Cancel---A.j.peterson Berlin C.w. (Ontariio)

Hello guys
Have a look at this Canada Law Stamp....Unfortunately it is not in the best shape ( have many more in far better shape ) but it is not the stamp that interests me, it is the cancel.


Why I got interest in this cancel is the old business card referring to my cancel...Shown below.


Below is the Postmaster William Jaffrey He was in charge from..
May.1st.1862 till Aug.28.1896 (death)




Below is the stamp next to the actual cancel...A.J. Peterson, Berlin C.W.
- Berlin: Town in "County of Waterloo"
-A.J. Peterson stands for "Law Stamps to contain the name of the canceller and his office or location"
-The C.W. stands for "County of Waterloo"
- Cancel date "November 4th, 1869"

Little history of Berlin Ontario

Below is the map of Berlin Ontario 1853-1854


In June 1916 the county of Waterloo arranged to change the name of Berlin to another name because it was half way through WWI and they did not want the same name as Germany.

There were originally 113 names submitted and the narrowed it down to 6 as shown by the original voting paper as shown below...Eventually they voted on Kitchener in the county of Waterloo.


The post office was moved to a new building on King Street where it remained until the Town Hall was finished in 1869, when the west end of the main floor was set aside as a Post Office.

QUESTION: Is this possibly the last recorded date at the old Post office, or the earliest recorded date at the final Post Office

Robert

CW may well be a slightly late use of a "Canada West" designation in the cancel.

Secondly, this would be canceled at the business office of A. J. Peterson, and is not a postal cancel.

Hi John..Thanks for the idea buddy.

The only reason that I identified C.W with County of Waterloo was because and I could be wrong) is that I thought Ontario towards east was considered east.
I could very well be wrong.



Robert

What you are seeing on your card there, wert, County of Waterloo, Canada West. And yes it, Canada West,was often used after confederation, I think simply because some folks never got around to getting new cancels.
And yes, Mr Becker is correct, that is a revenue cancel, not postal. And btw, F.F. stand for Fee Fund

Robert, I have to agree with others as I was taught that C.W. does stand for Canada West as anything east of Ontario is C.E. and that includes Quebec. As James pointed out the date of that strike is only 2 years and 4 months after confederation.

Mike