutts. Cecil C. Coutts
Publishing:Abbotsford, BC.
2 Slogan Postal markings of Canada in the 1912-1953
Period.
1993. Daniel G . Rosenblat (ed). British North
America Philatelic Society.
Figure 11. I.P.S. Model MST canceller
Francois Brisse writes that he liked the first
newsletter and included the following updates and
questions.
Brisse reports a new inkjet machine #56 from Quebec
City with an EKD of 980707 and
#56 from Quebec city
EKD 980707
Following slogans seen
1 Postal code
2 Use money order
3 Centraide
Brisse reports two earlier dates on machines 103 &
104.that noted in the table on page ???? Machine #103
EKD 980223; #104 EKD 980922
Brisse offers the following comments on Machine #114.
"Machine 114 has been transferred from Saint-Laurent,
QC to Down Town (Centre-ville). I have a jet spray 114
H4T dated 980429 Postal code. Although it is identified
as H4T1A0, I think the machine was already at the
Down Town processing plant in April 1998. I remember
seeing it there on April 3, 1998. However, since
September 16, it is now identified as: 114 H3C 1 SO."
Brisse also has a question about machine 40 in
Windsor, ON. "I have never seen an inkjet cancellation
from that location and with that number. When was it
first used? [Note: Table on page ???? has an EKD of
15-Sep-97.] Is it still being operated?" And - "I would
be interested in obtaining some covers with this inkjet
cancellation. I am also surprised at #54 and 70, they
have not been used for quite a while. In fact what are
the LKD's for these two jet spray markings?
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Spray-On History
By Robert K. Thorne
[Eds note. This illustrations in this article were created on a laser printer and should not be confused with an actual copy of the
cancellation . As soon as a copies becomes available they will be printed in the newsletter.]
The Post Office had been successful in adapting the Spray-On technique to mail of normal dimensions but there was a
need to cancel oversize envelopes.
During my visit to the Gateway facility, I observed they cancelled oversize (5"x7" and 9"x12") bulk mailings with an
International Peripheral Systems machine. There was still a large hodgepodge of oversize envelopes to be canceled by
machine or by hand. Cancellations were applied by a variety of methods, rubber handstamps, rollers, pens or small
straight line obliterators. The straight lines are applied by pressing an envelope against a stamp pad like device attached
to the side of the conveyor. This creates a cancellation that might be described as a very poor roller or smudge. It must
have been obvious to the Post Office that their methods were not efficient so the spray-on test on an Alcatel Flat sorting
machine began.
Another chapter in the Spray-on story began in September, 1996 when a test Spray-on was produced at the Stoney
Creek, Ontario Postal Facility. I do not have the exact date of the test as I only became aware of it in November, 1996.
Two machines were in place at the Stoney Creek facility, having been installed earlier in the year. The Spray-on device
was added for a test. The firm that handled the test was "Sterling Marking Systems Ltd."; the agent for the machine
manufacturer. I have been advised that only tests were done and that no mail was processed. The trial impression
consisted of 5 rows of 8 dashes in a block approximately 20mm high by 50mm wide on each end of the test "CANADA
POST' in italics approximately 7mm high by 105mm wide making a cancellation approximately 23mm x 220mm.
Maintenance staff requested a supply of large envelopes for the trial so all testing was done on Canada Post Stationary
envelopes 9"x12". The Sterling people took the test pieces with them and only a single example was retained by the
maintenance people and given to myself due to my interest in Spray-ons.
CANADA POST
[figure 1]
There was no other news of the test until March 3, 1997 when the first trial was conducted. I believe that the Spray-on
was used on commercial mail as well as a number of other properly paid envelopes.
Machine AFSM627 STN141 A
Location/Date L8E 2B0 03-03-97 19:00:57
Slogan POSTAL CODE/CODE POSTAL
[figure
2.]
No other dates are reported until May 5 , 1997, when we see the machine in normal use on large envelopes . An example
of use on May 9 , 1997, is also in my collection . Other dates probably exist but I have not seen them . The main
differences between these and those from the two previous trials are in the number and location of the dashes used as
obliterators . I would assume the different sizes of envelopes cancelled would account for this.
I do not record the machine again until November 8, 1997, when the slogan "LUNG ASSOC. PULMONAIRE" is seen.
The other text difference is the omission of the "A" in the machine identification line. My LKD for this slogan is November
12, 1997.
The next thing we see is the Christmas slogan "Santa HOHOHO PERE NOEL" in use December 9, 1997.
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On January 14, 1998 there is a major change in the Spray-on as it reappears with text closer to the established normal
Spray-on. The machine, location and date appear on the first line followed by the slogan on the second line.
627 L8E 2B0 980114 05 : 50
POSTAL CODE/CODE POSTAL / / / / / / / /
[figure
3.]
This is the format that appears to have been accepted since we see it used on a number of other machines in 1998.
Machine #
603
613
619
Postal Code
Location
Earliest Known Date (EKD)
H3C ISO
M4L 3T0
V6B 1 V9
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
February 17, 1998
February 3, 1998
January 30, 1998
[figure 4.]
The dates reported are from my collection and are at best only a guide to the actual dates the machines were in use . However, this
gives a good idea of the development of the Spray-on test and trials leading up to the introduction of Spray-on use on larger envelope
sorting machines across Canada.
Classified Ads
It's quite likely there are those out there who would love to buy or trade
for the extra copies of cancels you have around in shoeboxes. If, like
me, you're not likely to get around to all of them - send an ad to sell or
trade them. Send ad copy to Charles Livermore at the address below.
Those who want to buy should send in your interests. We'll print those
too.
Newsletter Editors: Mich Gosselin and Charles Livermore
Michel Gosselin
51 Muscatel
Aylmer, QC
Canada J9H 5R7
Charles Livermore
100-08 Ascan Ave
Forest Hills, NY
E-mail:
ink jet@microplus. ca
E-mail:
livermop@stjohns.edu
U5A 11375
Charlie puts the newsletter together so please send articles to
him. Articles in Word 7 or less or Wordperfect 6 or less are
preferred but hand or type written articles are gladly accepted.
Mich or Charlie will gladly offer editorial assistance if you want
help putting together an article from information you have.
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Canadian Inkjet Postmark Machines
First Use
Location
Machine Type
Number
Postal Code
016
031
Al B
E2L
St. Jean , NF
St. John, NB
040
N8W
Windsor, ON
15-Sep-97
Unknown
052
053
053
054
M4L 3T0
M4L 3T0
M41-3T0
M41-3T0
Toronto, On South Central
Toronto, ON South Central
Toronto, ON South Central
Toronto, ON South Central
3-Feb-94
14-Sep-93
1-May-95
21-Dec-92
Imaje
Excel Videojet
Imaje
A.D.N.
054
L4W ITO
Mississauga, ON Gateway
10-Jan-95
A.D.N.
067
L4W ITO
Mississauga, ON Gateway
2-Mar-98
Imaje
Imaje
A.B.Dick
Imaje
Unknown
Unknown
068
069
069
L4W ITO
L4W ITO
L4W ITO
Mississauga. ON Gateway
Mississauga, ON Gateway
Mississauga, ON Gateway
10-Auk 93
18-Nov-92
7-Jun-94
070
076
076
077
078
081
081
082
087
L4W ITO
R3C OKO
R3C OKO
R3C OKO
N5Y IBO
V6B 3A0
V6B 3A0
V6B 3A0
T2E OAO
Mississauga, ON Gateway
Winnipeg, MB
Winnipeg, MB
Winnipeg, MB
London, ON
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Calgary, AB
30-Mar-93
22-Sep-93
18-Nov-95
1-Sep-94
27-Jun-94
28-Sep-93
16-Nov-94
19-Jul-94
27-Jun-94
A.D.N.
Excel Videojet
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Excel Videojet
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
090
T5J 2T6
Edmonton, AB
17-Jun-94
Imaje
090
095
095
T5J 2T0
L8E 5A8
L8E 2R0
Edmonton, AB
Stoney Creek, ON
Stoney Creek, ON
8-Sep-94
15-Sep-93
23-Sep-93
Imaje
Excel Videojet
Excel Videojet
095
L8E 2R0
Stoney Creek, ON
15-Nov-94
Imaje
096
L8E 2R0
Stoney Creek, ON
29-Aug-94
Imaje
097
098
099
099
100
100
101
102
103
104
112
112
114
114
KOA JOX
KOA JOX
KOA JOX
KOA JOX
H3C ISO
H3C ISO
H3C ISO
H3C ISO
H3C ISO
H3C ISO
H4T IAO
H4T IAO
H4T IAO
H4T IAO
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa, ON
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
Montreal, QC
17-Aug-94
25-Jul-96
1-Sep-93
17-Dec-93
25-Aug-93
5-Oct-95
3-Apr-96
21-Jun-94
23-Sep-98
22-Sep-98
16-Feb-93
5-Aug-93
20-Jan-93
8-Feb-93
Imaje
Imaje
Excel Videojet
Excel Videojet
Excel Videojet
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Imaje
Imaje
Excel Videojet
114
H3C ISO
GIK 3W0
Montreal, QC
22-Sep-98
Unknown
Quebec, QC
Victoria, BC
Regina, SK
Regina, SK
Regina, SK
Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Stoney Creek, ON
25-Jul-95
8-Aug-94
2-Aug-94
24-Sep-94
7-Nov-94
5-Jul-94
28-Mar-96
20-Jun-97
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Imaje
Unknown
115
118
120
120
120
121
122
125
V8Z 4 bO
S4P OB5
S4P OBO
S4P OAO
B3K ITO
B3K ITO
L8E 2RO
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Flats
Number
Postal Code
Location
First Use
Machine Type
603
613
619
627
H3C ISO
M4L 3T0
V6B I V9
None
L8E 2B0
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON (south central)
Vancouver, BC
Stoney Creek, ON
Stoney Creek, ON
17-Feb-98
3-Feb-98
30-Jan-98
Sep-97
3-Mar-97
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Sterling
Unknown
November 15, 1998
READERS RESPOND
This is the spot to look for responses our readers have made to specific questions which have been asked in previous
issues of the Machine Cancel Newsletter.
Issue I page 5 . More Information Wanted on the Following Ks
Francois Brisse responds about Cap-aux-Meules. He has one back to 15 1111993. Last date he finds for
this town is 13 IX 1996.
Below is a list of K Cancels further related to this question.
POSTAL COD E
POSTAL COD E
CODE POSTAL
CODE POSTAL
POSTAL COD E
POSTAL
COD E
CODE POSTAL
CODE
POS TAL
POSTAL COD E
POSTAL COD E
CODE
CODE POSTAL
POSTAL
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Machine 069
By Michel Gosselin
The first Canadian inkjet postmark in my collection is
dated 19-November-92 and was from Machine 069
located at the Mississauga , Ontario Gateway mail
processing facility. The postmark contained the machine
number, WLPP which I believe stands for West Letter
Processing Plant, then MISS ON, for the location, the
date and time, and the obliterator. If anyone has an
earlier date I would certainly appreciate hearing about it
and getting a photocopy for my records. At that time an
A.B. Dick printing head was in use. This machine
printed single line inkjet postmarks which were amounts
of horizontal lines or shaded area , to cancel the stamp.
On or about 7-June-94 a major change in printing style
was noticed and that coincided with the change over to
an IMAJE printing system that has since been issued on
many other machines. At this point two line inkjet
postmarks started to appear with different spacing
between the two lines (069-5 and 6). The first inkjet with
a spelling error was also seen from this machine (069-7)
where POSTALE was an error for POSTAL in French. A
change in style occurred when CPC (Canada Post
Corporation) began to appear at the start of the line
(069-4 to 13). This machine is no longer in use at least
at this location and using this number since about
January 1997. Again, if anyone has a better LKU I would
like to have information on this or a photocopy of the
cover for my records. The complete list with images of
all inkjet postmarks from machine 069 in my collection is
included at the end of this article. On the following pages
are 069 inkjets from November 19, 1992 to October, 1997.
Other machines will be featured in future issues.
Here are a few notes on some of the more interesting
types:
069-15 use of chevons
069-17 to 21 Supeman slogan
069-25 second line contains only vertical bars
069-38 missing "0" before "69 and preceeded by
hh;;n:;;;;hn::;;HYY
NEW INKJETS SINCE THE LAST NEWSLETTER
01C
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101-34
IIH
101-35
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016-01
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POSTAL CODE FUflALE
022-01
1 03 ) C^ 190
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06
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11.11
103-01
031-02
103 NX
F'O.STAL CODE-'CODE POSTAL 111) )
IS O 98.1 92' 07: 14 1111)1)11!
CODE POSTAL :' POSTAL CODE ! 11111)111
103-02
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076-64
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027 29: 59 11
076P R3C 0,10 98)029 .21:24 1 ^ % .^ I l 1111
POS TRL C:OD1•1 ;E PUS TAL 11
POSTAL t_OIDE•'CO Dc PUS TALE
ii
103-03
076-65
117.E NC^C '1S0 98'1LW 1':31 1/11111111
L'TILISEZ OH 14ANIIRT-F'OSTE 1111IIlIl!
O761 ' R3C W0 9,9 1113 0-3:3) i l l/ 1111 / 1
POSTAL CI
076-66
/CODE POSTAL 1)11111111
USE A POSTAL MONEY CRIER 111 ! 1 11111
103-04
10
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I'M M PSC: ISO 96 M c? 2 0") - 23 11
CODE POSTAL / POSTAL •{{^^,E 111l
LITIL ISE. UN 11117NJJRT-P0STE 1l
104-03
USE A FOS TAL MONEY ORDER 1111 i P
114-07
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114-08
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104-06
124-01
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114-05
124-01
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CODE POSTAL 1 OSTRL CODE 111)1 / / I / I LITIL I SE? UN 11t7NDgT-PU7STE III
USE A POS TAL MONEY ORDER 1111; i
114-06
7 04 H: $L: •J,) M14,0141 LI : ;:'y 1111111111
POSTAL 1' ^• `COLE POSTAL
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CENTRF/1 DE i )NI TEA WAY 11)1)11)1!
09:43
104-01
077-63
078 NEV
ISO 961005 E2:t8 1111J11/ll
USE R P0ST4lJ WNEY ORDER 1111Jliiil
VTILISEZ L1, r7. N1)AT-POSTE ) 1111iiiii
078-24
71)4 )1,j
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UTILISE I
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U^^E A PUS ONEY
ORDER I )1
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104-02
Canadian Inkjet Report
03-Mar-99
Page 1
069
Machine number: 069
EKU: 19-Nov-92 Count:
1st line : 4.0mm x 125mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment: One of earliest inkjet postmarks
EKU: 16-Apr-93
Count:
1st line: 4.0mm x 164mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
3
EKU: 20-Nov-92
Count:
1st line : 4.0mm x 127mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
4
EKU: 06-May-93
Count:
1st line: 4.5mm x 150mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
EKU: 18 -Aug-93
l.i 1F.i.i t t99 i_^
1^Iv
Count:
1st line : 5.0mm x 113mm
2nd line:
•'^4!f ftl !_"ice
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 16mm between lines
6
EKU: 28-Aug-93
Count:
1st line: 5.0mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 4mm between lines
Page 2
069
- 7
Count:
EKU: 09-Aug-93
1st line: 5.0mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
T Sr;': nnnr
4th line:
Md'ar,%I
i ML
Comment : 16mm between lines, spelling error POSTALE
EKU: 10-Aug-93
Count:
1st line: 4.0mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 4mm between lines
- 9
EKU: 10-Aug-93
Count:
1st line: 5.0mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line
Comment : 4mm between lines, spelling error POSTALE
- 10
EKU: 06-Aug-93
Count:
1st line:
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 16mm between lines, spelling error POSTALE
- 11
EKU: 09-Aug-93
Count:
1st line : 4.5mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line-
Comment:
-.12
EKU: 01-Sep-93
Count:
1 st line: 5.0mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment: 2mm between lines
Page 3
069
- 13
EKU: 31-Aug-93
Count:
1st line: 5.0mm x 114mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 0mm between lines
- 14
EKU: 07-Jun-94
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 93 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 93 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 15
EKU: 06-Aug-93
Count:
1st line: 4.5mm x 115mm
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 16
EKU: 10-Mar-95
Count:
1st line: 3.0mm x 88 mm
2nd line: 3.0mm x 58 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
17
EKU: 20-Sep-95
Count:
9 L4W IT0 95. 0^ :^ - 11; 111
1st line: 4.0mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 4.0mm x 43 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 18
EKU: 25-Sep-95
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 83 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
Page 4
069
EKU: 18-Sep-95
- 19
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11 u
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et ,^ItiT :
9~ % 0 ^
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
1!!11f /1 1
•J^?
2nd line: 3.5mm x 57 mm
3rd line:
IIIIIIII
S IPERMFN (TM •14C.)
4th line:
Comment:
- 20
EKU: 22-Sep-95
Count:
069 Loh' :1. '" 9 09 2 ^` ^^!1 ^tr
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 70 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 21
EKU: 12-Oct-95
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 78 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
22
EKU: 03-Nov-95
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 95 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 23
EKU: 05-Dec-95
Count:
1st line: 3.Omm x 91 mm
2nd line: 3.0mm x 96 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 24
EKU: 13-Dec-95
1769 L 41W 171
Count:
95'12-19 01:2-3
1st line:
2nd line:
3rd line:
8REET TJ'&S JUEUSES FETES
Comment:
4th line:
Page 5
069
- 25
Count:
EKU: 07-Dec-95
1st line: 3.0mm x 91 mm
069 L411 1TO 951207 06 -'-SS
2nd line: 3.0mm x mm
3rd line:
11))11111;1111) )il11111111111111f )11!lfII111)))III1)1IIII))1)1)1))ii
4th line:
Comment: second line across whole envelope
- 26
Count:
EKU: 12-Nov-95
069 L 4W I TO 9c/212 06 :c$8 i09hi
1st line: 3.0mm x 90 mm
f! I i
2nd line:
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 27
Count:
EKU: 23-Apr-96
1st line : 3.5mm x 92 mm
D69 L410 IT O 96 04 3 2 • 47 1111 11/11/
2nd line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
3rd line:
if-UTP NK1--'q4j I tUNE%.
.. - .
I l
4th line:
Comment : 9 slashes on 2nd line.
-.28
Count:
EKU: 06-May-96
D69 L4W ITO 960506 2 0 :4,9 1111111111
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 88 mm
3rd line:
CAPE ' 96 LJUfE
-- /6 ]Lily J 1111 J 111)
4th line:
Comment:
-' 29
EKU: 06-May-96
D69 L411 ITO %%++ ''l. w'^.
Count:
_^ 11I1J 1 ^JJ1
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
3rd line:
CHIF /1.310)'.? V1151CI ! T'!! IJ) =
4th line:
Comment : 9 slashes on 2nd line.
-i 30,
EKU: 10-Sep-96
Count:
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment: Only 8 slashes on 2nd line.
Page 6
069
Count:
EKU: 13-Sep-96
31
1st line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 95 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : 2nd line shifted left.
Count:
EKU: 23-Sep-96
- 32
069 L 41J 1 T O 9609"'2 7 07--51 1111111111
1st line : 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line : 3.5mm x 85 mm
3rd line:
LI Ia TED 1t '•= CENTRF&TI)E 1 f : 1 11 t t i
4th line:
Comment:
Count:
EKU: 07-Oct-96
- 33
069 L 41 , ,' '17 t? 96100?
2_ 1 ! .
4-10' 1111.11 r I f
' i 1 j ? t 211
;1I ^1 RES .1DL ` C MRD 5 TFIMP
1st line: 3.5mm x 90 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 94 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 34
Count:
EKU: 01-Oct-96
1st line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 69 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment:
- 35
Count: 11
EKU: 09-Dec-96
,06 9 L 4 41
1st line: 3.5mm x 94 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 94 mm
/ J^
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3rd line:
PEST 1^)J s -1 ' ..^y} I ^ ' ET PAL
11111 11 1
4th line:
Comment:
- 36
J$
9
EKU: 18-Mar-97
Count:
.j9:^ ? l titzIIJI}
1st line: 3.5mm x 94 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 64 mm
3rd line:
RL F)-IA- TORC1/IT'Q j I J f t I F
Comment:
4th line:
Page 7
069
EKU: 06-Jan-97
37
Count: 2
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 64 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment :
No
bars
2nd
Count: 2
EKU: 09-Apr-96
- 38
on
line
1st line: 3.5mm x 157mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 88 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment : Missing 0 before 69. First line preceded by hh;;n:;;;;hn::;;H(Yen)Y
Count: 1
EKU: 20-Sep-96
-.39
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7
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^
rr^r.
if1 '^
r^ rrrr
, ii J J i i = } } } i
1st line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
3rd line:
I 7E k,9.,'.7 :'L PI-APET I R T I Ll1 F} { t 1
4th line:
Comment: 2nd line not shifted, 8 slashes on 2nd line.
- 40
Count: 1
EKU: 04-Jun-96
D69 L4141 17 0
6 11 + 17y
02
` 52k
1st line: 3.Omm x 91 mm
2nd line: 3.0mm x 90 mm
11
3rd line:
4th line:
CAPE' 96 JUNE &-)6 JULY ! 1 .
Comment: 2nd line shifted left. 9 slashes only after slogan.
- 41
EKU: 20-Sep-96
Count: 2
1st line: 3.5mm x 90 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 78 mm
3rd line:
04 1 T,1117 ^^^ :'•• ` E_ ^ I I E
111 1 1/ 1
4th line:
Comment : Only 8 slashes on 2nd line.
- 42
EKU: 11-Oct-96
Count: 3
{,h r L ':+ Q ! {' yn ! .j s1 ,' ;' { T • ,,zi
iiiiiijiii
r,
r•• f; i l
1st line: 3.5mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.5mm x 91 mm
3rd line:
T J M.BR S D 11 C.R )RIiR LS TG'IF' : a 1# 1 ' r i
4th line:
Comment : Only 8 slashes after slogan.
-; 43
EKU: 15-Oct-96
Count: 7
1st line: 3.0mm x 92 mm
2nd line: 3.0mm x 95 mm
3rd line:
4th line:
Comment- ?nri Ufnc chif+o.+ I zf+ a -- ---
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