Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Mar 3, 2024 10:52:54 GMT
Dawson City PO1054 Third Ave, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0  ‘Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race’; mail delivery between Dawson City, Yukon, to Eagle, Alaskas.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 3, 2024 10:53:45 GMT
Dawson City PO1054 Third Ave, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0  ‘OLD POST OFFICE / VIEUX BUREAU DE POSTE / 1901’; post office. Note that this cancel is undated.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 3, 2024 10:54:27 GMT
Dawson City PO1054 Third Ave, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0  ‘PALACE GRANDE THEATER’; theatre. Note that this cancel is undated.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 3, 2024 10:56:54 GMT
Inuvik PO187 Mackenzie Rd Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0  Polar bear, snowflakes, aurora, stars. Note that this design is being used by at least 3 towns in Northwest Territories: Hay River, Inuvik and Yellowknife.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 3, 2024 10:58:15 GMT
Hay River PO101 – 41 Capital Cres. Hay River, NT X0E 0R0  Polar bear, snowflakes, aurora, stars. Hay River no longer offers the inukshuk cancel.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 4, 2024 21:25:39 GMT
I started doing something new today. I went to a Montreal post office to verify their pictorial cancels’ run dates.  Typically, a pictorial cancel (at least the 5 there) is valid for 12 years. The dial for the year is usually rendered as a block of 4 digits stuck together that can be rotated as ‘2020, 2021, 2023’, etc, unlike that of the date that is made into 2 blocks of digits that can be rotated individually. This means each rubber stamp comes with a lifespan of 12 years, as there are 12 slots for each dial. Sometimes the old design gets carried on when a new rubber stamp is fabricated, but sometimes there can be small variations, or the design gets replaced entirely by a new one. For this PO in Montreal, their cancels are good until at least 2030. I was told that the Basilica design was carried from the previous rubber stamp, so that particular design has existed before 2020 for possibly another 12 years. In my postmarking requests sent to the post offices across Canada, I now ask Postmasters to verify this information that I will incorporate into the project's website. I am editing posts in this thread to include the run dates of the cancels I have verified. |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Mar 26, 2024 15:57:43 GMT
I just received a call from the Postmaster of BP St-Valentin in Quebec because I sent him a letter to request all the pictorial cancellations they currently have. This super nice gentleman made a shocking revelation to me: Every year the design changes ever since they started offering pictorial cancel circa 1994, making this year the 30th design they offer. Yes, EVERY year they receive a new design from Canada Post, and the previous (rubber) stamps would be returned to the warehouse waiting to be destroyed. For my pictorial cancel project, he will try to get me as many old designs as he’s capable of finding today, but it’s a huge task to keep track of all these 30 designs. Also, he told me that last year they had received over 3000 postmarking requests from all over the world for Valentin’s Day. They usually receive such requests well into the summer. For this Valentin’s Day, the number of requests they received is smaller compared with last year’s. I don’t know if anyone here collects St-Valentin’s pictorial cancel (available in black and red colours). It’s quite a challenge to map out all the 30 cancels that have been previously designed for this village. I will share whatever information I will receive from the Postmaster, but please bear with me if my data proves to be incomplete. 2023’s design:   This year's 30th anniversary design:  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Apr 3, 2024 1:52:31 GMT
This is the interior of Canada Post’s cancel. The dials of both year and month are rendered as one single rotating block, whereas that of the date is made into two blocks that allow more numeral combinations.  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:46:05 GMT
Digby Main PO9 Water St Digby, NS B0V 1A0 ‘Bluenose | 1921-2021’; Bluenose, port. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:47:19 GMT
Digby Main PO9 Water St Digby, NS B0V 1A0  'World Famous Scallops'; scallop shape, ship.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:50:49 GMT
Yellowknife Main PO4902 50th Ave, Yellowknife, NT X1A 0C1 This cancel is available in two colours:   Aurora, polar bear, snowflakes.
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:55:00 GMT
Watson Lake PO820 B Adela Trail, Watson Lake, YT Y0A 1C0 House. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:55:55 GMT
Watson Lake PO820 B Adela Trail, Watson Lake, YT Y0A 1C0 'Signpost Forest Gateway to the Yukon'; signposts, trees. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:57:04 GMT
Faro POGeneral Delivery Faro, YT Y0B 1K0 ‘Faro’s Annual Crane & Sheep Festival’; crane, sheep. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:57:54 GMT
Faro POGeneral Delivery Faro, YT Y0B 1K0 ‘Yukon’s Best Kept Secret’; mountains (?). 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:58:36 GMT
Faro POGeneral Delivery Faro, YT Y0B 1K0 ‘FARO 50 / 1969-2019’; anniversary. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:59:17 GMT
Faro POGeneral Delivery Faro, YT Y0B 1K0 House. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 12:59:49 GMT
Faro POGeneral Delivery Faro, YT Y0B 1K0 ‘Alaska Canada Highway’ (possibly expired). 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:00:51 GMT
Banff Main PO204 Buffalo St, Banff, AB T1L 1A0 'Home of the Ghost Bride'; Haunted Canada. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:01:39 GMT
Jasper PO502 Patricia St, Jasper, AB T0E 1E0 Bears, trees, mountains. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:03:50 GMT
Cupids PO312 Seaforest Dr Cupids, NL A0A 2B0 Cupid, heart shapes. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:04:43 GMT
Cupids PO312 Seaforest Dr Cupids, NL A0A 2B0 'Birthplace of English Canada 1610'; town silhouette (?), church. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:06:12 GMT
Vulcan PO304 2 Ave S, Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0 Star Trek hand gesture. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:06:54 GMT
Echo Bay PO201 Church St, Echo Bay, ON P0S 1C0 ‘Home of the Loon’ Dollar Monument; loon. Run dates: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2028. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:07:45 GMT
Iqaluit PO615 Queen Elizabeth II Way, Iqaluit, NU X0A 3H0 Inukshuk. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:09:42 GMT
BP Nouvelle91 Rue Maguire, Nouvelle, QC G0C 2E0 ‘150e / 1869 | 2019’; 150th anniversary of the town, trees, sun. Run dates: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2028. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Apr 7, 2024 13:11:13 GMT
Riviere-Du-Loup Bureau-Chef200 Rue Lafontaine, Rivière-du-Loup, QC G5R 3A7 'Capital de Noël! 1er week-end de novembre'; Christmas capital! First weekend in November; reindeer, sleigh, snowflakes, star. Run dates: 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2025. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 15, 2024 10:51:51 GMT
Niagara Falls PO4500 Queen St, Niagara Falls, ON L2E 0A0 Niagara Falls. Run dates: 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2035. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 15, 2024 10:53:05 GMT
Mozart PO1 St, Mozart, SK S0A 2S0 Mozart silhouette, maple leaf, musical notes. Run dates: 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2027. 
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,426
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Apr 15, 2024 10:58:21 GMT
Halifax STN Central1680 Bedford Row, Halifax, NS B3J 1T0 Halifax Town Clock (Citadel Clock Tower). 
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