Canadian Stamp Cancels - Very Hard To Find.

Everyone has cancels from Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, etc.etc.etc.
There are post offices across Canada That were not in service for very long. Below are a few of them. You will get the idea I am trying to get across to collectors.

Robert

ONTARIO


YUKON



BRITISH COLUMBIA


MANITOBA


NOVA SCOTIA



QUEBEC


NORTHWEST TERRITORIES



ALBERTA


NEW BRUNSWICK



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND


NEWFOUNDLAND

Robert, do you have any of these ?
And your list brings up a question. Why open an office for just one day ?


Peter

Using U.S. experience, I suspect many of the earliest less-than-a-month offices were never actually opened. The time required to communicate back and forth, get employees appointed and bonded, etc., I believe many failed to accomplish all the requirements and were never put into actual operation. I would apply some common sense and take the PO list with a grain of salt as to "operational" validity unless there are additional records such as stamp sales records or similar documentation.

Records are taken from Canadian archive records John...Accordingly accurate...But as you say why open for only one day, but wow if I found one.

Peter..I have not at this time spent time looking for these cancels...But I will keep an eye open.

Robert

Robert, I understand fully where the cited records are coming from, with whatever transcription accuracy there is. I am also saying that one should look for corroborating postal records of site application records, $ returns, PM appointments and bond returns, salaries/compensation paid, route contracts, newspaper announcements, etc., to provide a second or third source of data that these office actually opened or were just "on paper" for a few days. Be skeptical.

In the case of Camp Boggy it was a temporary construction camp for a hydro project (phases I and II).

https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles...-project.php

Hmm...wasn't Beetle Bailey stationed at Camp Swampy?

Hi John...I hear you...Very time consuming...Did verify 3 P.O. records from another source.

Putnam ------------- Ontario
Granddon's Mill -- Quebec
Banff ----------------- Calgary

The rest I will have to do extreme investigating..Thanks for the help and suggestions John.

rogdcam...Thanks for the link...Sounds like Camp Boggy was legit..?

Robert

Would be an interesting project to look for some of these. I've started looking for old cancels from my town and surrounding villages in SE Kent Ontario. The villages only have a couple hundred residents each so is proving a bit of a good challenge. If you find anything for Morpeth, Highgate, Palmyra or Ridgetown Ontario let me know :)

See page seven of this PDF for a cover from Yarmouth MPO 624.

http://bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/wt...-09-w034.pdf

Thanks for the PDF rogdcam...Looks like my Yarmouth is legit to..Appreciate the help.

So far looks like 5 of the 11 posts may be authentic as posted.

Robert

Re the one-day opening of Fort Michener, this was the 100th anniversary of the founding of the RCMP (NWMP). The GG Roland Michener attended. Canada Post set up a PO for the day.

http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...1973-in.html

Cabot Park - the Scouts had their Canadian Jamboree from 5 to 12 July 1977. 16,000 attended.

Thanks itma...One more to add to the correct list..I hope.

Robert

They may be quoted accurately, but even then they need to be taken with a grain of salt. From the checklist of British Columbia post offices:




As an example, if you read the official post office guides, the post office of Abbey in Saskatchewan is listed as opening under transactions for August, September, and October 1913, i.e. sometime in that three month period, but you can't get any more accurate than that. And that is the official record.


Jan