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Fort Victoria c. 1869
Fort Victoria, built in 1843, was a fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company on Vancouver Island. The fort was the beginning of a settlement that eventually grew into Victoria, British Columbia.
In 1943, a pictorial slogan cancellation commemorating Fort Victoria's centennial was produced for use at the Victoria post office.
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100TH ANNIVERSARY
15TH MARCH 1843 - 1843
FORT VICTORIA
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Victoria, March 17, 1943
Fort Victoria Cachet
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Victoria, March 19, 1943