Postal History Corner

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Centennial Symbol Machine Cancellation

1. Introduction

In 1967, a special Centennial cancellation consisting of the Centennial symbol and three wavy lines was used at over twenty post offices. Information about the cancellation was made available in the May 1967 issue of BNA Topics by BNAPS member Wayne Curtis. Mr. Curtis informed Topics readers that he received a letter from Mr. J.G. Cunningham, Director, Information and Public Relations, Canada Post Office providing the following details of the cancellation:

page 126, BNA Topics, May, 1967

The list was incomplete as Goderich, Ontario, and Fredericton, N.B., were also supplied with the centennial die.

a) Centennial Symbol Sizes

Two sizes of symbols were produced:

Standard

Standard Symbol : 18 mm across and 22 mm from tip of symbol to base of stem
All dies were standard with the exception of the Charlottetown die

Small: Charlottetown

Small Symbol : 16 mm across and 18.5 mm from tip of symbol to base of stem

b) Dater Hubs

All cities used date hubs with the province (abbreviated or spelled out) at the bottom ("Province Hub"). In addition to the Province Hub, three cities, Edmonton, Montreal, and Vancouver used another hub type with Canada at the bottom ("Canada Hub")

Edmonton

Two hub types were used in Edmonton: