Canada Meter Stamp NewsletterSPRING 1991No. 30

Editor: Ross W. Irwin, PO Box 1263, Guelph, ON., NIH 6N6Assoc. Editor: Dave Cooper, Box 2372, Thunder Bay -I

D ", ON., P7B 5E9

NEWS

Here it is just a few days into the new year and I get a letter from Davidsuggesting I have the NL done before the end of the month so he can mail it withone of the new laser printer labels. I hope so, I don't have one. Did you knowthat 1991 is a palindrome, the only one this century?

Ed Lapham kindly sent me some information which I will share with you now. Inmy article on Postalia I mentioned that it and Francotyp were part of the SiemensWerks. Ed says we should add Nixdorf to their ownership as well.

In Alan Draves' list of post offices (28-16) he points out two errors. TheARSLEY, ONT is no doubt APSLEY. LOWER WOODS HARBOR, NS probably should havea "U" which is the Canadian spelling of HARBOUR. This last item should bechecked again.

Ed enquired about a Type 11.1.8 meter tape with "slogan" BOOK RATE/429880/C.F.P.He wondered what it meant. Fortunately, as a small time publisher, I know theanswer. From 1988 the Post Office required persons using the subsidized bookrate to be registered. The front of the cover holding the book must included,near the stamps or meter, the words BOOK RATE and directly below the registrationnumber assigned by the Post Office to the publisher. The publishers name andaddress must also appear. I don't know "C.F.P.", but would be something of theorder of "Canadian Financial Post"??? Amore complete address should have beenon the cover itself.

Wilf. Whitehouse also sent in some material which will appear below. He alsocommented on the Postalia article in the last issue and wanted to know whatserial number I assign to a specific item. The answer is I don't know. Theintent of the article was to give a background to the company in Canada Thedescription of the indicia was secondary, but important. Wilf's problem is wheredoes the 402000 series fit in. My answer is we will have to wait until we getthe catalogue up to that point. My own collection is scanty and we will haveto pool our resources to build the catalogue.

To continue, on page 29.6 are the numbers we intend to use for the catalogue.You also note that on page 29-6 I have included a type 28.3. This is mostarbitrary and is based on how I glue things onto the catalogue form. These can,and probably should, be rearranged before we settle on reprinting a catalogueby itself. Notice I didn't assign a number to the CFP0 as I wasn't sure whetherto treat it as a special or sub-type.

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Ed. Lapham also suggested I include the alternative dating varieties on the meterdetail sheet. For example, MDY on page 28-10. My reason for not doing so, andI am not defending it, is the purpose of the form is to give the technicaldetails of the meter. From the many blanks you see this information is noteasily acquired. The detail of the indicia was intended to be a generalized one;that is, Type 3 postage meters are usually DM?, only a few differ. I also wantto keep the form to one page to accompany the catalogue description. This isnot written in stone if members feel it important to include other formats.

NIXDORFS REVISITED

Here are same interesting "finds". Just when I thought the series had settleddown into a standardized format.

Wilf. Whitehouse included this different Winnipeg.

The "error" serial number on page 29-2, dated 88.12.01, is still in use. DaveCooper sent a copy of one dated 90.07.25.

Dave Cooper also sent in an example of a Nixdorf in the 4000000 series. Theyhad a lot of free numbers - why start another series?

, CANAD“-7-=10? 000.40

91X1.0” A

NEPEAN- ONTARIO 6 0311313 IN 400000S

Dave also sent in another new item - a Nixdorf starting in the 5000000 series.This indicia is the same size as the previous but the label upon which it isprinted is smaller 60 x 33 vs 80 x 40 mm. It is also printed by laser jet ratherthan by dot matrix. There are smaller changes such as rectangular corners, etc.I presume the new ntimber identifies the new system of printing which should bemuch faster.

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PITNEY-BOWES POSTAGE DUE(TYPE 17)

Ross W. Irwin

The Post Office department authorized the installation of 12 postage meters

at the parcel post wickets of Toronto postal stations, November 5, 1952. The

Toronto postmaster, November 27, 1952, wrote that he also required a postage

meter in the City Delivery Building for postage due taken out by parcel post

drivers. Previously, cash register labels had been used for large amounts of

postage due, and stamps for small amounts. The postage due NCR register was in

the Letter Carrier Division. The request was approved December 3, 1952, and onFebruary 3, 1953, a Pitney-Bowes mailing machine (456809) with a Model RF-14T

postage meter was installed for short-paid mail. It was assigned meter number

149201. The townmark contained the international name - TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA.

(Ref 13-1-48)

The postage due mailing machine was modified so the tape was not

automatically cut off at one length. Multiple impressions could be printed and

the tape was then cut off by the operator. The tape was dry.

A check of meter use was made on two days in 1953 and showed:-Nov. 18 - $70 in postage due stamps and $120.90 in postage due tapes.Nov. 21 - $50 in postage due stamps and $141.07 in postage due tapes.

On April 24, 1958, meter 149201 was still the only postage due meter in

use in Canada Pitney-Bowes wished to use the serial block 149200 - 149989 for

additional law meters and asked the post office to change the postage due serial

block to 149990 - 149999, which provided space for 10 additional postage due

meters. The change was approved April 29, 1958. The Toronto postage due meter

was changed to 149990, with the same townmark.

Additional postage due meters were installed in major post offices. Some

were converted regular meters. These special use meters were found to have

limited use in these post offices and on October 13, 1961, it was decided to use

US type ad plates in vertical format as they used less space and tape. Several

postage due meters were converted to general use, but included a POSTAGE DUE ad

plate for use when required.

The inventory of these special purpose postage due meters is incompletebut I list the known information. The postal stores division held the dies andtended to move them around the country.

149201 - TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA, used February 3, 1953, to April 29, 1958, at

the City Delivery Building, Toronto.

149990 - TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA, converted from 149201 as of April 29, 1958.

149991 - TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA, (15)(1'78), was 143083, City Delivery Building,Terminal A

149992 - No town mark, Winnipeg, (16v1 66, 11iii'69, 1970), City Delivery from

December 1960. Was 143519.

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149993 - Meter 153520 converted to 149993 at Postal Station B and was reconvertedin December 1961. Also has townmark WINNIPEG MAN. which was put in meter 154654in 1967. (1970, 27x'77)

149994 - Meter 153524 converted to 149994 at Postal Station F at and reconvertedOctober 13, 1961, to a RFP regular

•parcel post meter and renumbered 146403.

Included a POSTAGE DUE slogan die.

149995 - VANCOUVER B.C., letter carrier depot, main post office, converted 140264in March 1961.In use in 1977.

149996 - No town mark, Vancouver City Delivery Building (parcel department),1961, 1970, 1979. Was 151393.In use in 1977.

One postage due meter was supplied to the Montreal AMF for overseas mail inDecember 1961 but the serial number is not known.

Since the catalogue for this series is short it has been included with thearticle.

Same transportation advertising slogans

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Marshall-Ecclestone Ltd operated a hardware store at Timmins and used Pitney-Bowes Model H meter from before 1940 to 1955 or later. It appears from thebackstamps an the covers that they posted their mail at the railway station.Note the earliest cover shown bears a NORTH BAY & TIMMINS RPO. Why hand stampa metered cover?

The TRAVELLING LETTER BOX cancel was used as a backstamp. Note the Change instyle in October 1948.

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Jean-Guy Dalpe sent in additional information on the List of P.O. postage metersfrom page 26-5. That list may not have been as clear as it should have been.The first column is the meter serial number. The second column is what isbelieved to be the actual townmark, which will include the letters "P.O.". Thedate is that of the actual cover from which the identification was made. Thedate shown in the "Installed" column is the year the machine Was installed inthat post office, taken from post office records.

Jean-Guy has included quite a few additional dates to extend the usage I willretain these and include them if the listing is repeated. What I want to do hereis just list some new items that did not appear in the listing on page 26-5.Where a meter number is repeated in the listing below, it probably means thatthe original listing was wrong inasmuch as it was based on a written documentrather than seeing the actual indicia.

SERIAL TORNMARK AND DATE94078 MONTREAL QUEBEC 1941140201 TORONTO ONTARIO 1956140253 CHARLOTTETOWN P.E.I. 1945143370 NEW GLASGOW N.S. 1977143684 HALIFAX N.S. 1960144784 SYDNEY NOVA SCOTIA 1953146134 SWIFT CURRENT 1975 no pray???146145 NEW GLASGOW N.S. 1959146145 RED DEER 1964146362 SASKATOON SASK 1958146431 PORT ARTHUR ONTARIO 1959146442 BRANDON MANITOBA 1953146902 TORONTO ONTARIO 1960148678 FREDERICTON N.B. 1960153507 POSTAL STATION A VANCOUVER B.C. 1962153517 TORONTO ONTARIO 1965

The PETERBOROUGH Type 11 is a standard indicia. What rakes this cover ofinterest is the red "AR", which is not part of the meter. It was produced bya prototype sorting machine - the TRANEORMA which was used at Peterborough fromabout 1953 to 1960. There are a number of letter codes. Metered mail was notsupposed to go through these machines so such a cover is a bit scarce. Any Ihave seen are always on the size 10 or larger covers.

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H.C. Burton & Co., Hamilton, used Pitney-Bowes Model H meter 83885 from at least1941 to 1955. Note that in 1949/50 the meter must have been reconditioned, andusing the Post Office guidelines the dateline was changed to the bilingual form.RW1

The next issue of the Newsletter will contain a complete listing of Nixdorflabels as found in your collections. Please let we have a listing (See page 27-5 for the format) of those that are not on the list in issue 27. The nextNewsletter will be before I emerge from hibernation. Let me suggest you sendit to me by June 1.

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CHAPTER 1287

POST OFFICE ACT

Postage Meters Regulations

Use of Postage Meters in Canada

3. (1) No person shall use a postage meter in Canada unlessthe design of that postage meter has been approved by theDirector.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall supply postagemeters in Canada other than by means of a lease arrangement.

(3) Postage meters may be sold to the Department.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE MANUFACTUREAND SUPPLY OF POSTAGE METERS IN CANADA

Short Title

I. These Regulations may be cited as the Postage MetersRegulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations,"ascending register" means a mechanical device in a postage

meter that records the total value of impressions made by animpression die or the total dollar value of post- ge used;(totalisateur)

"Department" means the Post Office Department; ( ministere)'rn descending register" means a mechanical device in a postage

meter that records the balance of prepaid postage remainingunused; (soustracteur)

"Director" means, except where otherwise specified, the Direc-ler of Postal Rates and Classification of the Department;(directeur)

"postage indicia impression die" means the part of a postagemeter including the manufacturer's identification and thepostage meter serial number that prints an impression show-ing the denomination of postage that has been prepaid;(cliché de la marque elaffranchissement)

'postage meter" means a mechanical device that is used forprinting prepaid postage; (machine a affranchir)

"postmark impression die" means the part of a postage meterthat prints an impression showing the name of the city ortown and province from which the mail is despatched to-gether with the date of mailing; (cliché du cachet postal)

"printing die" means the parts of a postage meter that print animpression on or for mail and includes the postage indiciaimpression die and the postmark impression die; (bloc;mailman°

"service depot" means a location in Canada the use of whichha been approved by the Department for the service orrepair of postage meters; (service arentretien)

"specimen postage meter" means a postage meter that issubmitted to the Department for approval. (machine aaffranchir specimen)

Approval to Manufacture or Supply

4. (1) Any person who seeks to manufacture or supplypostage meters in Canada shall submit a written application orapply in person to the Director.

(2) Upon receipt of an application made pursuant to subsec-tion (1) the Director shall, upon considering the merits of theapplication, either give conditional approval to it or reject it.

(3) Where an application referred to in subsection (I) hasbeen given conditional approval, the applicant shall deliver

(a) to the Director General, Engineering and TechnicalServices of the Department,

(i) a specimen postage meter made in accordance with thespecifications set out in the Schedule,(ii) detailed technical and operating instructions for thepostage meter,(iii) detailed plans and drawings showing the dimensionsand composition of all postage meter parts and themanner in which those parts are assembled, and(iv) any special fittings required to facilitate testing of thepostage meter; and

(b) to the Director,(i) a list of the security arrangements that the applicanthas established for

(A) control of postage indicia impression dies,(B) service and inspection facilities,(C) the safekeeping of the records of all pos'age metersin use and in stock,(D) the manufacture and assembly of postage meters,and(E) the maintenance of postage meters,

(ii) a detailed description including drawings and photo-graphs of the areas to be used for the manufacturing,assembling and servicing of postage meters,(iii) evidence of adequate storage facilities for postagemeters and spare parts therefor,(iv) proof satisfactory to the Director of the integrity andfinancial responsibility of the applicant, and(v) the form of lease to be used for leasing postage meters,the terms of which shall provide that

(A) the postage indicia impression die shall be theproperty of the Postmaster General, and(B) the lessor shall at all times retain ownership of allpostage meters not purchased by the Department.

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(4) Where a postage meter meets the requirements set outin the schedule and the Director is satisfied as to the securityarrangements made in respect of the manufacturing, supply-ing, storing and repairing of postage meters, the Director mayapprove the postage meter and tuthorize the applicant tomanufacture or supply postage meters in accordance with theproposals contained in his application.

(5) The Director General, Engineering and Technical Ser-vices of the Department shall retain a copy of every specimenpostage meter approved pursuant to this section.

Manufacture and Supply

5. No person shall manufacture or supply a postage meter toany person or organization except the Department unless thatpostage meter conforms in all respects to a specimen postagemeter approved by the Director.

Change in Design

6. (1) Where a manufacturer or supplier seeks to(a) change a basic feature of the design of a postage meter,Or

(b) make any change that might affect the security arrange-ments for manufacturing, supplying, storing or repairingpostage meters,

a written application for approval of the change shall be madeby the manufacturer or the supplier to the Director.

(2) Where a change in a basic feature of the design of apostage meter is approved by the Director, the manufactureror supplier shall deliver to the Director General, Engineeringand Technical Services of the Department for approval aspecimen postage meter that has been changed as authorized,and a copy of that postage meter, or those parts of thatpostage meter that have been changed, shall be held on depositby the Director General, Engineering and Technical Servicesof the Department.

7. Where a change in the design of a postage indiciaimpression die is required at any time by the Department, itshall be made at the expense of the manufacturer or supplierof the postage meters or at the expense of both the manufac-turer and the supplier.

Defective Design

B. Where there is a defect in the design of a postage meter,the Director may require a manufacturer or supplier

(a) to cease production and distribution of any or all modelsof postage meters pending ineestigation; and(b) to replace any defective postage meters at no cost orinconvenience to the user.

Approval Withdrawn

9. Where, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, amanufacturer or supplier has

(a) engaged in any illegal activity, or(b) failed to comply with any regulation made under thePost Office Act.

the Director may withdraw his approval of the design of thepostage meters manufactured or supplied by that manufactur-er or supplier and thereupon the manufacturer or suppliershall cease to manufacture or distribute postage meters for usein Canada.

Application for Use of Postage Meter

10. ( / ) Where the design of a specimen postage meter hasbeen approved by the Director, the supplier of that postagemeter may provide an application form approved by the Direc-tor to any person who, in the supplier's opinion, may wish toapply to use such a postage meter.

(2) Any person who wishes to use a postage meter shallcomplete the application form referred to in subsection (I) andsubmit it to his local postmaster to obtain authority to operatethe postage meter.

Delivery of Postage Meters

II. When a supplier receives a notice from the Departmentthat an application for use of a postage meter has beenapproved, he shall deliver a postage meter to the postmasterdesignated by the Department who shall set the descendingregister to show the amount of postage purchased by the userof the postage meter.

12. (1) Where a postage meter is delivered for the first timeto a postmaster authorized to set postage meters, the suppliershall

(a) instruct the postmaster or his authorized representativehow to set the descending register to show the amount ofpostage prepaid; and(b) supply the postmaster with

(i) a key to the door of the descending register,(ii) the tool for cutting or breaking the post office seal onthe door of the descending register,(iii) the stylus for setting the descending register, and(iv) a copy of instructions on how to set the descendingregister.

(2) Where a postage meter of a type not previously in use isdelivered by a supplier to a postmaster or his authorizedrepresentative for the initial setting of the descending register,the supplier shall

(a) instruct the postmaster how to set the descending regis-ter; and

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(b) provide the postmaster with a copy of the instructions onhow to set the descending register.

13. When a postage meter is installed or exchanged, the

supplier shall provide the Director of Accounting of the

Department with a report satisfactory to that Director stating

(a) the name and address of the lessee;

(b) the name of the post office at which the descendingregister of the postage meter was set;

(c) the serial number of the postage meter; and

(d) the reading of the descending and ascending registers atthe time of installation or exchange,

Defective Postage Meters

14. When a malfunction occurs in a postage meter that

makes it inoperative or affects the descending or ascending

register, the supplier shall(a) instruct the user to surrender the postage meter forremoval from service to the postmaster who is responsible

for setting the descending register;

(b) examine the postage meter at the supplier's service depotin the presence of a representative of the Department todetermine the nature and cause of the defect; and

(c) supply the Director of Accounting and the DirectorGeneral, Engineering and Technical Services of the Depart-

ment with a detailed report of the result of the examination,which report shall include an outline of the faults that

caused the malfunction.

Control of Postage Meters

15. (1) Every manufacturer or supplier of postage meters

shall(a) keep the postage indicia impression dies and keys to the

doors of descending registers in a safe location the means of

access to which shall be kept locked; and

(6) maintain comp l ete and accurate records of the distribu-

tion of all postage indicia impression dies and keys.

(2) An authorized representative of the Department may

inspect the manufacturer's or supplier's security arrangements

at any time.

16. (1) Every supplier shall provide the Director of Account-

ing of the Department with(a) a list of new postage indicia impression dies prepared for

installation in postage meters;(b) an inventory of postage meters in service and of those

available for service; and

(c) any information required by the Director of Accounting

with respect to the control of postage meters.

(2) Where the Director of Accounting of the Department

has been advised of the approval of any new model of postage

meter, he shall, upon request, inform the supplier of the die

*umbering series to be used.

17. No lock combination shall be used for postage meters

where that lock combination is or may be used for any other

purpose.

Service and Maintenance

18. All service and maintenance of postage meters shall be

done by the manufacturer or supplier thereof and, if such

service or maintenance involves the removal of the postage

meter encasement thereby exposing the descending or ascend-

ing registers or the postage indicia impression dies, it shall be

done only in the manufacturer's or supplier's service depot.

Termination of Lease

19. Where a lease of a postage meter terminates for any

reason, the supplier shall immediately

(a) withdraw the postage meter from service and surrender

it to the local postmaster who shall determine the amount of

prepaid postage remaining on that postage meter; and

(b) advise the Director of Accounting of the Department ofthe reading of the descending and ascending registers at the

time of withdrawal.

Lost or Stolen Postage Meters

20. (1) Where a postage meter has been lost or stolen, the

supplier shall immediately advise the local postmaster and the

Director of Accounting of the Department of the loss or theft

arid give them the last readings of the descending and ascend-

ing registers recorded by the user of the postage meter,

(2) Where a postage meter that was lost or stolen is

recovered, the supplier shall immediately advise the local

postmaster and the Director of Accounting of the Department

of the recovery and of the readings of the descending and

ascending registers.

(3) Where a postage meter is damaged by fire, the supplier

shall, if possible, obtain the readings of the derending and

ascending registers and recover the damaged postage meter for

repair or destruction.

Inspection of Postage Meters

21. A supplier shall inspect each postage meter at least once

a year and deliver to the Director of Accounting of the

Department after each inspection a report showing

(a) the readings of the descending and ascending registers;and(b) whether or not there is any evidence of attempted

interference with the security of the postage meter.

Destruction of Postage Meters

22. (1) No postage indicia impression dies or descending or

ascending registers shall be destroyed unless notice has been

given to the Director and the Director or his representative is

present to witness the destruction.

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(2) Descending and ascending registers shall be destroyedseparately from the postage indicia impression dies and in sucha manner that

(a) no part can be salvaged for reuse; and(b) no drawing can be made of any part thereof.

(3) Postage indicia impression dies shall be destroyed bymelting them in a furnace or by acetylene torch.

(4) When a postage indicia impression die or a postagemeter has been destroyed, the manufacturer or supplier there-of shall forward to the Director of Accounting of the Depart-ment a certificate signed by the manufacturer or supplier andby the Director or his representative that states

(a) the number and denomination of that die; or(b) the model and serial number of that postage meter,

23. Where any person make impressions of a postage indiciaimpression die as part of the procedure for testing postagemeters, those impressions shall be destroyed by burning.

SCHEDULE

(s. 4)

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGEMETERS

I. A postage meter shall contain the postage indicia impres-sion dies, the descending and ascending registers and themechanism that operates such registers.

2. The postage indicia impression dies and the descendingand ascending registers shall form part of a unit that can beeasily taken by the lessee to the post office at which thedescending register is set.

3. (I) A postage meter that is capable of printing only onedenomination of postage shall register the number of impres-sions made,

(2) A postage meter that is capable of printing severaldenominations of postage shall register either multiples of thesmallest unit printed or the currency value of the impressionsmade.

4. The operation of the descending register shall be separatefrom the operation of the ascending register.

5. The descending register shall be designed to actuate alocking mechanism that will prevent further operation of thepassage meter after the descending register has been reducedto the first amount less than the largest denomination print-able by the postage meter.

6. The descending register shall be so constructed that theamount of prepaid postage or impressions within its capacityan be easily set into the register by the postmaster.

8. The postmark impression shall be printed to the left of thepostage denomination impression.

9. (1) The postmark impression shall show the day, themonth and the year of mailing.

(2) The month of the year of mailing shall be shown inroman numerals on the postmark impression.

10. The postmark die shall be constructed to allow the dateto be printed or omitted as required by any regulations madeunder the Post Office Act.

11. (1) A postage meter may be so constructed that a sloganor advertising die may be inserted adjacent to the printing die.

(2) A slogan or advertising die shall be constructed so that(a) it does not interfere with the operation of the postagemeter; and(6) it may be easily inserted without exposing the postageindicia impression die.

12. A postage meter shall be so constructed that an impres-sion of a slogan or advertising die

(a) is printed to the left of and adjacent to the printing die;and(b) does not interfere with the postage or postmarkimpression.

13. The postage indicia impression dies shall not be exposedat any time when the postmark, slogan or advertising dies areinstalled or removed or when the date of the postmark die ischanged,

14. The postage indicia impression dies on and after April 1,1968 shall be engraved in Canada in a manner satisfactory tothe Director.

15. (1) The postage indicia impression die, the descendingand ascending registers and the locking mechanisms shall beenclosed in a durable encasement to prevent fraud and improp-er operation,

(2) The encasement referred to in subsection (1) shall be soconstructed that

(a) the readings of the ascending register cannot be changedexcept by ordinary use of the postage meter;(10 access cannot be had to those parts of the postage meterwithin the encasement without mutilation of the encase-ment, other than the access required to set the descendingregister:

(c) the descending register is accessible for setting theamount of prepaid postage by means of a door equippedwith a lock that is covered;(s0 the door to the descending register cannot be openedwithout first removing a post office seal that shall beattached to a place between the lock cover and the encase-ment or to some other place provided for that purpose;(e) the ascending register and all other parts are not access-ible when the door to the descending register is open; and0') the readings of descending and ascending registers areeasily obtained at any time by viewing through closedwindows or by means of an imprint on a tape or card or bymeans of a combination of both methods.

7. (1) The impression of the printing die shall be approvedby the Director and shall show

(a) the serial number of the postage meter;(b) the manufacturer's identification insignia;(c) the postmark; and(d) the denomination of the postage.

(2) A postage meter shall be so constructed that impressionsof the printing die are not obtainable without proper registra-tion on the descending and ascending registers.

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No. 31 SUMMER 1991

Editor: Ross W Irwin, PO Box 1263, Guelph, ON, N1H 6N6

Assoc. Editor: Dave Cooper, PO Box 2372, Thunder Bay P. ON, P7B 5E9

NEWS

FOR SALEI just found 10 copies of the 1st Edition of Canadian Met

er Postage Stamp

Catalogue (Ross W. Irwin) which was printed in 1972. A copy is available from

the Editor, address above, for $4.00 postage paid.

NEWFOUNDLAND METERSSomeone must have found a hoard of Newfoundland postage meters

, mostly addressed

to Pilley's Island, and is feeding them slowly into the auction catalogues. !

give a listing of four sales in 1990.

Meter Date Esti-No mate

17 2 XII -7 2518 14 X 47 2518 14 X 49 2518 29 XI 48 2023 20 VI 47 2530 27 X 47 3530 4 VIII 48 2530 20 XI! 47 30

35500 AUG 191 48 40

35501 NOV 7'47 4035502 DEC 3048 4035502 DEC 30'48 30

180007 DEC 161 48 30

180007 OCT 748 35180007 DEC 18'48 30

180007 NOV 30'48 30180009 JAN 1949 25

180009 MAY 11 48 25

180010 SEP 28P 48 30

Sold Meter Owner

32.50 Great Eastern Oil25.00 T.M. Winter

27.50 Harvey & Co22.50 Royal Stores27.50

40.00 Imperial Tobacco42.50 Browning Harvey

40.00 Canada Packers(cheque)Bowring Bros

35.0030.0030.0037.50 Purity Factories

25.00 (cheque)32.50 Nfld Butter

3 9 II 31 25 25.00 Scotia Motor Oil

6 16 VI 31 35 37.50 Bowring

6 18 VII 38 357 6 IX 39 25 30.00 James Baird

24 5 XI 37 25 Royal Stores

15 Nfld R.R.

17 5 XI 47 25 Great Eastern Oil

18 40 (Lot of 4) T.M. Winter

23 Harvey & Co

30 Royal Stores

35500 SEP 151 48 40 Imperial Tobacco

35501 AUG 20'48 40 Browning Harvey35502 JUN 1'48 40 Canada Packers180001 NOV 1347 30 Bank of Montreal180002 SEP 1448 30 F.M. O'Leary180004 FEB 20'48 20 Ayre S Son180005 MAR 6'48 25 Imperial Oil180007 JUL 1548 25 Bowring Bros180009 MAR 248 25 Purity Factories180010 MAR 3149 30 Nfld Butter

1946 50 45.00 Bcwring Bros17 1947 50 55.00 Great Eastern Oil30 1949 Royal Stores

1 3 IV 48 40 45.00 Electric Co35500 APR 648 50 30.00 Imperial Tobacco35501 NOV 20'47 50 30.00 Browning Harvey35502 DEC 7'48 50 27.50 Canada Packers35513 FEB 2649 50 55.00 Canada Packers180001 1947 50 55.00 Bank of Montreal180002 1947 -- - - -O'Leary180007 1948 50 45.00 Bowring Bros180009 1948 -- - - -Purity Biscuits180007 1948 40 45.00 Bowring Bros180010 1948 -- - - -Nfld Butter180011 1948 30 35.00 Gerald S. Doyle

30 SEP 30'47 50 w/d Electric Co

WANTED - TYPE 9I need for my collection the following TAPES: 94004, 7, 15, 9 1, 27, 29, 34, 36,42, 58, 63, 66, 72, 74, 77, 84, 86, 88, 94, 97, 101, 102, 104, 107; 113, 114,124, 125. I have a cut square of the foregoing.I need, and do not have, any example but preferably a tape of: 94047, 59, 79,100, 112, 120, 126, 127, 128. Will buy or trade.Ross Irwin, Box 1263, Guelph, ON., N1H 6N6

TYPE 9 METER TOWNSThese were covered in a previous issue but are brought together here.

VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIAEDMONTON ALBERTAREGINA SASKATCHEWANWINNIPEG MANITOBAWAWANESA MANITOBAFORT WILLIAM ONTARIOTORONTO ONTARIOTORONTO ONTARIO P.O.WINDSOR ONTARIOCHATHAM ONTARIOOTTAWA ONTARIOOTTAWA ONTARIO P.O.OTTAWA ONTARIO SUB P.O. 18

HAMILTON ONTARIOHOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TORONTO, ONT.WATERLOO ONTARIOKITCHENER ONTARIOST CATHARINES ONTARIOMONTREAL QUEBECMONTREAL QUEBEC P.O.QUEBEC QUEBECHALIFAX NOVA SCOTIATRURO NOVA SCOTIA P.O.SAINT JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK P.O.

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PITNEY-BOWES MODEL J SERIES

Ross W. Irwin

The rights for the distribution of the Franco "Multi-Valor" postage meter inCanada and the United States was acquired by the Pitney-Bowes Company in 1933.While this particular postage meter was not a success in Canada, and was neverdistributed in the United States, it did demonstrate the utility of an omni-ratepostage meter.

All postage meters, prior to 1933, imprinted the indicia and townmark asseparate impressions, yet both were parts of the one printing die. During 1933,Pitney-Bowes developed at Stamford, Conn., an omni postage meter which had thetownmark and frank contained within a single rectangular indicia. This postagemeter was termed their Model J series and assigned serial block 90000.Experimental units were placed in service from September 1933. The first regularpostage meter was serial 90014 placed in service in late 1934.

The Flying Eagle postage meters became a favorite of specialist metercollectors. There was great variety and the serial block only extended to 90796.The period of use for this meter was September 1933 to 1959.

Mailing Machines

The Model J mailing machine was hand fed. It used gunned paper in a roll forparcel post tapes.

The Model J mailing machine was redesigned Januar y 27, 1939, and was namedthe Model IA mailing machine which fed mail through the postage meter either byhand individually or automatically. It had good speed and could accomodateoversize envelopes and parcel post packages through a self contained tape unit.The Model JA mailing machine sold in Canada for $490 in 1937.

The Model J mailing machine was a modified to form the Model JDP mailingmachine for use in public post offices and was for tape only.

Postage Meters

Two omni-denominational postage meters were developed for use with the mailingmachines. The Model JD was a 3-1/2 bank machine which printed all values fromlc to 9.99, including 1/2c fractional rate for the USA. The fractional leverwas removed from meters used in Canada. This postage meter also printed "nil"postage, the first meter to do so. The meter held $9,999.99 of postage and wasset in dollars, not in units as with earlier meters. It also recorded the numberof transactions and the amount of postage spent and unspent. The postage meterrented for 3c per 100 impressions with a minimum monthly rent of $10, and maximumof $20, in Canada.

In the USA a Model JDC, a 4-bank postage meter, was in use. It printed allvalues from 1c to $99.99. This meter held $99,999.99 of postage.

The Model J mailing machine and Model JD postage meter were durable, and ofexcellent quality but were very costly to manufacture. Imperial Tobacco Co. made28 million impressions with meter 94039 to April 30, 1945. The meter was very

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heavy to carry to the post office for Setting The Model 2D postage meter Wasreplaced by the Model RE in 1940.

The Model J mailing machine, with Model JD postage meter was approved for usein Canada on January 15, 1936. The meter was field tested by the Canadian bankof Commerce as a replacement for the Franco "Multi-Valor" postage meter in theiruse.

All Model J machines were used in 17 large commercial cities in Canada. Therewere 11 Model J machines in Toronto by May 5, 1937. The entire series was allout by 1939. By 1955, only three Model JD meters were still in use in Canada.

Indicia

Commercial use of the Model J postage meter in the USA started in late 1934.About this time the Pitney-Sowes representative in Canada requested the PostOffice Department to approve the indicia for the new postage meter. The originaldesign was unsatisfactory. It was similiar to the US Flying Eagle design but witha deckle edge to resemble the standard indicin. The second attempt also provedto be too radical and on July IL, 1935, the Post office suggested the indiciaconform to the old design (1932) principles with CANADA. at the top of an archwith two maple leaves at the corners. The arches were supported with the wordsPOSITS and POSTAGE. The amount in cents and the serial number at the bottom.A Crown was acceptable, but not "GB" or the Coat of Arms. They wanted a deckleedge.

In August 1935 a design conforming to the principles laid down in 1932 wassubmitted. It was identical to the Irwin Type 9 indicia which was finallyapproved, except a single maple leaf was placed in the upper and lower left handcorners. The actual design was settled September 11, 1935.

The indicia has the same overall frame size, same townmark diameter, same rateframe size, and same date lettering as the US Flying Eagles. One would expectthis as all meters were made at Stamford.

The indicia is 55 mm by 25 nun. The townmark diameter is 20 mm and theprovince is usually in full. The date mark is a single line - month, day, year.It is changed using a special "pick" to turn the wheels. Between the townmarkand the rate frame is an Imperial Crown above four horizontal wav y lines. Below,is the word METRE and the serial number of the postage meter in the 94000 seriesblock. The rate frame is 21 mm wide and conforms to the general policy. Thevalue is prominent with a dot before the value, as found with US postage meters.

Indicia Changes and Variations

Meter 94000 was placed in service with Consolidated Advertising Services Ltd.,73 Richmond St., Toronto. The earliest date is APR 136. The latest for thismeter is JUN 15'53. The meter was used by Consolidated, who did mailings forother companies, until 1941. It was placed in use with Canadian Kodak SalesLtd., Toronto, from about June 1942 to June 1953. It is probable that 50 millionimpressions were made by this meter but few seem to have survived. I estimateit represents 1 percent of the Type 9.2 or 9.3 indicia.

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The date mark is small. The Post Office Department complained of the

possibility of forgery for high values of postage when a meter had a decimal

point. A large star was adopted which has continued to this day. The star was

used for postage meter 94001 and subsequent. The star is often found inverted,

and of varying sizes on the Model R indicia. I am not aware of inverted stars

in this series and any changes in size can be blamed on lack of cleaning of the

die.

The above is Type 9.1. Type 9.2 is distinguished by a star instead of a dot

before the rate and the type font for the date mark is larger and easier to road.

Type 9.2, with METRE above the serial number includes meters 94001 to 94034, and

the anomoly 94125 which is identical but out of sequence.

Type 9.3 is distinguished by the format METER/serial number/GOMPTEUR below

the Crown. The Crown is higher having its base opposite "P" instead of "0".

The serial numbers are from 94035 to 94124, with 94.129 as an addition. The

earliest use of Type 9.3 is February 1938.

Meter 94009 was used by the Department of Public Printing and Stationery at

Ottawa. This department had their own sub-post office, as was a common custom

at the time. The townmark of the meter originally read OTTAWA ONTARIO SUB P.O.

18. This was changed to OTTAWA ONTARIO with the title DEPT.P.P.& S vertically

outside the left edge of the indicia frame.

A sample of paper was approved for use with the Model J machine on April 26,

1935. The paper tape is 1-7/16 in. wide and in a roll 4-1/2 in. in diameter.

The postmark ad was printed in a space 13/16 in. by 1-1/2 in. It is serrated

and cut wet or dry.

RETURN POSTAGE PREPAID is used in lieu of the townmark and date mark in Type

9.2 and 9.3. These are uncommon.

Meters 94043 used at Quebec, and meter 94071 used by the Vancouver Daily

province newspaper about 1949-50 have very tall numerals for their serial number.

There is an interesting series, created by Pitney-Bowes, of first flight

covers having different cachets. The covers, dated March 1, 1939, commemorate

flights by Trans Canada Airlines from Toronto to Ottawa, North- Bay, Calgary,

Edmonton and Vancouver.

Oddities which occur from time to time are townmarks inverted or skewed due

to operator error. Incorrect dates, blank date marks for printed matter

mailings, omitted day for the same purpose. The province is abbreviated only

for HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, ONT. on meters 94033 and 94117.

Most meter impressions are in red ink. Green (94084) and purple (94006) ink

have also been reported in this series.

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31-6

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INVENTORY OF TYPE 9 POSTAGE METER USAGE 94023 REGINA Imperial Oil Mar 28'46

94024 TORONTO Colgate Palmolive Jan 1339

SERIAL TOWN MARK USER EXAMPLE 94024 TORONTO Toronto Trans. Comm May 949

94025 TORONTO F.W. Woolworth Jul 2037

94000 TORONTO Consolidated Advertising Jul 30'36 94025 TORONTO Copp Clark Feb 1446

94000 TORONTO Canadian Kodak Jun '42 94026 TORONTO Gordon Mackey Dec 340

94001 TORONTO Crown Life Mar 3141 94026 HAMILTON Steel Co May 2649

94001 MONTREAL Bank of Nova Scotia Jun 21'50 94027 TORONTO John C. Winston Nov 741

94002 TORONTO Colgate Palmolive May 636 94028 TORONTO Bank of Nova Scotia Nov 337

94002 MONTREAL Can Fairbanks Morse Dec 3146 94028 MONTREAL Northern Electric Apr 22'40

94003 WINDSOR Ford Motor Co Apr 1736 94028 TORONTO P.O. Nov 1442

94003 TORONTO Can Jewellers Assn Jan 840 94029 TORONTO OHMS D.M&S Nov 13'44

94004 TORONTO Canada Packers Apr 23'36 94029 TOR ONTO National Trust Nov 2046

94004 TORONTO Copp Clark Oct 26'36 94030 HAMILTON Imperial Oil Dec 637

94004 VANCOUVER Imperial Oil Jul 7'41 94030 MONTREAL PO Box 810 Aug 2440

94004 VANCOUVER Gordon Belyea Jul 27'43 94031 MONTREAL Defence Industries May 1'41

94005 TORONTO United Motors Nov 2036 94031 ST CATHARINES McKinnon Industries Nov 1946

94005 ST CATHARINES McKinnon Industries Jun 1639 94032 WATERLOO Mutual Life Mar 2042

94005 MONTREAL Family Herald Dec 1548 94032 HAMILTON Tuckett Tobacco Jun 2046

94006 MONTREAL Apr 4'39 94033 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Prov of Ont. Mar 238

94006 KITCHENER Smiles & Chuckles Sep 15'44 94034 REGINA Prov. of Sask. Jan 17'41

94006 VANCOUVER Sep 650 94035

94007 MONTREAL Steel Co Jun 2538 94036 MONTREAL Nationa Trust Jun 2838

94007 MONTREAL P.O. Nov 1041 94037 WATERLOO Mutual Life Mar 2141

94008 WINDSOR G.W. Walker Aug 1237 94037 TORONTO Shell Oil Nov 846

94008 TORONTO Can Kodak 1942 94037 MONTREAL Northern Electric Jun 3'49

94008 VANCOUVER Bank of Toronto Jun 2452 94038 WINNIPEG J.H. Ashdown Apr 4 46

94009 OTTAWA SUB PO 18 Govt of Can 94039 TORONTO Colgate Palmolive Apr 1 43

94009 OTTAWA Govt of Can 94039 WINDSOR Bank of Montreal Sep 1249

94010 MONTREAL Shell Oil Dec 7'49 94039 TORONTO P.O. Dec 19'38

94011 TORONTO Can Gen Elec Jul 13'37 94040 MONTREAL P.O. 1940

94011 MONTREAL CIL Dec 7'45 94040 TORONTO P.O. Jan 7'42

94012 TORONTO Wood Gundy Nov 30'36 94041 TORONTO Canada Wire & Cable Jun 1 44

94013 TORONTO Can Nat Ca rbon Dec 136 94041 VANCOUVER Dun and Bradstreet - 1947

94013 TORONTO Laura Secord Sep 29'39 94042 HAMILTON Bank of Montreal Jun 6'44

94014 TORONTO Can Nat Carbon Oct 14'41 94042 TORONTO Kerr Steamships Nov 2'49

94015 TORONTO Imperial Oil Apr 5'37 94043 TORONTO Imperial Oil Sep 26'39

94015 QUEBEC Pros Of Quebec Nov 23'38 94043 MONTREAL Can Nat Express Sep 1444

94016 TORONTO Pugsley & Dingman Jan 5'36 94043 QUEBEC B. Houde & Grothe Apr 2050 Lg serial

54016 MONTREAL Canadian Bank of Commerce 1942 94044 MONTREAL Alex Murray Nov 253

94016 MONTREAL Canada Packers Dec 2148 94045 TORONTO HEPC Sep 25'50

94016 EDMONTON Edmonton Jill Aug 11'52 94046 TORONTO Imperial Oil Nov 2350

94017 VANCOUVER Daily Province Mar 2740 94046 TORONTO P.O. Apr 2739

94017 WINNIPEG Can Nat Railway Sep 1648 94047 MONTREAL P.O. Dec 29'41

94018 WINDSOR Asperin Nov 14'35 94048 TORONTO Pitney Bowes Nov 3'48

94018 HAMILTON Levy Bros May 13'41 94048 OTTAWA P.O.

94019 TORONTO Imperial Life Jun 20'38 94049 TORONTO Can Kodak Jun 1 38

94019 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Prov of Ontario Feb 28'49 94049 TORONTO Underwood Elliott Mar 6°40

94020 TORONTO Lever Bros Jul 1637 94049 TORONTO Confederation Life Dec 2 44

94020 TORONTO Confederation Life May 15'46 94050 TORONTO Confederation Life Aug 3142

94021 TORONTO Wrigley's Jun 30'37 94051 HAMILTON Mar 19'45

94021 WINDSOR Ford Motor Co Jul 738 94052 TORONTO Literary Guild Sep 2746

94022 HAMILTON Steel Co May 25'37 94053 TORONTO Goodyear Mar 28'38

94022 TORONTO Confederation Life Apr 1'38 94053 MONTREAL Jan 30'46

94022 TORONTO Synthetic Drug Feb 744 94054 TORONTO Bank of Montreal Mar 1538

94023 TORONTO Can Kodak May 4'39 94054 TORONTO P.O. SeP 2'52

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91 055 TORONTO Dominion Stores May 1645 94091 MONTREAL Canada Packers Dec 84294056 TORONTO Massie Renwick Jan 17'49 94092 MONTREAL Can Nat Express Nov 8'4094057 TORONTO

94057 TORONTO P.O

Canada Metal Nov 20'45

Aug 165194093 MONTREAL

94094 TORONTO

Family Herald Nov 2439

May 5'4194058 TORONTO Feb 2040 94095 REGINA Govt of Sask. Sep 184594059 REGINA Imperial Oil Oct 1641 94096 TORONTO Ind. Accident Assn Jun 11'4094059 MONTREAL Family Herald Jan 2346 94097 HAMILTON Imperial Tobacco Dec 124194060 TORONTO Great West Life Jun 1246 94097 VANCOUVER Gordon and Belyea Jul 224794061 TORONTO S.S. Kresge Dec 1845 94098 TORONTO J. Biddle Aug 134094061 WINDSOR Bank of Montreal Jul 350 94099 TORONTO Geo H. Hees May 34594062 SAINT JOHN P.O 1951 9410094063 MONTREAL Canada Packers Mar 1044 94101 TORONTO Canada packers Jun 9'4094 064 TORONTO Can Mfg Assoc May 23'46 94101 FORT WILLIAM Canadian Car & Fdy Mar 164894065

94102 MONTREAL Scott Clothing May 26'4594066 WAWANESA Wawanesa Mutual Feb 8'51 94103 HAMILTON Wood, Alexander Jul 18'499 4 067 OTTAWA P.O. Dec 30138 94103 TORONTO Can Cancer Soo May 85094068 MONTREAL Bell telephone Nov 16'43 94103 WINNIPEG Macdonalds Farm Supply 22'44.Aug94068 TORONTO P.O. Apr 16'51 94 104 MONTREAL Cockfield, Brown Jun 204494069 VANCOUVER Gordon Belyea Apr 5'44 94104 TORONTO Kass Bros Nov 55294069 OTTAWA Mar 7'47 94105 OTTAWA Govt of Can (Fin) Sep 94294070 WINNIPEG HBC Jan 15'47 94106 MONTREAL Jul 4'1094070 MONTREAL Bank of Montreal Aug 14'52 94107 VANCOUVER Can Fairbank Morse Jul 135094071 VANCOUVER Imperial Oil Feb 2839 94107 TORONTO Dec 26'4694071 TORONTO National Trust Oct 3040 94108 MONTREAL Mar 24094071 VANCOUVER Daily Province Jan 19'49 Lg serial 94108 HAMILTON Nov 233994072 TORONTO G. Tamblyn May 347 94109 TORONTO Campana Dec 33994073 MONTREAL Avon Jul 2739 94109 TORONTO Shell Oil May 284194073 HAMILTON Bank of Montreal Sep 1748 94109 WINDSOR G.W. Walker Apr 5'4694074 MONTREAL Northern Electric Oct.27'44 94109 TORONTO Blakiston Publ, Jan 265091075 HAMILTON Steel Co Dec 2838 94110 TORONTO General Trust Jun 24'4494075 MONTREAL Can Int Paper Co Oct 2744 94111 HALIFAX Mahon's Stationery Apr 30'5394075 TORONTO P.O 1949 94111 TORONTO Canadian Tire Jan 134194076 TORONTO National Trust Mar 1 39 9411294076 HALIFAX Imperial Oil 1942 94113 MONTREAL Mar 274294077 MONTREAL Woodhouse Co May 1640 94113 EDMONTON94077 QUEBEC

94114 MONTREAL Commercial Letter ServiceNov 10'5294078 VANCOUVER Imperial Oil Jul 4'39 94114 REGINA94078 MONTREAL P.O. Apr 242 94115 MONTREAL Macdonalds Tobacco Jan 165194079 TORONTO Banque Can Nationale Nov 352 94115 OTTAWA Bank of Canada94080 MONTREAL Greenshields Aug 25'41 94116 TORONTO Planters Peanuts Mar 13'4094081 TORONTO Manufacturers Life Mar 1 46 94116 EDMONTON94082 MONTREAL Bell Tel Co Jun 2945 94117 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY Govt of Ont. Nov 24594083 TORONTO Unique Art Studios Dec 2'41 94118 TORONTO Can Jeweller Assoc May 164094084 TORONTO Bank of Toronto 94119 WINDSOR Chrysler Apr 254194084 MONTREAL

94119 TRURO P.O. Jun 174894085 TORONTO Nov 245 9412094086 TORONTO Wm Wrigley May 4'40 94121 WINNIPEG Govt of Manitoba Apr 18'4494087 WINDSOR Ford Motor Nov 2641 94122 TORONTO Gray Coach Line May 74294087 ST CATHARINES English Electric Dec 2'48 94122 MONTREAL Can Nat Steamships Mar 34794087 HAMILTON G.W. Robinson Jun 14'49 94123 MONTREAL Northern Electric Dec 2'4094087 TORONTO Underwood Aug 2346 94124 TORONTO George J. McLeod Dec 84394088 WINNIPEG Marshall Wells May 2340 94125 TORONTO T. Eaton Sep 74494088 REGINA Marshall Wells Jul 2447 94125 MONTREAL94089 TORONTO Canada Life Jun 1'45 9412694090 TORONTO

9412794090 CHATHAM Chrysler Jul 2248 94128

94129 TORONTO Can Red Cross Jun 28'41

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NEWS

In this issue, thanks to Wilf Whitehouse and Dave Coo per, we list the knownNixdorf postage labels to September 1991. Caned Post 13 increas ing the use ofthis equipment and the list is getting guite long. To conserve snace for othermaterial the subsequent listings will only be the reported changes in the listfrom N3000000 to N3000349, and listings with a higher number. We want to keepon top of this so if anyone has information regarding the system operation andCanada Post guidelines for their use, or new numbers, please share it with us.

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Our friends in the Meter Stamp Society have included Canadian material in recentauction sales. I give a listing of these items, some are very interesting.

Auction 7, Spring 1991LOT259 Royal Visit cover (7.2) May 17,1939273 House of Assembly (1.2) 2 pieces274 Franco (4.1) 1024 tape .17c, FEB 20'35274a RETURN POSTAGE PREPAID (8.2) 2x4

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Auction 8. Fall 1991200.0049 12 diff Specimen and proof st ...)s on card

50 PB Type 3.4 inverted TM £1699 (See below) 2x4 25.0051 NCR (40.1) 102 Toronto 2.0052 Official covers (70.2) 2.5053 Staeger 36-5 permit (10) 4.00111 Nfid £16 231:140 30.00112 Nfid £420 (no TM, Corner Brook MR19 . 38 cancel) 15.00113 Nfld £421 15.00194 Dionne Quintup lets ad 1939 (94024) 10.0046 Mailomat 51002 and 51010 in with US lot

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Two Type 1 items. One is a SAMPLE cover distributed at the Canadian NatioratExhibition. This is the latest date of use for SAMPLE on Type 1.1 I have seen.The other cover shows a real early commercial use. The first mailing was at T.Eaton Co. on Friday, Sept 29, 1923. This one is Wednesday, Oct 3, 1923!

POSTAGE METER MACHINEPOSTMARKED, STAMPED, SEALED, COUNTED AND STACKED

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Jean-Guy Deice, who has moved to 4812 Jose ph-Poulin, St-Hubert, QC., j3Y 8W4,sent me a list of add itions to our P.O. Meter List (26-5). Many iteils wereadditional dates of use. I include here additional meter use, or corrections.94078 MONTREAL QUEBEC 140201 TORONTO ONTARIO140253 CHARLO/IEIONN P.E.I. 143370 NEW (WASGOW N.S.143684 HALIFAX N.S. 141784 SYDNEY NOVA SCOTIA146139 SWIFT CURRENT 146145 NEW C4 ASGOW N.S.146145 RED DEER 146362 SASKATOON SASK146431 PORT ARTHUR ONTAR:0 146442 BRANDON MANITOBA146902 TORONTO ONTARIO 148678 FREDERICTON N.B.153507 POSTAL STATION A VANCOUVER B.C. 153517 TORONTO ONTARIO

Ed Laphe always send me new material after every Newsletter, which I aonre ciatevery much. I am ashamed I am so far behind in pub l ishing what was sent in. Thenext page has Quite a few new items to add to our catalogue.

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A friend collects Christmas themes and asked for my o p inion on the item below.She has two covers and the red imprint ap pears to be a continuation of theindicia; however there is almost one-half inch extra space between it and the ad.The question - is the ad pre-printed, or is this a modified meter? The printwheel would have to be of larger diameter. Any ideas?

I have been working through a quantity of tapes that I acquired a few years ago.These were all soaked off covers. While they are of little value I an reallyconcerned that the :imprints are almost unreadable in some instances. The newmeters with adhesive backed tape are particularly bad. Check your collection andsee if age is affecting it.

Another non-member friend has been bitten by the Nixdorf bug and writes about histrip to the west. "In Regina I learned that all printers in one RPO have thesame serial number. The "accounting" for all keyboard printer stations at oneRPO is done at a single station." He was intrigued at Whitehorse "Mail*Poste hassucceeded in Whitehorse. There, on the outskirts of the city, they have a LetterProcessing Plant with no public access. On Main Street, in a book store, thereis an RPO with 3 Nixdorf printers. Five blocks away in a greeting card shop isanother RPO with one printer." The Chamber of Commerce map shows another in asubdivision but when he went there they were just beginning to build the store.Yellowknife has no RPO, just an old fashioned mein street post office. He alsonoted that "YK", Probably akin to Alaska "AK" is used instead of "YT".

Clayton Rubec noted the Office of the Governor General had always used handstamps but enclosed the item below to show that this imprint should probably beclassed with the House of Commons and Senate meters. I also received one andShow it as well, with a different signature.

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Thorncliffe0000000 0000000 SPECIMEN 0360546 3000048 MILTON_ONTARID Milton Mali0531235 2000013 WINNIPEG_MB. Ferry Road 0592595 3000049 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Beverly0327220 3000000 OTTAWA ONTARIO Rideau East 0360597 3000050 MISSISSAUGA ONI Meadowvale0047511 3000001 HALIFAX N.S. Soryfield 0048925 3000051 DARTMOUTH_N.S. Darmouth Sho pping Ce053030 3000002 WINNIPEG MAN. Westwood 0400395 3000052 LONDON_ONTARID Nestown0531022 3000003 WINNIPEG MAN Broadway 0053945 3000053 MONTREAL QUEBEC Normandie0531049 3000004 WINNIPEG MB Charleswood 0231126 3000053 MONTREAL QUEBEC Normandie0326410 3000005 PETERBOROUGH_ONT North Monaghan 0379204 3000054 WHITBY ONTARIO Town Plaza0592374 3000006 CALGARY ALBERTA Westbrook 0531634 3000055 WINNIPEG' M5. Sherbrooke Wesfminst0531073 3000007 MCGILL POSTAL McGillivray 0244848 3000056 LONGUEUIL_OC. Jacques Cartier0590266 3000000 CALSARY_ALTA. Bow Valley 30000570590258 3000009 BRENTWOOD POSTAL Brentwood 0244848 3000056 LONGUEUIL_QC Jac ques Cartier0405868 3000010 ShERWOOD FOREST Sherwood Forest 0408395 3000059 LONDON ONTARIO We stow0590266 3000011 CALGARY_ALTA. Bow Valley 0531820 3000060 WINNIPEG _MB. North nildonan0531219 3000012 WINNIPEG_MAN. Lombard 0531847 3000060 WINNIPEG_MB. North Wildonan0531235 3000013 WINNIPEG MB Ferry Road 0639965 3000061 RICHMOND B.C. Richmond square0406139 3000014 BOLER ROAD Byron 0231304 3000062 LAPRAIRIE P.O. La Citiere053:200 3000015 WINNIPEG MAN Kenaston 0408689 3000063 LONDON ONT, White Oaks0406120 3000016 SPRINGBANK 0 Southcrest 0720113 3000064 WHITEHORSE_YK Main St.0531243 3000017 WINNIPEG MAN Tyndall 0379255 3000065 AJAX ONTARIO Harwood Place0406147 3000018 WELINGTON R South London 0231312 3000066 MONTREAL P.O. La Pointe0999999 3000019 SPECIMEN Canada Post 0379247 3000067 SCARBOROUGH ONT. Finch Midland0531227 3000019 WINNIPEG_MAN West Kildonan 0720313 3000068 WHITEMORSEJK Main St.0317705 3000020 HULL_P.O. Place du Centre 0531812 3000069 WINNIPEG MAN. Lakewood0590622 3000021 CALGARY_ALBERTA Dover 0592501 3000069 CALGARY_ALBERTA Midlake0531197 3000022 WESTDALE P.S. Westdale 0531693 3000070 WINNIPEGMB. Markham053:219 3000023 WINNIPEG_MAN. Lombard 053;650 3000070 WINNIPEG _MAN. Dickens0589029 3000024 LAKEVIEW CALGARY Lakeview 300007;

0589039 3000024 CALGARY_ALTA Lakeview 0210838 3000072 POINTE CLAIRE PO Fairview0048720 3000025 COLE HARBOUR NS Cole Harbour 0592455 3000073 CALGARY_AB Meridian0375131 3000326 LAWRENCE North Par8 0 329 90 8 3000074 OLOUCESTER_ONT. Gloucester Centre0553247 3000027 SAKATOON_SASK. Confederation Pk 3000075

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0360864 3000092 WESTON_,ONTARTO Westown 0654442 3000145 DELTAB.C. Delta0531804 3000093 WINN. MANITOBA Marion 0365572 3000146 BRAMPION_ONTARIO Kingspoint0361488 3000094 WILLOWDALE_ON. Town 8/ Country Mali 0592390 3000147 CALGARY_ALBERTA Thornclifie0360902 3000094 WILLOWDALE.ONT. Town Country 0408638 3000148 LONDON_ONTARIO Eastown0630845 3000095 VICTORIA_B.C. University Heights 0592439 3000149 CALGARY_MLBERTA Edmonton Trail0630071 3000096 TSAWWASSEN_B.C. Tsawwassen 0630969 3000150 VICTORIAJ.C. Fort Street0360929 3000097 MISSISSAUGA ON. Centre Plaza 0592021 3060151 CALGARY ALBERTA Bowness0316695 3000098 GLOUCESTER ON.

0592331 3000152 CALGARCALBERTA Kensington0360872 3000099 NORTH YORK_ONT. She ppard Centre 0317683 3000153 OTTAWA_ONTARIO McCarthy0647470 3000100 VANCOUVER B.C. Vancouver Station A 0192708 3000154 GATINEAU_P.O. Les Promenades0647470 3000101 VANCOUVER B.C. Vancouver Station A 0531642 3000155 WINNIPEO_MAN. Arlington0647470 3000102 VANCOUVER B.C. Vancouver Station A 0046655 3000156 LOWER SACKVILLE Superstore Mall3000103

0592544 3000157 CALCARY_ALBERTA Ogden0361518 3000104 NORTH YOK_ONT. She ppard Centre 0631167 3000158 VICTORIA_S.C. Mount Toimie0592358 3000105 CALGARY_ALBERTA West Hillhurst 0124230 3000159 SAINT JOHN N.B. Brunswick Square0191930 3000106 OUEBEC_P.O. Centre Ville 0531723 3000160 WINNIPEG2AN. Inkster Park0592366 3000107 CALGARY ALBERTA Glamorgan 0631426 3000161 KELOAA JO. Towne Centre0639982 3000108 BURNABY_B.C, Netrotown 0593045 3000162 CALGARY_ALGERTA Deer Valley0592498 3000109 CALGARY_ALBERTA TemPle 0592293 3000163 CALOARY_ALRERTA Glenmore Landing0630993 3000110 VICTORIA B.C. James Bay 0408719 3000164 LONDON ONT. Argyle0531731 3000111 WINNIPEG_MAN. Nairn 0531677 3000165 WINNIPEG_MAN. Fort Richmond0316725 3000112 ORLEANS_ONTARIO Bilberry Village 0317152 3000166 NEPEAN_ONTARIO Ottawa Cityview0531790 3000113 WINNIPEG_MAN. Regent 0592285 3000167 CALGARY ALBERTA Woodbine0531839 3000114 WINNIPEG MAN. Elmwood 0591463 3000168 CALGARY_MLBERTA Ranchlands0408565 3000115 LONDON ONTARIO Westmount Mali 0048984 3000169 NAL1FAX_N.S. Scotia Square0317640 3000116 HuLL2.1). Val Tetreau 0408646 3000170 LONDON_ONT. Nelson ?ark

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0317624 3000119 GATINEAU1.0. Gatineau Plaza 0553174 3000173 REGINAJASK. Normanview0592412 3000120 CALGARY_ABERTA Inglewood 0593079 3000174 EDMONTON_MB Canada Place0639990 3000121 WEST VANC.J.C. Ambleside 0049034 3000175 DARTMOUTHJ.S. Penhorn0639990 3000121 VANCOUVER_O.C. Ambleside 0553123 3000176 REGINA Gold Square0244805 3000122 MONTREAL2.0. Fleury 0593087 3000177 EDMONTON_AB Millswood0231576 3000122 MONTREAL P Fleury 0631477 3000178 VICiORIA_B.C. Hillside0640247 3000123 WH1STLER_B.C. Whistler 0631450 3000179 VICTOR:Ate. Brentwood0640247 3000124 WHISTLER_B.C. Whistler 0593206 3000180 EDMONTON_MB Glenwood0640247 3000125 WHISTLER B.C. Whistler 0231622 3000181 GREENFIELD PARK Place Greenfield Pas0317659 3000126 HULL_P.A. Librairie Village Ca 0048895 3000182 HALIFAX11.5. Novalea0008672 3000127 ST.JOHN_S_NFLD Atlantic Place 0279390 3000183 SHERBRO0KE2.0.0008656 3000128 ST,JOHN_S NFLD Churchill Square 0048917 3000184 HALIFAX_N.5, Green Street0639974 3000129 SIDNEY B.C. Sidney 0317136 3000185 BARRIE_ON. Koziov Centre0631035 3000130 VICTORIA_B.C. Saanich Centre 0592021 3000185 CALGARY ALGERIA Bowness0126683 3000131 ST_JOHN_S_NFLD Churchill Square 0631175 3000186 VANCODVER_E.C. Hanby Street0046671 3000132 VICTORIA B.C. Sidney 0379352 3000:87 TORONTO ONTARIO Colle g e PatK0631000 3000133 VICTOR1A_B.C. Royal Oak 0360172 3000168 TORONTO_ONTARIO Sunnybrook0631027 3000134 VICTORDA_B.C. Esquimalt 03:7233 3000189 OTTAWA_ONTARIO Westboro0008729 3000135 ST. jOHN S21FLD Avalon Mail 0631493 3000190 VICTORIA B.C. Colwood Corners0008753 3000136 ST.JOHN_S NFLD Elizabeth East 30001910317055 3000137 OTTAWA_ONTARIO Bank Hunt Club 0317616 3000192 GLOUCESTER_ON. Beacon Hill0060925 3000138 SHERWOOD_P.E.I. 0317284 3000193 NEPEANONTARIO Bells Corners0631019 3000139 SAANICHTON_B.C. Saanichton 0636053 3000194 VANCOUVERJ.C. Harbour Centre0317764 3000140 OTTAWA_ONT. Ottawa South 0630098 3000195 VANCOUVER_B.C. Delamont0409677 3000141 TILLSONBURG_ONT Tiilsonburg 0631671 3000190 VANCOUVER_B.C. Marpoie0317667 3000142 AYLMER_P.O. Galeries Aylmer 0124168 3000197 MONCTON N.B. C.R.P.O, Moncton P.V0008745 3000143 STA_JOHN_,S_NF Hamilton 0124168 3000198 MONCTON N.B. C.R.P.O. Moncton P.60124265 3000144 NONCION_N.2, Blue Cross Centre 0124:68 3000199 MONCTON N.B. C.R.P.O. Moncton P.V

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0129168 3000200 MONCTON N.B. C.R.P.O. Moncton PV 0232874 3000255 MONTREAL P.O. du Pan0379352 3000201 TORONTO ONTARIO College Park 0595357 3000256 FOMONTON_ALB, • Castledowns0231541 3000202 D.O.ORMEAUX_P.O. Marche De L'ouest 0594261 3000257 EDMONTON _ALB. Capilano0317047 3000203 KANATA ONTARIO Hazeldean 0595438 3000258 EDMONTON LB. Oliver0553123 3000204 REGINA_SASK. Nor thgate 0531618 3000259 WINMIPEG_MB Eaton Place0553255 3000205 REGINA_SASK. Broad Street 0655414 3000260 SURREY B.C. Ocean Park0553212 3000206 REGINA Cornwall Centre 0626879 3000261 NEW WESTMINSTER Boomtown0317675 3000207 OTTAWA_ONTARIO Elmvale 0652228 3000262 VAROUVER_B.C. LangarD0553255 3000208 REGINA Broad Street 0595594 3000263 EDMONTON_AB. Baker Centre0531626 3000209 WINNIPEG MB Porage Place 0318426 3000264 OTTAWA ONTARIO Oldeauvice3000210 0126381 3000262 BATHURST N.B. Plaza0553131 3000211 REGINA Avonnurst 0595373 3000266 EDMONTON 8.8 Norwood0317276 3000212 NEPEAN_ONTARIO Crystal Beach Grocer 0657093 3000267 VANCOUVER_8.0. Park Royal0553212 3000213 REGINA SASK. 0655311 3000268 VANCOUVER B.C. Fraser0553336 3000214 SASKATOON Grosvenor Park 0595349 3000269 EDMONTON 48, Lynnwood0521936 3000215 STEINBACH_MB, Towne Square 0380873 3000270 WILLONOALE_ON, Fairview Mali0720348 3000216 WHITEHORSE YUKON Owanlin Mall 0008958 3000271 STA JOMN_S NFLD. Torba y Road04086700553182

3000217 LONDON_ONTARIO3000218 REGINA SASK.

Southdale

Victoria Square0360660 3000272 OAKVILLE_ON,

3000273Old Oakville

4654736 3000219 VICTORIA .0. Cordova Bay 30002740232408 3000220 MONTREAL_Pi. 0592608 3000275 EDMONTON_A8. Petrolia0053929 3000221 OTTAWA ONTARIO Minto Place 0219279 3000276 OTTAWA_ONTARIO St Laurent0117632 3000221 OTTAWA ONTARIO Minto Place 0656577 3000277 RICSMOND_B.C, Stevesten0592282 3000222 CALGARY ALBERTA Beddington 0665430 3000278 VANCOUVER B.C. Sasnwat3000223 0625104 3000279 SURREY_B.C. Evergreen0654892 3000224 VANCOUVER_B.C. Lonsdale 0126672 3000280 RIVERVIEW_N.B. Riverview Mail0659590 3000225 VANCOUVER B.C. City Square 30002810654906 3000226 PORT MOODY_S.C. St. Johns Street 0655376 3000282 H.VANC0UVER_B.C, Caulfield Village0380148 3000227 MISSISSAUGA_ON. Price Mews 0626801 3000283 VICTORIA)B,C, Tillicum Nall0624914 3000228 VANCOUVER_B.C. Point Grey 0317225 3000284 OTTAWA ONTARIO Beechwood0207276 3000229 STE FOY P.0, Laurier 0011975 3000295 OTTAWA_CNTARIO Bayshore0207276 3000290 STE_FOY P.C. Laurier 0655201 3000286 RICHMOND.B.C. Candle0654868 3000231 RICMONO_8.C. No. 1 Road 0656582 3000267 PT.COOUITLAM_B,C. Shaughnessy0654922 3000232 BURNABY_B.C. Moscrop 0626917 3000288 SURREY_B.C. Newton Town Centre0621655

0232262

3000223 VICTOR:8_8.C.3000234 ST h.BERT P.p.

Harbour SquareCom p lexe Cousineau

0048976

0206302

3000289 HALIFAX_N.5,3000290 5HERBRO0KE_P.0. Promenades King0008931 3000235 MOUNT PEARL NFLO Sobe y 's Sqaure 038074I 3000291 TORONTO ONTARIO Lawrence Plaza0232882 3000236 POINTE CLAIRE_P.O. Centre Pointe Calire 0531669 3000292 WINNIPEG MB. Polo Park0654749 3000237 VICTORIA_B.C. Oak Bay 0655368 3000293 BURN/1191(08.C. OainhrldPe090822) 3000238 LONDON ONTARIO Oakridge 0011806 3000294 MONTREAL P.O. Place Versailles0380369 3000239 MISSISSAUGA_ON. Sheridan 0011967 3000295 ST.ALBERT_AB. Village Tree0655079 3000240 NEW 4ESTM2NSTER Royal City 0012696 3000296 LONDON ONTARIO Treasure Island0380377 3100241 SCARBOROJG_ON. 1594242 3000297 EDMONTON .48. Metro p olitan Place0655023 2000242 VANCOUVER .0 King Edward Mall 0011978 3000298 SI.CATHERINES_ON

253322 2000243 SASKATOON SASK. ',J A:CW0e0 0408549 3000299 LONDON ONTARTO Maemnville0230369 3000244 MISSISSAUGA_ONT. Courtney Park 0011929 3000300 OTTAWA_ONTARIO Billiags0629622 3000245 DELTA_B.C. Nordel 0013196 3000301 RIVERVIEW N.a. Pine Dian0654825 3000246 W,VANCOOVER 9C Lynnmour 065E082 3000302 dANCOUVER_B.C, King Edward0217772 3000247 OTTANAJNTARIO L'Espanade 0011894 3000303 MONTREAL_P,O. Centro DOSaiDe0624949 3000248 SURREY B.C. Scott Town Centre 05942E2 3000204 EDMONTON AB. Lee Ridge0049018 3000249 DARTDOUTH_N.5. Industrial Park 0637131 3000305 RICHMOND_S.C. Aberdeen Centro0279356 3000250 STIERAROCKE_P.Q. De L'Ouest 0458562 3000306 NORTH BAY_ON, Downtown0659829 3000221 DELTA_B.C, Strawberr yHill 0657077 3000307 VANCOUVER 8.0, Little italY0126357 3000252 MONCTON_N.B. Elmwood 0292543 3000308 EDMONTON AR. Mighiande0126691 3000253 FREDERICTON Kin g 's Place 30003090232947 3000254 CHATEAUGUAY2.0. 0656887 3000310 PT.COGUITLAM_BC Northsida

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0011916 3000311 PITT MEADOWS_BC. Pitt Meadows 0595527 3000367 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Lansdowne0592277 3000312 CALGARY_ALBERTA Tower 0656976 3000368 COOUITLAM_B.C. Como Lake0013226 3000313 HAMILTON_ONT. Jackson Square 0017914 3000369 TORONTO_ONTARIO Yonge/Eglinton0013226 30003140015814 3000370 BARRIE_ONTARIO Bayfield Mali0656933 3000315 VANCOUVER,5.C. Kingsway 0019690 3000371 EDMONTONAB Univ. of Alberta0011959 3000316 VANCOUVER_B.C. Chinatown 3000372

0011940 3000317 STONEY CREEK_ON. Fiesta 0016780 3000323 OAKVILLE_ONT, Pinegrove0013013 3000318 EDMONTON_AB. Glenora 0017906 3000374 VANCOUVER_B.C. Robson Street0011851 3000319 KITCHENERJN. Pioneer Park 30003750013145 3000320 EDNONTON_AB. Strathcona Industri 30003760656852 3000321 coaulTiku.c. Burquitlam 30003770048941 3000322 HALIFAX_N.S. Halifax Shopping 0014443 3000278 CAABRIDG5_0HT. Holiday0595535 3000323 EDHONTON„AB. Ciareview

30003790596337 3000324 EDMONTON_AB. Garside300038000115 92 3000325 EOMONTON_AB. Forest Heights 3000381

0048887 3000326 HALIFAX_N.S. Clayton Park 30003820595578 3000327 EDMONTON_A8. Knottwood 30003830232564 3000328 BROSSARDJUEBEC Champ lain Mall 0019704 3000384 BOLTON_ONTARI3 Bolton South0319201 3000329 ORLEANS_ONTARIO Place d'Orleans 30003850013528 3000330 MISSISSAuGA_ON.

0655333 3000331 VANCOUVER_O.O. South Oak 0019976 4000001 COOUITLAM B.C. Coquitiam Centre0011908 3000332 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Scotia Place 0019976 4000002 COOUITLAM_B.C. Coquitlam Centre0655120 3000333 WHITE ROCK_B.C. White Rock 40000030014478 3000334 REGINA_SASK. Cathedral 0013218 4000004 OTTAWA_ONTARIO Place Bell0015725 3000335 OAKVILLEJNT. Ma p le Grove Village 0317373 4000005 NEPEAN ONTARIO Shopper City X0655392 3000336 VANCOUVER_B.C. Arbutus 0017868 4000006 WOODBRIOGE_ONT. Pine Valley0012734 3000337 KANATA_ONTARIO Kanata North 40000070015741 3000338 DUNDASONIARIO University Plaza 40000080016756 3000339 BUBLINGTON_ON. Burlington Mall 0655031 4000009 MAPLE RIDGEJ.C. Valley Fair3000340

4000020 SCARBOROUGH ON. Cliff crest0595616

0015733

3000341 EDMONTON_ALB.

3000342 OAKVILLE_ON.

Petroleum Plaza

Olen Abbey

0021113 4000011 OAKVILLE_ON,

4000012

Trafalgar

0013188 3000343 CHARLESBOUR82.61. du Carrefour 0657042 4000023 VIOTORIA_B.C. Victoria North0655422 3000344 N.VANCOUVERJ.C. Lonsdale West 40000140016772 3000345 VANCOUVERJ.C. Circle Sqaure 0531758 4000015 WINNIPSG_MS. Broadway0013986 3000346 8URNABY B.C. Middlegate 0019674 4000016 NEPEAN_ONTARIC Greenfield Square0017892 3000347 N.VANCO5VE R B.C. Lonsdaie East 0020214 4000017 0AKVILLE_ON. Abbey Market0656658 3000348 VANCOUVER_Ble. Renfrew Heights 0018686 4000018 HAMTLT0N_ON. Westcliffe0013714 3000349 N.VANCOUVERJ Lower Lansdale 40000190596329 3000350 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Edmonton Centre 0019682 4000020 M0NOTON_NA. Mountain Road0408603 3000351 LONDON_ONTARIO Northland Mail 0013501 4000021 OAKVIUE ON. Up per Oakville0013722 3000352 SURREY_B.C. Sunnyside Mail 40000220015806 3000353 SHERWOOD PARK_A8 Eastgate 0016756 4000023 BALINSTON_ON. Burlington Mall0014461 3000354 SASKATOON_SASK. Market Mall 40000240016845 3000355 WINNIPEG_MAN. Garden City 40000250596248 3000356 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Riverbend 40000260016829 3000357 VICTORIA_B.C. Mayfair 40000270013706 3000358 COOUITLAN_B.C. Village Square 0048771 4000028 HALIFAX N.S. °arena RUA0012726 3000359 commum_p.c. Cariboo Centre 40000290018635 3000360 GEORGETOWN.PNT. Market Place 0020885 4000030 BURLINGTON ON. ApPleby0015768 3000361 TORONTO_ONTARIO Carrot Common

30003625000001

0017876

0011983

3000363 BURLINGTON_ON,

3000364 VANCOUVER_B.C.

MaPlehurst

University

018651 5000002 ETOBICOME,ON.

5000003

Ship p Centre

0595551 3000365 EDMONTON_ALBERTA Old Strathcona 020907 5000004 WATERDOWN,OM. katerdown0015830 3000366 OAKVILLE_ON. The Bronte 020915 5000005 BURLINGTON,ON. Brant Plaza

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019515 5000006 SURREY,B.C. Surrey Place 5000062025794 5000007 VANCOUVER,B.C. Nelson Park 5000063021482 5000008 VANIER,Olt Carrefour Vanier 027359 5000064 MISSISSAUGA,ON. south COMMOH Nall021148020893

5000009 HAMILION,ON.5000010 BURLINGTON,ON.

Effort SquareHeadon

631663 5000065 VICT0RIA, M,5000066

5000011 053791 5000067 BRANDON,MB. handon South50000125000068021091

0268085000013 1ORONTO,0N,5000014 BURNABY,S.C.

Coxwell/GerrardLougheed Nall

50000695000070

5000015 055700 5000071 NEPEAN WARIO026794 5000016 VANCOUVER,B.C. Nelson Park 5000072026794 5000017 VANCOUVER,B.C. Nelson Park 5000070 SCARBOROUGH ,ON. West Hill026786 5000018 RICHMOND,O.C.

5000019Blundell Centre 020923 5000074 NAMILION,ON,

5000075Garth

025670 5000020 rORONTO,ONTARIO Bedford Park 50000765000021 5000077

027367 5000022 TORONTO,ONTARIO Yorkdale Mall 5000078027324 5000023 NEOARKET,ON. U pper Canada 026492 5000079 NCNCTON,N8 Nest Moncton013161 5000024 000UITLAM,8.0. Austin Avenue 5000081

5000025 50000815000026 013157 5001082 WILLIAMS LAKE ,BC Hilliams Lake656543 5000027 RICCMOND,8.0. Seaf air 50000835000028

50000845000029 50000855000030 50000865000031 592171 5000387 CALGARY,ALEIBRIA Village Square5000032 056537 5000088 CALGARY,ALRERTA Connaught028142 5000033 NEUCASILE,ON. Newcastle 50000895000034

50000905000035

5000091055697 5000036 CALUARY,ALBERTA Calgary Central 5000092

5000037 50000935000038 50000545000039 50000955000040 013994 5000096 VANCOUVER,B.L West Broaduay5000041 5000097

655090 5100042 LANKEY,8.0. Valley Centre 5000098053740 5000043 WESTM0UNT,P.0. Alexis Nihon 5000099016764 5000044 LAVAL.P.0. Montmorency 5000100028177 5000045 N.VANC0UVER,B0 Pemberton Plaza 5000101 REGIMA,SASK Rosemont048992 5000046 HALIFAX,N.5,

5000047Spring Garden 5000102

50001035000048 50001045000049 50001065000050 50001065300051 057193 5000107 HALIFA S rielifax Centrni027232 5000052 AURORA ,ONTARIO Aurora mall 057192 5000:0E' HALIFA Halifax Contra'5000053 5CARBOROUSH2ON. Medics! Centre 50001095000054 50001105000055 053988 5000111 3ARRIE,ONTARIO Ailandale5000056 50001125000057 50001135000058 50301145000059 5000115

053813 5000060 YORSTON,SASK. City Centre 50001165000061 SCARDROUGH2ON. Eglinton/KennedY 5000117

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5000118056707 5000119 OTTAWA ,ONTARIO055093 5000120 EDMONTON ,A8 Westmount

5000121500012250001235000124 0264765000125 028371

013498 5000126 E0M0NT0N 8. West Edmonton Mall5000127500012850001295000130500013150 0013 250001335000134500013550001365000137500013850001395000140

059080 5000141 GUELNONTARIO Woodlawn500014250001435000144500014550001465000147500014850001495000150500015150001525000153500015450001555000156500015750001585000159

056529 5000160 ST .ALBERT St .Albeit Centre5000161$00016250001635000164500016550001665000167500016850001695000170

059447 5000171 EDM0NTON,A8 Northwood Mall50001725000173

5000174500017550001765000177500017850001795000180 BEDFORD ,N5 Mill Cove5000181 ENICI,T0N,A8 Queen Mary Park

The Editor's plans exceededthe available space so Ed'scontributions I have referredto will have to wait untilthe next issue. Sorry, buttraaa writing.

On the Type 19 inventory canyou locate higher numbersthan 100838, and 401060?

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MSS Bulletin 212 illustrated the Pitney Bowes 3.4 (M699) with the inverted townand datemark. It was On piece and in the above auction sale. The date is21X1'35. This is not listed in our CMSG Catalogue. Wilf Mitehousa wasfortunate to locate one on full cover dated 19Xti'35 and sent it in err Her thisyear. Wilf's cover is shown below. The error was created b y the J.S. MitchellCo., Sherbrooke, Quebec, and ap pears to have been used for at least a month ormore.

The history of the Postalja Company was set out in Newsletter 29. in this issueI include the CMSG catalogue regarding this meter. I am certain it is incomplete.SO have a look through your material for added items, Send me a clear photocopy.

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INVENTORY OF TYPE 19 POSTAGE METER USE1 00241 TOMO ONTARIO

100242 STROUD ONTARIO Tsp of innisfilSERIAL TOWN PROS) USER100247 TORONTO ONTAR:0 Coffee-Mat Service100025 TORONTO ONTARIO100249 TORONTO ONTARIO Romeo Products100101 MONTREAL P.C. Lufthansa100252 STRATFORD

100103 'MONT° ON7ARIO100254 TORONTO ONTARIO George Ben100109 BARRIE ONTARIO100255 TORONTO ONTARIO Burns & MacEachern100115 SPECIMEN METER108257 TORONTO ONTARIO York Sosiress Machines1001:7 TORONTO ONTARIO Construction Safety Assoc100258 TORONTO ONTARIO Stafdarc Motor100119 TORONTO ONT.200259 .HILUDOALE ONTARIO The Enterprise100121 TORONTO ONTARIO Werner Frankel Co100261 TORONTO ONTARIO McBee Co100122 TORONTO ONTARIO Nord Mande1 00266 MONTREAL P.O. Lufthansa100124 TORONTO ONTARIO Tic Top RubberJ110266 ARCNIC. ONTARIO Silhouette100128 DON MILLS ONTARIO ROR Associates100273 TORONTO ONT. Gideons100128 HAMILTON ONTARIO100290 TORONTO ONTARIO Hercules Sales100131 TORONTO ONTARIO Sunrise Industries:00293 SCARBOROJOH ONTARIO Can. Trailmobile100132 TORONTO ONTARIO Toronto Public Library100294 TORONTO ONTARIO Weber Costello100133 ISLINGTON ONTARIO W.G. Marshall100295 MONTREAL QUEBEC Crumble Advert.100135 TORONTO ONTARIO Federal Life 4 Casualty:00297 MONTREAL P.O.

100136 TORONTO O1TAR:0 Races P to-Coy 00JP 100300 TeR3N70 ONTARIO Chas. Churchill100137 TORONTO ONTARIO Federal Life & Casclaty100301 TORONTO ONTARIO T.L. Savage100140 TORONTO ONTARIO Deutscher VeJain Marmonie 1 00302 TORONTO ONT. Carillon Books100142 TORONTO ONTARIO Coffee-Nat Service100304 REXDALE ONTARIO Dorothy E. Tyers:00142 TORONTO ONT, Domtar100306 ISUJNGTON ONTARIO W.G. Marshall100143 TORONTO ONTARIO Pasco Products100309 WINNIPEG MANITOBA Cam-Gard Supply100145 TORONTO ONTARIO Honeywell100312 TORONTO ONTARIO Wilson Publishing100146 TORONTO ONTARIO Silhouette Prod,100327 REXDAtF ONTARIO Hubley Toy Co100148 STROUD ONTARIO Tsp of innisfil101330 SUMMERVILLE ONTARIO Best Locks103149 SCHONBERG ONTARIO Ken Maynard Services100331 BRAMPTON ONTARIO Caprin Ltd100150 DON MILLS ONT. General Publishing:00333 EDMONTON

100151 TORONTO ONTARIO Paul, Phelan & Percy100339 TORONTO ONT, Cooperative Book Centre100154 GUELPH ONT.100346 ST GATHERINGS ONTARIO Hy Grade Concrete100156 TORONTO ONTARIO Stone Straws100354 AJAX ONT. Stark Electronics100157 TORONTO ONTARIO Hobart Mf g Co100355 TORONTO ONTARIO Smith-Wilson-V.01min100159 TORONTO ONTARIO Acadian Platers Ltd100360 BRAMPTON ONTARIO Spectral100166 REXDALE ONTARIO W.M. Carri6100361 GUELPH ONT. Board of Light & Heat100169 TORONTO ONTARIO D.M. Russell100351 TORONTO ONTARIO Can. Wire & Cable

100170 TORONTO ONTARIO Holtzheuser Bros100362 SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO Water Softening Equip100172 SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO Clark's100363 SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO Gauth Electric

100186 REXDALE ONTARIO W.M. Carrick100363 TORONTO ONT, Cooperative Book Centre100192 MONTREAL P.0, Trium p h Shirt Ltd100365 TRENTON ONT. Pyrotenax

100196 DON MILLS ONTARIO ROR Assoc.100370 REXDALE ONTARIO

100202 SPECIMEN METER100371 LENNOXVILLE P.O. Clark & Sons100203 " ONTARIO100373 TORONTO OUT. AFL-CIO

100211 TORONTO ONTARIO100375 WILLOWDALE ONT. Lantz Rhodes100212 TORONTO ONTARIO Douglas Engineering 100376 TORONTO ONT. Bishop & Sons100213 TORONTO ONTARIO AFL-CIO100378 TORONTO ONT, L. Binder100216 TORONTO ONTARIO Toronto Public Library100380 TORONTO ONT. Boiler Inspection Ins100218 TORONTO ONTARIO Concordia Life100383 TORONTO ONT, Shouldice Surgery100225 REXDALE ONTARIO WA. Carrick100384 REXDALE ONTARIO Brook Electric100226 DON MILLS ONTARIO101385 TORONTO ONT, Wilkins Smallware100227 TORONTO ONTARIO Five Wheels Ltd100386 TORONTO ONTARIO Mennen Co100231 SUMMERVILLE ONTARIO Best Universal Locks100387 TORONTO OUT.

100231 SCARBOROUGH ONT. Can. Electric Box100389 TORONTO OUT. U.N. Anthony200237 TORONTO ONTARIO NormaPle Development Ltd100396 BRANTFORD OUT. Texpack100240 REXDALE ONTARIO Dorothy Tyers Set,100397 OAKVILLE ONTARIO Can. Charts & Supplies

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100398 MONTREAL P.O. Amsterda Pon 100770 LIN? ONT. Snap OP Tools

100401 MONTREAL P.O. 100781 MONTREAL P.O.

100406 MONTREAL P.O. Avis 100786 BRAMPTON ONT.

100411 WILLONDALE ONT. 100787 DON MILLS ONT.

100413 DOWNSVIEW ONT, DovnsvieH Merchandising 100789 MONTREAL P.O. Robt Ast.ley

100415 TORONTO ONTARIO R.N. Holliagshead 100791 MONTREAL P.O. General Foods

100423 TORONTO ONT. CNR 100798 SCARBOROUGH ONE

100423 OTTAWA ONT. 100806 GLENCOE ONTARIO

100427 TORONTO ONTARIO Leckie Mfg 100818 PICKERING ONT. Oct. Hydro

100420 TORONTO ONT. Eva 5Cleel 100820 MONTREAL QUEBEC Manwell

100429 TORONTO ONT. Villa Lahratory 100636 BEAUHARNOIS P.O. Kilgou

100430 DON MILLS ONTARIO 100838 TORONTO ONT, URIV TOT. Pres s

100435 BRAMPTON ONT. Chubb Safe Co100446 ESTON ONT. Jacobs & Thompson 01383 CHO 5056

100447 MONTREAL P.O. CASCO 01381 ci pn 5000

100452 BARRIE ONT. Imperial Eastun 01385 CFPO 5000

100456 DON MILLS ONT.

100459 ST THOMAS ONT. Consol. Bathurst 401002 STREETWILLE OPJ. RUN

100460 BRANTFORD ONT. Sonoco 401007 MONTREAL P.O.

100461 BRAMPTON ONTARIO D.H.I, Ltd 101000 THUNDER BO ONT,

100464 OTTAWA ONTARIO Hobart 401019 DON MILLS AMT.

100465 MONTREAL P.O. I & E. Hall 401020 TORONTO ONT. McBee Co

100466 LACHINE P.O. hupty OuPtv 401024 NORTH BAY ONT. Snap on Tools

100469 TORONTO ONTARIO 401027 HALLACEBOH

100470 TORONTO ONT. Stan Muston e01054 MONTREAL PA. Litton

100473 PRESTON ONT. Preston Metal Roof 401060 MONTREAL P.O.

100477 PORT CREDIT W. Electric Storage Battery100478 TORONTO W. AVA Television

100481 TORONTO ONT, St Josep hs HosolLaJ100485 TORONTO ONTARIO

100491 TORONTO an-. Federal Life

100493 LACHINE QUE. Consuems Cass

100494 TORONTO ONTARIO United Church of Can100494 SCARBOROUGH W. Rust Craft

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Will: Whitehouse also sent the nice piece below. Type 9.3 (94081) dated 1AN16140was mailed to Osaka Japan. It cleared PASSED FOR EXPORT at Toronto PostalStation F on January 18 where for some reason it was EXAMINED BY CENSOR, eventhough there was no war with Japan. I also wonder who app l ied the Japanese labelto the cover. The cover bears the OSAKA date stamp of 22.3.40 and they probablyapplied the Return/Unknown stamp. It arrived back in Canada at the Dead LetterOffice on April 10, 1940, away a total of 83 days.

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No. 33 WINTER 1991

Editor: Ross Irwin, PO Box 1263, Guelph, ON, N1H 6N6Assoc. Editor: Dave Cooper, PO Box 2372, Thunder Bay P, ON, P78 5E9

NEWS

I kept a record of my incoming letters over the course of one week, not including"non-stamped" junk mail. I received 5 letters having an adhesive postage stamp.There were 16 with postage paid by a postage meter, and 21 having a Postage-Paid-in Cash marking. Only 12 percent bore a postage stamp - where is philatelygoing?

Dick Staeger is slowly reworking his Postage-Paid-in-Cash catalogue. Much ofthis material is very scarce and is a good place to start someone in the hobbyof collecting since a decent startcan be made at almost no expense.

I gave a talk on the franchise system to the Guelph Stamp Club and in the pastmonth have attended four first day openings. I thought I would use theNewsletter to record the talk and have updated it with new information from theseveral openings.

There is no doubt that the public is attracted to the new franchise outlets andfind them very convenient. Any I have attended are very busy. I do get thefeeling that Canada Post puts these in place but I think the support is ratherpoor. Except for those doing training there is virtually no support within themain system who look upon them as a lose of their jobs.

Also included in the Newsletter is the massive Type 11 CMSG Catalogue. I am sureyou will have items to add to it. Several sent in additions to the Type 19 andType 9 Catalogues which I will include in the next Newsletter.

Dave and I wish each of you the compliments of the Christmas and New Year seasonand hope you acquire good items in the next year.

RETAIL POINT OF SALE LABELSRoss W. Irwin

Alan R. Marchment was appointed Chairman of the Review Committee on theMandate and Productivity of the Canada Post Office Corporation, July 16, 1985.The Report of the Committee included five thrusts, the third of which was toimprove the public's access to postal services and products. It stated "thepresent system uses both post offices provided and staffed by the Corporation,and offices and stamp agencies run by the private sector, usually as an ancillaryto another business". "The present system was developed in another era, and doesnot satisfy current demands for access to postal services and products that isconvenient to the public in terms of both location and hours of business " (1)

Donald Lander, President of the Corporation, wrote "The best and most cost-effective method to improve this access is by using a wide variety of privatesector businesses to distribute postal products and services, which can providethe better access required at lower operating and capital costs to theCorporation. The process, which will be implemented over a period of 10 years,will result in the total number of outlets through which postal services andproducts are available being increased by as much as 50 percent over the presentfigure of approximately 13,000", that is, to about 20,000. (2)

During 1987, 14 company operated New Direction Outlets were opened in majorshopping malls. These outlets offered longer hours, self service, and the useof credit cards. In 1986-87, franchising arrangements were arranged with anestablished retail business in Toronto Fairview Shopping Centre to provide anexpanded range of postal services and products. The first in the corporations10-year plan to expand the retail network in rural and urban areas in the mostcost-effective way and to reflect changes in demographics and customer shoppingpatterns and to improve convenience and increase the locations for public accessto postal services and products. Rural post offices that no longer serve anadequate customer base have been amalgamated and service provided in other ways,including local businesses. (3)

Canada Post initiated a program of franchised point-of-sale postal outletsin 1986. A franchised postal outlet is guaranteed a specific market area withinwhich no one else is permitted to sell stamps unless authorized by thefranchisee. Class A franchised retail postal outlets use a computerizedaccounting system. The cost of a franchise is high - about $40,000, of whicha major part is the $18,000 "cash register system" which generates the labels.

The heart of the franchise system is the computerized accounting system.Old sub post offices kept their revenue in coffee cans, etc, and balanced booksdaily. The new cash register system is the main attraction for franchiseoperations because the labour input and bookkeeping is almost zero. Everytransaction, such as the sale of a single stamp, or a complicated transactionsuch as a registered special delivery parcel to the United States, must beentered in the system. A monthly balance is determined by pressing one key inthe audit system. It is this feature which has permitted the extension of thefranchised retail postal outlet program to large busy stores. Invariably theMail*Poste counter is at the rear of the store, a concept to encourage shoppingfor other items during a visit.

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The first installation of the new cash register system in Toronto was inAugust 1988, although they were placed in eastern and western Canada before thisdate. In the fall of 1988 there were three in the Toronto area. Today there areover 500 in Canada.

The Siemens NIXDORF Point of Sale system was developed in Germany but wassaid to be an only an interim step in the solution of Canada Posts' long term POSneeds. It can print postage on a label up to $999.99, but no fractional rates.Franchise outlets are presently not to accept postage-paid-in-cash bulk mailings.

The NIXDORF accounting system consists of an electronic scale upon whicha letter or parcel is placed. A keyboard unit is used to enter the class ofpostage ( letter, parcel, registered, COD, insured, etc). The detail of thetransaction is displayed on a 9-inch monitor to the operator and the total amountis shown on a customer display unit. Payment must be made and deposited in acash drawer. The operator has an option to sell an postage stamp or have thesystem generate an adhesive label in a label printer. A receipt is generated forevery transaction by a receipt printer. The system also includes a form printerto generate daily or monthly reports. A hand held scanner is available to readthe bar code on booklets of postage stamps and for registration. It is a verysophisticated system.

The peelable label was originally generated by a dot matrix printer. Thelabel is 80 mm by 40 mm and was affixed to a 147 mn by 63mm carrier paper. Thelabel, has CANADA, a single Crown and Maple Leaf, the postage paid, the wordsPOSTES and POSTAGE and the name of the issuing office. There is a great varietyin how the issuing office name is expressed.

cANADA b -42.t> g

P0

000.4091.10/8E

CALGARY_ ALBERTA' 1 0592056 N 3000039

CA ADA]Qi.D

91.12.11 s G

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GUELPH. ON I 0099000 IN 50C1029

Dot Matrix and Laser Generated Labels on Carrier Paper

The date is of European style of year-month-day, with the year expressedby two digits. The label also bears two tablets at the bottom. That at left isthe number assigned to that Retail Postal Outlet. This is the 6-digit POCONnumber which is allocated geographically, with an additional "0 - prefix. Theright tablet contains the alfa-numeric series which identifies the NIXDORF unit.It costs two to four cents to run a label and some franchise operators will notgenerate one for a 40 cent transaction.

33-3

VALUE GST 1.20 VALR DE TN

068659 GST 000000000 0.08 TN

TOTAL 1.28 TOTAL.190

:11-1/4.,' 14 CASH ON 1.29 ESP. SCAN

CHG.DUE 0.00 MONNAIE

GUELPHON

Each morning the operator of the retail postal outlet is to test the systembefore doing any business and a SPECIMEN label is generated. Some do not shutthe system down and a specimen is only needed when it is restarted. They newsystems have the capability of generating a specimen at anytime.

CANADAQL9

000 0091.12.11 E "6SPEC I NEN

oosscoo IN scoozee

Specimen labels

A customer receipt is generated for each sale, and is printed on specialpaper watermarked POSTAL SERVICES - SERVICES POSTAUX.

Information on the receipt includes the official name and full address ofthe Retail Postal Outlet point of sale. The date and time of the sale. ThePOCON number, register number, and operator code. The receipt below shows thatone letter (L) was mailed at .38c. The amount tendered and change is noted inboth official languages. Receipts now include the General Sales Tax.

JACKSON SQUARE POSTAL OUTLET2 KING ST. W., JACKSON SQUAREHAMILTON, ONTARIO (L8P-450)90/11/03 14:07 013226 OPERPS 015 000069

4004#*004100#4400#=P00#BULLFROG POSTAL OUTLET

380 ERAMOSA ROAD

GUELPH ON

N1E ORO

4 .39 1.56 91/12/11 09:21 ID# DAY

RC4 069000 W.ID: 1 TR4 100031TOTAL COST/GOUT TOTAL 1.56AMT PAID /MONTANT PAYE ES/ST 3 3 0.40 VP/TP

CASH/COMPTANT 2.00 UNIT CST 0.40 COUT UNICHANGE/MONNAIE 0.44 SUBTL 1.20 SOUS-TOT

The NIXDORF seria numbers use a 7 digit number having an "N" prefix andstarting at N3000000. The dot matrix printer was very slow and in 1990 a ModelCD72 laser printer was substituted for the new offices opened. A new series wasused for identification - N5000000. A short N4000000 series exists for whichthere is no apparent reason nor explanation. It has a few dot matrix and somel aser labels.

33-4

The laser labels are printed on a 55 rim by 30 mm label and on a narrowcarrier 58 um by 33 rim. The dot matrix carrier used a sprocket feed carrier.The laser labels are friction fed. The design is similiar; however, the cornersare square and it is slightly smaller. The issuing office name tends to bestandardized. The number in the lower left tablet appears to be the new HumanResource Inventory System (HRIS) number, which is 5 digits preceeded by a "0" andis allocated sequentially across Canada.

References

1. Report of the Review Committee on the Mandate and Productivity of Canada PostCorporation. 1985.2. Canada Post Corporation Annual Report for 1986/87, p. 5.3. Ibid, p. 16.

NIXECRF'S REVISITED AGAIN

Subsequent to the above talk I had the opportunity to speak with the localCanada Post area supervisor, a Siemen employee who installs the systems and threedifferent training officers. Below is a synthesis of what I think I learned.

Canada Post has decided that Guelph shall have 12 "retail outlets". Allsub-post offices will be converted to franchises and the "corporate" office, ie,the main office will be closed. As you know, I have an "A" box number (smallbox). I will lose this, or have the option of getting a new number at a retailoutlet. The price of a box is now $50 which is about the same as at thecorporate office. I think I will probably renew for one year and then phase itout. These franchises have a short life and I would be continually changing boxnumbers.

The franchise clears away an area in the store and a bunch of boxes showsup. A group of people attend and assemble the units. The franchise operator isgiven 40 hours of training prior to the opening. Canada Post has a contract witha professional training company. There are 22 employees of this company acrossCanada A training officer remains in the store for an additional 40 hours tosee that the operator is familiar with the system and procedures. There are 22of these training officers across Canada. One, told me she had put in systemsright across the country. Her first was Hamilton Upper James (N3000040) inSeptember 1988.

These training officers understand the procedures quite well but have verylittle understanding of the system or what is on the label. It is all in thesoftware they use and this is written at the Siemens plant in Toronto. I foundthat even the Siemens employee knew virtually nothing about the label - he wasa computer technician replacing an inoperative printer.

SPECIMENS are used whenever the printer is restarted to Tine than up. Theytold me that some outlets do not generate than as they leave the system on allthe time and there is no need to go through the startup procedure.

TEST LABELS can be generated at anytime. I was not aware of these. Theyare only on the early machines with what we call dot matrix printers. If youknow of an office with an old machine see if a test label can be procured.

33-5

One of the instructions given to operators is that no label is to begenerated be carried away. It must be applied to a cover and mailed at the site.The stated reason is that, like meters, the label if used later would be staledated. I had no trouble in getting what I wanted for philatelic purposes butunless the operator had been informed this could be done then some franchises mayrefuse to issue a label.

The Nixdorf system is always defaults to produce a label unless overriddenand a stamp is sold. It depends on the outlet. The statement to me was thatstamps are usually sold and that the labels are primarily used for parcels.

The "A" franchise is equipped with a Nixdorf. We are also to get a "8-Urban" which is a franchise not equipped with a Nixdorf - just coffee cans tokeep money in? These are the same as the "Rural Outlets".

Another training officer told me there are three systems in use. The"I PUS" (Interim Point of Sale) was the initial one of which there were about400. These outlets used the old course dot matrix system. The officer did notknow but I am certain it is our N3 series. Our numbers go to 384. This printerwas a single unit which had three printing heads, one each for labels, receiptsand forms.

The next upgrade they call their "B POS" (Bridge Point of Sale) system.Bridge POS He stated there were about 175 of these. Our numbers only go to 30.These have been, or are in the process of being, changed over. I expect theseare what list as N4. This system used the new hardware with the old software.The new hardware includes a scanner and a new printer. The CD 72 laser printeris a stand alone unit. The system also includes a dot matrix printer for theprinting of receipts and forms.

Current installations are termed "R PUS" (Retail Point of Sale). The onlydifference between the B PUS and R PUS is in the software used. The hardware isthe same. You have no doubt observed that the laser printed labels just have thename of the city. The exact location is only included on the receipt.

One training officer told me she had just completed the major westerncities and they were doing the small cities in Ontario - Guelph, Cambridge,Stratford, Brantford, Woodstock, Windsor, etc. Kitchener will be done in early1992.

When you get a label be sure to ask for one of their hand stamp cancels aswell. I have a label, specimen and hand stamp on the same envelope for Guelph.

*****************************

Below is a poorly inked example of a usage in the village of Oakwood, but thepostage meter is actually set in the town of Lindsay, 8 miles distant.

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33-10

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