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Post by WERT on Sept 29, 2019 13:46:32 GMT
Here is a list of Arctic Post Offices Northern Canada stanley64 Unfortunately this site does not allow e to add a PDF of exactly where these P.O.'s are.
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Arctic Bay Post Office
867-439-8060
Baker Lake Post Office
867-793-2912
Cape Dorset Post Office
867-897-8811
Clyde River Post Office
867-924-6465
Grise Fiord Post Office
867-980-9913
Hall Beach Post Office
867-928-8017
Iqaluit Post Office
867-979-5864
Kugaaruk Post Office
867-769-7960
Naujaat Post Office
867-462-4194
Pond Inlet Post Office
867-899-8343
Rankin Inlet Post Office
867-645-2680
Sanikiluaq Post Office
867-266-8945
Whale Cove Post Office
867-896-9022
Arviat Post Office
867-857-2859
Cambridge Bay Post Office
867-983-2243
Chesterfield Inlet Post Office
867-898-9030
Coral Harbour Post Office
867-925-9969
Gjoa Haven Post Office
867-360-7271
Igloolik Post Office
867-934-4188
Kimmirut Post Office
867-939-2002
Kugluktuk Post Office
867-982-5905
Pangnirtung Post Office
867-473-8940
Qikiqtarjuaq Post Office
867-927-8917
Resolute Bay Post Office
867-252-3959
Taloyoak Post Office
867-561-512
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 29, 2019 13:54:48 GMT
There was also a post office at Isachsen, on Ellef Ringnes Island. Long closed now, I did have a cover from there when I was a kid. Unfortunately, all my Arctic covers from way back when are long gone.
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Post by WERT on Sept 29, 2019 14:04:53 GMT
Hi brightonpete
I know a lot of people do not worry or collect Arctic postal stationary/cancels...I had few people even mention anything from the Arctic....Thats ok...I think i have a few, but they will be stored and i will keep them.
Robert
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Post by WERT on Sept 29, 2019 14:19:05 GMT
Can not put a PDF here, but here is the overall P.O. area of the Arctic.
Robert
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 29, 2019 14:26:38 GMT
Don't forget about CFS Alert! I spent two years up there. Unfortunately, I wasn't collecting then, so I have no covers from there.
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Post by WERT on Sept 29, 2019 15:16:42 GMT
Burrrrrrrr.....haha  |
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Post by jimjung on Dec 29, 2019 13:20:27 GMT
I have a small collection of Arctic Covers. Originally, I had an ASSA (Assiniboia Territory) Collection which was expanded to include the Northwest Territories and Yukon. If you want to share the PDF, you could upload the PDF to a place on the web and post a link to it from this thread. Here are a couple to share: I believe these are from the day the Post Office was opened.   |
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Post by WERT on Dec 29, 2019 16:08:58 GMT
Hi Jim...Very nice covers..I have a dew of them.
Here is a picture of the old Craig Harbour R.C.M.P. and post office. Robert
Another letter
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Post by WERT on Dec 29, 2019 16:15:09 GMT
Jim Here is the house both your covers were addressed to. Robert
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 29, 2019 23:10:31 GMT
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 30, 2019 0:18:12 GMT
The house addressed to in Sacramento is no longer there. A new house was built on the lot in 2003... valued at $1.5M. It's in the Land Park area.... a nice established part of town for those who can afford it.
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Post by WERT on Dec 30, 2019 2:47:34 GMT
stainlessb... Yikes, out of my range....
BTW.... Here is an Arctic map for those who are interested. Robert
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Post by jimjung on Dec 30, 2019 11:59:57 GMT
I have a book on these called Northwest Territories Postal Cancellations 1907-1986 by Kevin O'Reilly. Here is what it says for Craig Harbour, almost the same as what you have. The Craig Harbour postmark that I have is the Earliest Date for the B1 postmark. (See 2nd scan below)   |
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Post by jimjung on Dec 30, 2019 12:16:56 GMT
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Post by daniel on Nov 29, 2020 19:36:24 GMT
Here's my Alert cover from 1963 with an additional Metorological Office handstamp:  Scan_20201129 (3) by Daniel, on Flickr |
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Post by brightonpete on Nov 29, 2020 20:53:46 GMT
Here is my Alert cover, with a weather related theme to it, postmarked on the 28th of May 1958.  Lake Hazen is a long narrow lake south of Alert. Pilots flying on Project Hurricane (now changed to some other name when the RCAF took over CFS Alert) can attest to the fact that it is an excellent lake for fishing! |
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Post by brightonpete on Nov 29, 2020 21:09:54 GMT
I thought I had posted this one before... An expedition to the North Pole, posted from Resolute Bay on the 5th of June 1976. Unfortunately, it failed and everyone had their names placed in a rock cairn on Ward Hunt Island. I spent two years in Alert, but never made it to Ward Hunt Island. I flew over it a couple times, but didn't land on it.    |
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Post by stanley64 on Feb 19, 2021 17:01:21 GMT
Whilst the Yukon Territory does not appear on Robert's ( WERT) map of the Arctic, the community of Dawson (64°03′30″N) does sit further north than Yellowknife (62°27′13″N) on a map,
To my knowledge though, there were just 23 Canadian post offices in the Yukon Territory up to 1905 and only handful prior to 1900; the hunt continues for other Map Stamps cancelled 'Fort Cudahy, NWT', 'Forty Mile, Yukon', or even a 'Tagish Lake, Yukon' one.
Here I go, chasing unicorns or whistling at the Northern Lights...
Happy collecting!
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Post by renden on Feb 19, 2021 19:00:51 GMT
Always nice to see your research results stanley64 !! Vince - and you know I love that RPO cancel (you gave to me) on the X-Mas stamp !! (Imperial Penny Postage Canada 1898) From Canada Post Offices, by Frank W Campbell   |
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Post by stanley64 on Feb 21, 2021 9:33:19 GMT
Great stuff René ( renden); I was not familiar with the Campbell text, but instead have added a couple of others to my library wish list,
- Scrimgeour, Gray. Postal History Of The Klondike Gold Rush. a noncompetititive [sic] exhibit [Postal History Society of Canada. Northern Canada Study Group], 1996.
- Woodall, Robert G. The Postal History Of Yukon Territory, Canada. Quarterman Publications, 1976.
According to the Canadian Postal Archives, the Fort Cudahy broken-circle postmark you have shared also has proof strike on record for 'FORT-CUDAHY, B.C'. Interesting material and an exciting era to get lost in - Klondike Gold Rush, 1896 -1899.
Alas, the material is rare for single map stamps cancelled during the era, but I am still holding out for a Tagish Lake, YT as I have heard rumour of their existence...
Happy collecting!
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Post by Ryan on Feb 21, 2021 11:12:39 GMT
Whilst the Yukon Territory does not appear on Robert's ( WERT ) map of the Arctic, the community of Dawson (64°03′30″N) does sit further north than Yellowknife (62°27′13″N) on a map, ... To my knowledge though, there were just 23 Canadian post offices in the Yukon Territory up to 1905 and only handful prior to 1900; the hunt continues for other Map Stamps cancelled 'Fort Cudahy, NWT', 'Forty Mile, Yukon', or even a 'Tagish Lake, Yukon' one. I took a closer look at the page you created after renden posted the snippet from Campbell's book which shows an 1899 date for the Dawson, N.W.T. postmark sample. Your Dawson, Y.T. postmark shows an 1899 date as well, and you show an earliest recorded date of Feb. 1898 for a Dawson postmark. I would have to assume that's for the Dawson, N.W.T. example, either that or there was perhaps an error with the year date slug. The Yukon Territory Act didn't create Yukon as a separate territory until June 13, 1898. Sort of like seeing a postmark 4 months before the official first day of release for a stamp, you have to assume an error somewhere ... And when you search online for "Yukon 1898" when trying to learn about this stuff, you come across this photo that became an internet meme about a year ago - Greta Thunberg is a magical time traveller who spent 1898 working in the gold mines in the Yukon! ha ha  Ryan |
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Post by stanley64 on Feb 21, 2021 13:45:14 GMT
I think your assumption is correct Ryan . Similarly though, it seems odd that if the Yukon Territory was created in the June 1898 that the community of Dawson would be using a NWT cancel almost a year later. We do know the Post Dawson Office was opened 1897-09-01 ( Item:23071) as for the hammers used and their configuration, hmmm....
Happy collecting!
P.S. As for the photograph, it reminds me of a Sapphire & Steel episode ;-)
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Post by stanley64 on Feb 22, 2021 12:27:50 GMT
I had a bit of a poke through the Postal History Society of Canada Journals including the "SPECIAL CAPEX '96" issue where I found no less that sixteen different versions of the Dawson cancel listed. For the Post Office itself, the opening dates are recorded as follows: October 1897 (NWT), June 1898 (Yukon). The latter aligns with the passing of The Yukon Territory Act referenced by Ryan in an earlier posting. As for the postmarks, the one shared by René (renden ) from the text Canada Post Offices 1755/1895, by Frank W Campbell (hmmm, 1895(?) - already there is a storm in head) appears to be the A2 version of a broken circle cancel: ERD - Mar. 9, 1899 LRD - Dec. 16, 1901. The one I have shared is listed as the B3 and currently has the following details: ERD – June 16, 1899 LRD – July 6, 1963. Alas, no new ERD, but at a minimum, I need to re-do my page to remove any confusion... Happy collecting! |
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Post by stanley64 on Aug 25, 2021 13:57:19 GMT
From Philip( tundrawolf )'s find to the remoteness of Canada's north, one can clearly see Resolute, N.W.T. on the map shared earlier in the thread by Robert ( WERT )
Commercial Cover franked with a Canadian Scott n.º 351 - 10¢ Inuk and Kayak (1955) and tied with a Resolute Bay, N.W.T hand canceled dated XII.27.1962.
Seems like an appropriate stamp and one of my favourites....
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