The Maple Leaf Type Rotary
Hand Dating Stamps
This is the first in a series of posts dealing with cancellations commonly referred to as roller cancels. The rotary hand dating stamps were supplied to staff post offices handling large quantities of first class mail that was too bulky to be processed through the cancelling machine.
The rotary dating stamps provided some or all of the following data:
(a) Time : 14 (2:00 p.m.)
(b) Day : 18
(c) Month : VIII (Aug)
(d) Year : 75 (1975)
(e) Office of Origin : WELLAND
(f) Decorative Maple Leaf :
The data field sequence was variable as shown in the following rotary dating cancels used in some Ontario post offices during the mid-1970s. Each of the dating cancels has a decorative maple leaf.
Belleville
Hour: 20
Day: 30
Month :Sep
Office : BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO
Maple Leaf
Brighton
Day : 26
Day : 26
Month : VIII
Maple Leaf
Year : 1975
Office : BRIGHTON, ONT.
Kirkland Lake
Office : KIRKLAND LAKE, ONT.
Year : 1975
Maple Leaf
Month : IX
Day : 16
North Bay
Maple Leaf
Month : JAN
Day: 28
Office : NORTH BAY, ONT.
Peterborough
The Peterborough rotary hand dating stamp did not identify the post office.
Day : 28
Oval
Month : IX
Maple Leaf
Year : 1976
St. Catharines
Maple Leaf
Day : 29
Month : IX
Year : 197
Office : ST. CATHARINES
Streetsville
The Stevensville roller in 1976 consisted of only two lines:
Year : 1976
The Stevensville roller in 1976 consisted of only two lines:
Year : 1976
Maple Leaf
Timmins
Office: TIMMINS
Maple Leaf
Month : JUN
Day : 18
Hour : 6