Squared Circle/Precursor Cancels

Please allow me to bump this old but interesting thread.

I've entered the wilderness of the Small Queens - and would like to use a squared circle postmark as a timeline indicator for this stamp:



I believe the postmark would be Brockville, Ontario. I cannot read the year on the postmark, except the top of a '7' (or '3'?) , so I would like to know when the squared circle postmark was first used in Brockville. Can't find that info in Unitrade - so can anyone help on this?

I did however find a clue on this website:http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~agullive/sq...d/type1.html
If I understand this info correctly, first known usage for Type I cancels was in 1893. If so, my stamp is probably postmarked in 1897.
My dilemma is that I think the orange shade and a faint 3 o'clock guide dot indicate the stamp to be from the middle Montreal (-1888) printings, and if so 1897 is quite a late usage for a stamp produced prior to 1888....and I do not manage to make sense of it all

That's a lot of confused thoughts from a confused Small queen newbie...please help!

I would say the year date is "93". Probably not all the typefaces are going to be the same in all years but note the "3" in the year date on this misdated Glammis cover:
http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~agullive/sq...mmis1903.jpg

Thanks hy-brasil! I did not realize the '3's had that peculiar font. 1893 also makes more sense than 1897 if this stamp is a Montreal (-1888) printing .

Any other opinions welcome

Glad to see that this thread is still active. Nice postings in here lately.

Loose Small Queens is a very good source for Sq. Circle strikes and there are so many variations for a lot of these where they were used.

In my personal collection, the best strikes are on the 1897 Jubilee or the 1898 Map stamp.

Chimo

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