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Some Canada Flag Cancels

 
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Canada
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Posted 05/01/2010   11:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Puzzler to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
There was just a nice post by lucky up about US flag cancels and I thought I would add this it to the mix.

Canada 1898-1900 Imperial Machine Flag Cancellations,
Toronto Postmarks With Dies A to F
(Picture borrowed from a friend.)



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Canada
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Posted 05/01/2010   11:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BeeSee to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice Flags puzzler. I know I have some from other cities and must dig them out.
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BeeSee in BC
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Canada
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Posted 05/19/2010   7:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Moonbird to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Among other unhappy elements of our now common ink jet cancelling is the loss of such beautiful philatelic / social / historic elements as flag cancellations. <sigh>
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Posted 05/19/2010   11:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add miawanis to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Beautiful cancels! And yes, I agree that machine cancels really suck, a recent postcard I sent had an ugly machine cancel running ---straight across the face--- of the picture on the front of the card...grrrrr....
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Canada
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Posted 07/04/2011   01:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Puzzler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Montreal Machine Flag Cancels on small Queen stamps.
I really like the first one, the Victoria flag cancel.
(Pic courtesy ebay)


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Canada
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Posted 03/22/2015   4:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Puzzler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A modern slogan cancel with a flag in it.
Stamps is a 1938 6c airmail bush plane and steam ship.
Picture courtesy Bay seller angrail .

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