1972 World Figure Skating Championship
The International Skating Union held its 1972 World Figure Skating Championship in Calgary, March 6 to 12. Canadian skater Karen Magnussen won the silver medal in the competition and went on to win the World Championship in 1973. Magnussen was Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1971 and 1972, and in 1973 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.


Karen Magnussen


Post Office New Issue Information Pamphlet








National Archives of Canada


First Day Covers

H and E




Calgary Slogan Cancellation

SITE OF / LIEU DU
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CHAMPIONNAT MONDIAL
1972.






Shering Corporation







Canada Envelope Company






Overseas Mailers






Kingswood

Rosecraft




Canada Post Office Official First Day Cover









David Pritchard





Usages

Domestic Letter Rate


Fort Nelson to Toronto, April 7, 1972
8 cents domestic forward letter rate

Expo 67 Post Offices
Three Canadian post offices were located at Expo 67:

• Métro Sainte-Hélène entrance
• International Carrefour, La Ronde
• Place d'Accueil, Cité du Havre.

The Expo 67 post offices were assigned a number from 1 to 3 to identify the office from which an item was posted. The author does not know the identity of the offices corresponding to specific numbers. Assistance in this identification is appreciated. Please contact philcovex@gmail.com

Expo 67 -1


Expo-1 to Brandon, Manitoba, May 15, 1967
43 cents paying the 8 cent two ounce forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee


Expo 67 -1 circular date stamp


Expo 67-1 Registration handstamp

July 20, 1967

Expo 67 -2


Expo 67 -2 , April 28, 1967


Expo 67-2 (No.10) hammer

 Expo 67- 2, October 4, 1967



 Expo 67 - 2 circular date stamp
October 4, 1967




Expo 67-3
Registration handstamp


Expo 67 - 3


Expo 67-3, June 19, 1967


Expo 67 -3 circular date stamp



Expo 67-3 Registration handstamp






Expo 67 -3 Money Order Office Number handstamp


Expo 67-3 (No.1) hammer

Wilding Issue:
Winnipeg "Tagged" FDCs

Automation of letter facing and cancelling began in Winnipeg on a trial basis in 1962. The system, called SEFACAN (segragation, facing and cancelling) was developed in Great Britain. The machine detected phosphorescent bars ("tagging") on stamps and mechanically faced letters for cancellation. The system also provided for the separation of local mail from forward mail by tagging the 4 cent local stamp differently from the other denominations.

The tagged stamps were first sold in Winnipeg on January 13, 1962. To mark the occasion, the Winnipeg Post Office used a slogan cancellation, "FIRST DAY OF TAGGED STAMPS IN CANADA":



The Ottawa postmaster applied the " DAY OF ISSUE / JOUR D'EMISSION" cancellation:




The Winnipeg trials led to the automated facing and cancellation used today.


First Day Covers

Kolor Kover




ARC







Canada Envelope Company






H & E






Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce


Printed on the back flap













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