by JERRY H. MILLER
CANADA'S POSTMARK ‘GOLDEN AGE’ 1896-1902
eee es Why
28 JUNE 1897: Three-Color ‘Queen Victoria Jubilee” Issue on Montreal Hotel Cover to Albany, New York,
6-Cents Double-Weight Letier-Rate to U.S.A. Imperial Machine Jubilee Celebration Postmark.
BACKGROUND Soon after the introduction of adhesive postage in Canada in 1851,
the postal authorities recognized that their method of double-strike postmarking mail was time consuming and inefficient
resulting in their introduction of duplex postmarks.
With the increase in business and civilian mail volume by the mid- 1890s, still more expeditious mail handling was needed as recognized in the neighboring
United States of America with their wide introduction of postmarking machinery.
Such motivated the Canadian Post Office to decide to test
and introduce postmarking machinery in their domain.
EXHIBIT This exhibit shows the evolution of experimental, patriotic and early machine
postmarking during Canada’s so-called ‘Golden Age’ 1896-1902:
I. TITLE PAGE Il. FORERUNNER POSTMARKING ll. IMPERIAL MACHINE
(Montreal, Ottawa)
IV. BICKERDIKE MACHINE (Montreal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto)
V. GEARY MACHINE
(Montreal)
Vi. INTERNATIONAL MACHINE (Toronto, Montreal)
Vil. EPILOGUE
TEXT COLOR-CODING
Black: General Information
Blue: Important Notes, Rarity Factors as well as Chapter-Start-Page Headings.
Maroon: Postal Rate Information
Il. FORERUNNER POSTMARKING Double-Strike Hand Cancels 1851- circa 1860
Upon introduction of adhesive postage stamps in Canada in 1851, THE POSTAL AUTHORITIES REQUIRED LETTER MAIL TO HAVE SUCH MAIL
DOUBLE-STRUCK POSTMARKED: Obliterator (concentric rings with/without city reference number) for the postage
and a separate strike with city & date.
. Postmark: 25mm Diameter City & Dater Dial with concentric-ring obliterator initially with subsequent number reference
dedicated to city of origin.
4 DECEMBER 1854
Folded
‘Money Letter’,
postmarked
at Hamilton, Ontario,
sent to
Mount Forrest Post Office,
Guelph, Ontario.
Arrival Marks:
(Reverse)
“Guelph, 5 December 1854”
“Mount Forrest,
6 December 1854”
Three Pence..
Single-Sheet
Money-Letter Rate.
22 AUGUST 1859
Cover, postmarked
at Montreal, sent to
Chambly, Quebec.
Five Cents ..
Domestic
Single-Weight
Letter-Rate.
FORERUNNER POSTMARKING Duplex Hand Cancels First Generation Design
1860 - 1890s
Double-strike postmarking was eventually recognized as time consuming and inefficient by the postal authorities.
WHILE VISITING ENGLAND IN 1859/1860, THE CANADIAN POSTMASTER GENERAL PLACED A PURCHASE ORDER FOR FIFTY-SIX HAND-HAMIMER STAMPERS
with the Berri Company of London for their ‘Duplex Postmarking Stampers’, which had already been used in England for five years.
Postmark: First Generation Duplex Style:
20 mm Diameter City & Dater Dial with concentric-ring
obliterator initially .. with subsequent number reference later inserted & dedicated to city of origin.
Cert. Greene
4 DECEMBER 1860
Folded-letter front,
postmarked
at Quebec, Lower Canada,
sent to
Drummondville (Quebec)
Lower Canada
Ten Cents..
Double-Sheet
Domestic Letier-Rate.
FORERUNNER POSTMARKING Duplex Hand Cancels Second Generation Design
1870s — 1890s
Eventually the heretofore ‘first generation small dater dial’ version of the duplex post markers were altered to have a larger dater dial with enlarged obliterator.
Postmark: Second Generation Duplex Style:
25 mm Diameter City & Dater Dial with oval 13-line
obliterator with subsequent heavy 9-line obliterator with city designation number
10 JULY (1877)
Up-rated Canadian Postal Stationery Cover,
commercial mail cover, postmarked | Lok at Montreal, Canada, ED W. A RD R A YW, Lt NV GS ; Esq.
SADE EY, MANAGING DIRECTOR - a ll Guarantee Company of North America,
MONTREA TI, CANADA,
10 APRIL 1882
Commercial
bank-mail cover,
postmarked at
Angee AJR Com | 7 oronto, Ontario Co Uf, onk 1 Mmtee eta” Chicago, Illinois,
U.S.A.
Three Cenis..
Single-weight letter-rate to U.S.A.
FORERUNNER POSTMARKING ‘Pearson Hill Parallel Motion Hand-Operated
Postmarking Machine
1898
A VERSION OF THE BRITISH MANUFACTURED & WIDELY USED IN BRITAIN
‘PEARSON HILL PARALLEL MOTION’ POSTMARKING MACHINE, possibly mounted with a swivel arm and
referred-to as a ‘Pivot Machine’, WAS TRIED or EVALUATED AT OTTAWAIN 1898.
Postmark: 20mm Diameter City & Dater Dial with round 19-line
obliterator with integrated Number ‘1’.
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20 MAY 1898
Cover clip, postmarked at Ottawa, probably excised from a cover sent to the United States.
Three Cents..
Single-weight letter-rate to the United States
Only known example.
FORERUNNER POSTMARKING Provisional Flag Cancels
1870s - 1902
Occasionally a Canadian post office might not apply an origin or transit postmark on mail to cancel its postage or indicate transit function
RESULTING IN THE TORONTO POST OFFICE APPLYING A ROLLER-CANCEL OR ARRIVAL-TRANSIT-MARK IN RED-VIOLET COLOR.
Postmark: ‘Unionjack’ Flag Roller-Cancel in series
to cancel postage, or single flag in
hand-stamp indicating “Received” for transit mail.
(Ae eS SRE te ee
8 AUGUST 1878
Canadian Postal Stationery
Card, commercial mail, from Guelph, Ontario,
albeit postage uncancelled,
sent to Hamilton via Toronto
where roller cancel was
applied.
CANADA POST GARD |
THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. 4 ,
CANADA POST CARD THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE
6 FEBRUARY 1901
Canadian Postal Stationery Card,
commercial mail, from Hamilton, Ontario, albeit
postage uncancelled,
sent to Amherstburg via Toronto, where roller cancel was applied.
20 JANUARY 1902 THE ADDRESS TOJBE N ON
Canadian Postal “RE, ar E / y
Stationery Card, 3 QD commercial mail,
postmarked at St. John, New
Brunswick, sent to Amherstburg
via Toronto where
‘Received’ mark was
applied.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard rate
Ill. IMPERIAL MACHINE First Trial Montreal
10-20 March 1896
INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF MAINE IN 1896, THE ‘IMPERIAL MAIL MARKING COMPANY’,
ESTABLISHED OFFICES IN BOTH BOSTON, U.S.A., AND MONTREAL CANADA, HAVING MACHINES MANUFACTURED BY ‘PRATT & WHITNEY’
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Because of need to expedite the handling of mail, the Canadian Post Office decided to commence testing the
Imperial Machine at Montreal.
Postmarks applied were patriotic in theme .. initially having line- obliterators followed with patriotic ‘flag’ types.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with a 7-staggered-line obliterator with “Canada” as centered text.
aN >t '5'T) ——— CANADA ——— Vea
CANADA'S FIRST MACHINE POSTMARK
12 MARCH 1896
Commercial-use Canadian Postal Stationery Card, postmarked
at Montreal, Quebec, sent to Newmarket, Ontario
One Cent..
Domestic Postcard-Rate
Third Day of Postmark Use
IMPERIAL MACHINE Second Trial Montreal
Second Use Period:
23 March - 10 April 1896
THE HERETOFORE 7-STRAIGHT HEAVY LINE BARS OBLITERATOR APPARENTLY REQUIRED TOO MUCH INK ALONG WITH HAVING AN IMPRESSION NOT OFTEN
DRYING BY THE TIME THE MAIL REACHED THE SORTERS, THE MACHINE VENDOR ALTERED THE POSTMARK DIE TO A 6-WAVY THIN-LINE
OBLITERATOR. Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with six (61mm) wavy-line
SUaIRENs with “Canada” as centered text.
23 MARCH 1896
Commercial-use ara RET Y
Canadian Postal - Si "ih
Stationery Card, postmarked at
Montreal, Quebec,
THE ADDRESS TO BS WRIDTer
sent to Toronto, Ontario ei Oe ao eZ
(£2 FID “4
One Cent.. : | 2 y
Domestic Postcard-Rate saa as Ze rL- £ Ea e-
(ay ( —Comt LL Seton Coo 82 st aE ft
First Day of te, COLOR —
Postmark Use
24 MARCH 1896
LTR enn ne “4 > Commercial mail, SAAR 24, 2 ANA Oe Bs Canadian Postal
~ 99-0. | Se “i .$—_ ae Stationery cover, “f= | ~ ee
\ | ny ee oN —_ postmarked 489% a een a Oe rete at Montreal,
= A * sent to Milwaukee,
ee Soe Pa ee Le We om Wisconsin.
‘ (<< = Three Cents .. Domestic a -
PIF Lee _ Weight Letter-Rate
4 tee To U.S.A.
(Valid until 31 December 1898)
GH f= 6 a a. bidics Second Day of
Postmark Use
IMPERIAL MACHINE Adjunct To First Trial Montreal
11-22 April 1896
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND PERIODS OF TRIAL USE OF THE WAVY-LINE OBLITERATOR POSTMARK,
A PATRIOTIC ‘STRAIGHT JACK’ FLAG POSTMARK WAS APPLIED BY THE TRIAL MACHINE
In view of its being used only eleven days, it is assumed that the postmark was unsatisfactory or in the process of being re-designed.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with a “straight jack" flag obliterator with “Canada” as centered text.
11 APRIL 1896 AUSTIN & ROBERTSON WHOLESALE STATIONERS,
MONTREAL,
Commercial
cover,
postmarked
at Montreal,
sent to
London, Ontario
Three Cents... Domestic
Single-Weight
Letter-Rate
First Day of
Postmark Use
20 APRIL 1896
Commercial-use Canadian
Postal-Stationery Card, postmarked
sa 5 at Montreal, LA “&) Vi sent to
/ ); UV ' ec Bethiesvile, Quebec.
2 fer (fui ate. | One Cent.. | Domestic
Postcard-Rate
THE ADDRESS TO a IT
IMPERIAL MACHINE Second Trial Montreal
Fourth Postmark Use Period:
22 April- 5 June 1896
UPON COMPLETION OF AN ADJUNCT TRIAL WITH A ‘STRAIGHT JACK’ FLAG
OBLITERATOR POSTMARK, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE HERETOFORE TRIAL (Fourth Postmark Variety)
APPLYING THE 7-WAVY LINE OBLITERATOR CONTINUED.
During the first phase of the trial, the dater-dial “L" of ‘Montreal’ became damaged, now resulting in a “short-footed L" in ‘Montreal’.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial (SHORT-FOOTED ‘L’ in ‘MONTREAL’ with seven (58mm) wavy-line obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
20 MAY 1896
Commercial cover, postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Coteau Landing, Quebec.
Three Cents.. Domestic Single-Weight Letter-Rate.
Introduction of Machine Two
Montreal
Postmark Use Period:
29 May - 5 June 1896
IMPERIAL MACHINE
APPROXIMATELY 29 MAY 1896, A SECOND IMPERIAL MACHINE BECAME OPERATIONAL
WHERE THE DATER DIAL NOW AGAIN HAD A “LONG-FOOTED L” IN ‘MONTREAL’
22mm Diameter Dater Dial having a long-footed ‘L' In
‘Montreal’ with a seven (58mm) wavy-line obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
Postmark:
3 JUNE 1896 (Backward “3”)
Commercial cover,
postmarked
at Montreal, sent to
St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Three Cents...
Domestic
single. >-Weight
Letier-Rate.
Grand Trunk Railway Company ee D2
(E 2.) of Canada.
ei
4 JUNE 1896
Lady’s cover, postmarked
at Montreal, sent locally.
A g i Mitte One Cent.. Local City/Town
5 4 ’ vet a etter’ Rate. iMeme Vrop ‘Let
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag A’ (= 1)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 — 19 June 1897
BY EARLY JUNE 1896, FOUR ADDITIONAL IMPERIAL MACHINES, NOW TOTALING SIX, COMMENCED OPERATION REPLACING ALL PREVIOUS
POSTMARKS, NOW HAVING A PATRIOTIC ‘UNION JACK’ FLAG POSTMARK, WITH EACH MACHINE HAVING A DEDICATED OBLITERATOR DIE
INDICATING A LETTER = ‘A, B, C, D, E, F
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-foofed ‘L’ in
‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag lettered-obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text. +
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CH8.4
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DATER DIAL 2.5mm . Sa a aT
LETTERING INITIALLY USED FROM THE FIRST
TRIAL MACHINE APPLYING A SEVEN- LINE OBLITERATOR
30 JULY 1896
inner-city mail
cover,
postmarked
at Montreal,
sent locally
ee ile WoO Cenis ..
If not delivered in Ten Days,
red in epee DATER DIAL 3mm Rae ‘ LETTERING USED
Royal Insurance Co. 1 tee WITH ALL SIX MONTREAL MA gue MACHINES’
A CANADA Nee POSTMARKS qe ij
on , 3 ee ia 8 APRIL 1897
Commercial Wy cover,
Montreal,
AGENT, ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ve Simcoe, Ontario.
Three Cents ..
S ! M C O E 3 O nt. Domestic
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag B’ (= 2)
Postmark Use Period:
9 June 1896-9 July 1897
22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
Postmark:
DOMESTIC DESTINATION MAIL
TWO STRIKE COVER RESULT OF INCORRECT FACING & MACHINE INFEED BY POSTAL
CLERK
10 APRIL 1897
Cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Monte Bello,
Quebec
Three Cents .. | ‘
Single-weight |
domestic {at
letter- rate ADVERTISING COVER WITH JUBILEE ISSUE
CROWNEXTRALT © FLAVOUR
=
Commercial
ve CEE te oar . postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Yarmouth,
PER Fie delay A nec: paeaeene
Three Cents ..
Domestic
Singie-Weighi
Letter-Rate.
ROBERTGREIG ¢ C MONTREAL.
IMPERIAL MACHINE
DESTINATION: Importers of GERMANY CORKS, CAPSULES, ETC
QUEEN ST. E. Cor. SUMACH
1 SEPTEMBER 1896 TORONTO
Commercial cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent To Offenbach/Main.
Five Cents...
UPU Single-Weight Letter- Rate
. ens” inl cps sa, cn“ tat ee in ae ee at wage
Machines 1 thru 6
Montreal ‘Flag B’ (= 2)
Postmark Use Period:
9 June 1896 - 9 July 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed '‘L' in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION MAIL
Union 26: shale: ‘hi a
CANA éPAst ean aa 4 :
P. FREYSENG & CO. Manufacturers and
ee
a a eae Ne aa [aaa
( = a ee Sea PTE? DESTINATION:
FRANCE
21 JANUARY 1897
Eg THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ONTHIS SIDE. A tier
ws?
Canadian UPU
Postal Stationery Card,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to §. Pol sur Vernoré.
Two Cents..
UPU Postcard
Rate.
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag C’ (= 3)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 - 9 July 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-foofed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
21 ST ANTOINE STREET
MONTREAL
DOMESTIC MAIL
12 SEPTEMBER 1896
Commercial cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent To 1
Toronto, Ontario. oronto, Ont.
Messrs The Massey-Herris Co —
Three Cents ..
Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate
an SHORT-PAID/ POSTAGE DUE
mr MAILTO GERMANY
1 MAY 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to ae Pru. to. Ke duis Teta ay, cl a ee teen
Postcard Rate; card
short One Cent na ; resulting in 5 Cents =
10 Pfennig postage due
covering rate upcharge + penalty.
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag D’ (= 4)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 — 8 July 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a short-footed '‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union- Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
25 MAY 1897
Commercial cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent To
Coteau Landing, Quebec.
Three Cents..
Domestic
singie-weighi lefter-rate
7 XTICTORIA SOR. 8 JULY 1897
MONTREAL. Commercial
cover, Jubilee-Series
franked,
postmarked at Montreal, sent to
Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia
Three Cents ..
Domestic etm wele casein SIMIC -wWwCmuint
letter-rate.
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag E’ (= 5)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 - 21 June 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
NARROW YEAR DATE VARIETY
8 MARCH 1897
cover, postmarked at Montreal,
sent To
Monte Bello, Quebec.
Three Cents .. Domestic
singie-weighi letter-rate
WIDE &
YEAR DATE a ot & VARIETY c nL og i ol fo] O
pee 17 APRIL 1897 Pus : “on & dp 9 r : Commercial a s f : . wf cover,
0° Kp os f A ward A ft LC a) : ae a postinciried a : s (AA A LA, 7? eitiwy f ft) Montreal, 5 é !
sent to é 0 - m Amherstburg,
aX (Ls Nae A &_A-@Z. St Ah AA ef ae : { ; 8 | Three Cents... ae / Domestic e i single-weight
om
letler-rate.
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag E’ (= 5)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 — 21 June 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION MAIL ENGLAND
29 JUNE 1896
Cover, postmarked at
Montreal, endorsed “via New York”
sent to
Duffield, Derby, England
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse with Offset on Front)
“Derby, 8 July 1896”
cCwea fant rive Cenfs bits
HIDE led st te ate cl UPU International Ct rel Ta) os a 8ngie-wergni
Letier-Kate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6
18 JUNE 1896
Cover, postmarked
at Montreal,
sent To
St, Hyacinthe Quebec.
Three Cents ..
Domestic
singie-weigni leHer-rate
Montreal ‘Flag F’ (= 6)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 - 18 June 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a short-foofed ‘L’ in
‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
DOMESTIC DESTINATION MAIL
2 ee ST ee eS SS
7-20)
oOo7 It Ed ED ee. See i
a \ | Eh ets 3
UW ifo oP Des Alig, #
E
24 JULY 1896
Commercial
cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
C. C. Bennet Esq., sent to Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Secretary
Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate.
Mii ]
Montreal & B.C. Prospecting Co.
Vancouver, B.C.
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Montreal ‘Flag F’ (= 6)
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 - 18 June 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION MAIL BELGIUM
22 OCTOBER 1896
Canadian UPU Postal Stationery Card,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium.
Arrival Postmark: (Front)
“Anvers (Arrival),
3 November, 1896”
Two Cents ..
UPU International
Posicard Rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE
MACHINE 3 = ‘C’
2 JANUARY (1897)
Commercial
cover, postmarked
at Montreal, sent To
Rock Island, Quebec.
Three Cents ..
Domestic
singie-weigni letter-rate
Machines 1 thru 6
Missing Year-Date Variety
Postmark Use Period:
6 June 1896 - 9 July 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-foofed ‘L' in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
DOMESTIC DESTINATION MAIL
LIVERPOOL AND | " | INSURAT CSF a zy
HEAD OFFICE, - i
thy AGENT
A, diy ff / iY. X
sl] ~Haed } a,
< sé ;
xX~ecfCanada.
MACHINE 7 = ‘F’
2 JANUARY (1897)
Mourning cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent locally.
Two Cenis ..
(inner-city) drop
letter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1 thru 6 Reserve Postmark ‘K’
Postmark Use Period:
3-9 September 1896 (7-Day Usage)
No records or reference materials have been found to explain the purpose of the ‘K' Union Jack Postmark!
It is thus assumed by postal historians that it was a reserve die for use when one of the six machine postmarking dies needed replacing.
EXCEPT DURING THE PERIOD OF 3-9 SEPTEMBER 1896, NO OTHER USE IS KNOWN OR HAS BEEN VERIFIED. FOUR EXAMPLES KNOWN
Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in ‘Montreal’ with Union-Jack Flag obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
8 SEPTEMBER 1896
Cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Toronto, Ontario.
Three Cenis..
Domestic single-weight ietter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE maces
Union Jack Postmark ‘F’
Temporary Replacement
Usage Period:
30 January - 30 March 1897
FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, MACHINES 6 & 5, HERETOFORE FITTED WITH UNION JACK
DIE POSTMARKS ‘F’ & ‘E’, WERE RESPECTIVELY WITHDRAWN A SHORT PERIOD IN 1897
AND REFITTED WITH THE 1896-USED LINE OBLITERATORS. Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-foofed ‘L’ in
‘Montreal’ with a staggered seven line
obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
MACHINE ‘6’ ... UNION JACK OBLITERATOR ‘F’
TEMPORARILY REPLACED WITH FORMER SEVEN-LINE OBLITERATOR
. SS —_—_—_——
16 FEBRUARY 1897 aes -
Cover, | S FEB IB CY ooo
Postmarked at I5- -Q C A N AUDA —— =
Montreal, Aes 91 ieee
sent to —
Alexandria,
Ontario. A
Three Cents.. / =
Domestic er 3 /} Yo Ho
od ale
7 4 . ¢
single-eight
letier -rate
18 FEBRUARY 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery
Card,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
jm Mount Bridges, 4 Ontario.
4 One Cant Vy Une Ten..
oo |
/ Vomesiic
ff , a al f Hos a vy ra- rd T e ——— YVolt al
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machine 5 Union Jack Postmark ‘E’ Temporary Replacement
Usage Period:
10 March ~ 6 April 1897
SIMILARLY, AS INITIALLY MACHINE’ 6’, MACHINE ‘5’ (WITH ITS ‘E’ POSTMARK) WAS WITHDRAWN FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN EARLY 1897 AND REFITTED WITH THE
PREVIOUSLY USED WAVY-LINE OBLITERATOR DIE. Postmark: 22mm Diameter dater dial having a long-footed ‘L' in
‘Montreal’ with a uniform straight-edge seven wavy-line obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
MACHINE ‘5’ ... UNION JACK OBLITERATOR ‘E’ TEMPORARILY REPLACED WITH SEVEN WAVY-LINE OBLITERATOR
5O-11-12-35
If NOT DELIVERED IN 5 DAYS
RETUKN TO
The Canada Paint Co., Ltd. P. O. DRAWER 2293,
Montreal, - - Que.
30 MARCH 1897
Commercial mail cover, posimarked at
Montreal, sent to
Amherstburg, Ontario.
Three Cents... Domestic
single-weight letter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Trial Machine at Ottawa
Union Jack Postmark
Dater Die ‘X’/Unlettered Obliterator
1 April 1896 - 19 June 1897
WHILST MACHINE TRIALS WERE BEING CONDUSTED AT MONTREAL, A TRIAL MACHINE WAS ALSO ALLOCATED TO OTTAWA,
WHERE IT WAS TRIAL- OPERATED UNTIL LATE 1897 APPLYING TWO DIFFERENT DATER DIALS OVER TIME WITH A SINGLE UNLETTERED
UNION-JACK FLAG OBLITERATOR. DATER DIAL ‘X’
* Year in lower arc
* No ‘Canada’
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial ‘X’ with unlettered
Union-Jack Flag Obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
Return to ae
Bank or Monrreat, Orrawa, aN A\ be
If not delivered in Five Days. Cc SEP a ¥
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK,
SPO es EZ IFAM ITAA
ZA ey -
a A ger —UL_£. "
4 SEPTEMBER 1896
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Ottawa,
sent to Stanstead, Quebec.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Stanstead, Que., September 5, 1897”
Three Cents ..
Domestic single-weight
letter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Trial Machine Operation Ottawa
Union Jack Postmark Usages Dater Die ‘X’/Unlettered Obliterator
1 April 1896 - 19 June 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial ‘X’ with unlettered
Union- Jack Flag Obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
5 NOVEMBER 1896
Cover, postmarked at Ottawa, sent to
Toronto.
Three cents: ; Single-weight
domestic
letter-rate
< 10 OCTOBER 1894
Canadian Postal Stationery
Letter, business mail, postmarked at Ottawa,
sentto
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Three cents:
Single-weight domestic letter-rate
18 MARCH 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery Card,
postmarked at Ottawa,
sent locally
One Cent..
Domestic
Postal Card Rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Trial Machine Operation Ottawa
Union Jack Postmark Usages
Dater Die ‘Z’/Unlettered Obliterator 9 August - 28 October 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial ‘Z’ with unlettered
Union-Jack Flag Obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
DATER DIAL ‘2’
* Year split
*'7’ of “1897” sanserif
* ‘Canada’ in lower arc
9 AUGUST 1897
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, postmarked at
Ottawa,
sent to Toronto.
One Cent:
Domestic
Postcard Rate a Clove
FIRST DAY USAGE sie
2 OCTOBER 1897
Cover, postmarked
at Ottawa,
sent to Toronto.
Three cents:
Single-weight domestic
letter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Trial Machine Operation Ottawa
Union Jack Postmark Usages
Dater Die ‘Z’/Unlettered Obliterator 9 August — 28 October 1897
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial ‘Z’ with unlettered Union-Jack Flag Obliterator
having “Canada” as centered text.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL-OFFICE MAIL TO SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL USAGE
Ex Bowen & George
23 SEPTEMBER 1897
Embossed ‘Governor General's Office’ Cover, signature validated “David Erstkind” (front), endorsed “via New York”,
postmarked at Ottawa, sent to Brouyhty Ferry, Scotland.
Arrival Postmark: (reverse)
“Dundee 51, October 4, 1897”
Ten Cents:
Double-Weight UPU International Letter-Rate
One of Eleven Ten-Cent-Franked Patriotic Flag Cancels Known
IMPERIAL MACHINE Machines 1, 5 & 6 Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark
5 Strokes = Die 1/ Dater ‘X’
Montreal
Usage Period:
June — July 1897
IN JUNE 1897, IMPERIAL MACHINES 1, 5 & 6 HAVING ‘UNION JACK POSTMARKS’ ‘A’, ‘E’ & ‘F’ WERE WITHDRAWN AND FITTED WITH A NEW FLAG POSTMARK OBLITERATOR HONORING THE ‘JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1897".
Each machine's postmark flag obliterator die (3) could be identified by @s number strokes in the flag furl as well as its dater dial referred here to
‘x’, ‘Y’ and ‘7’.
DATER DIAL ‘x’ DATER DIAL ‘Y’
* Year in lower arc
* No ‘Canada’
* Year split *'7’ of “1897” serifed * ‘Canada’ in lower arc
25 JUNE 1897
‘Jubilee Flag Postmark’ clip having
Dater Dial ‘X’ and Die ‘1’ ‘Five Stroke’ Flag Obliterator.
Use Period:
25-29 June 1897.
Seven examples known
IMPERIAL MACHINE 5 Strokes = Die 1/ Dater ‘Y’ Queen Victoria's Jubilee Postmark
Montreal
DATER DIAL “‘Y’ Usage Period:
* Year spit 21 June — 12 July 1897
*'T of “1897” serifed
* ‘Canada’ in lower arc
2 JULY 1897
Drop-Letter City-Mail Clip Jubilee Issue
IN E V C E N T
Bo
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Fe all
!
24 JUNE 1897
Commercial-mail
cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent locally.
2 Cents:
Drop-Letter
City Rate
4
aN MA a 8 JULY 1897 SAVIN es See &
ae Cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
/ ; sent locally.
ee Sh re fea a 2 Cents: Drop-Letter
bao thecterttige
IMPERIAL MACHINE 6 Strokes = Die 2/ Dater ‘xX’
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark
Montreal DATER DIAL ‘x’
Usage Date: * Year in lower arc 22 June 1897 * No ‘Canada (Tuesday)
NARROW YEAR VARIETY
22 JUNE 1897
Cover, postmarked at Montreal, addressed to
Bristol, England.
3 Cents..
2 Cents Empire Letter-Rate
+ 1 Cent Convenience Franking
One of two examples
known.
WIDE YEAR VARIETY
22 JUNE 1897
Philatelic-inspired cover,
BREAK IN FLAG = POSTMARKED LATER
THAN 22 JUNE
at Montreal.
2 Cents:
Drop-Letter
City Rate
Less than ten covers
known.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 6 Strokes = Die 2/ Dater ‘Z’ Queen Victoria's Jubilee Postmark
Montreal DATER DIAL ‘Z'
Usage Period: Year split 21 June — 10 July 1897 ‘7’ of ‘1897’ sans serif
*
Year in lower are
MAILTO ENGLAND
22 JUNE 1897 Sa 2 a i
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, THE ADDRESS TO BE
postmarked at Montreal, addressed to
Sydenham, Sussex, England. ( : Z > a GL, ra or
2 Cents .. ‘i
United Kingdom lt2121 +4 TOC wide
Postcard-Rate
Ti By
Ts nok
Se —— - —- — _
IF NOT DELIVERED IN 10 DAYS,
RETURN TO DOMESTIC ALEX. McARTHUR & CO., it 8S COMMERCIAL
6 LEMOINE STREET, = JUL 3 Y MAIL MONTREAL, ig 4-0 97 \ i By
Wes 3 JULY 1897 CAN ADS : MYA a ey
, Commercial mail ve ee 7 cover, ( Oten-s 2arel -~ VY Cz postmarked at
= Montreal sent to Charlottetown,
Ok, Prince Edward
Lat island : : 3 Cents:
on. 2 WY Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 7 Strokes = Die 3/ Dater ‘Y’ Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark
Montreal
Usage Period:
20 & 29 June 1897
The 7 STROKES = DIE 3 OBLITERATOR WITH DATER DIAL ‘Y’ type ‘Queen Victoria Jubilee Postmark’ is only known on philatelic-inspired mail.
DATER DIAL ‘Y"
* Year spiit 2 ‘7 of ‘1897' with serif
* Year in lower arc
20 JUNE 1897
Philatelic -inspired cover,
postmarked at Montreal
1 Cent: Domestic
Drop-letter (non-carrier office) letter-rate.
One of nine examples known either postmarked June 20 or 29.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 7 Strokes = Die 3/ Dater ‘X’ Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark
Montreal ATER DIAL ‘X'
_ Usage Period:
* Year in lower arc 21 June — 10 July 1897 * No ‘Canada’
FIRST DAY USE
21 JUNE 1897
Registered
business mail cover,
postmarked at
Montreal, sent locally.
7 Cents..
Registered letter-
rate (2 Cents + 5 Cents
Registry)
Only registered drop-letter
business mail
example known.
XiRA eee SUILIO Tc
i0-—0 LAST DAY USE
10 JULY 1897
Cover, : LEE joes postmarked at
‘ : Montreal, VIS 5 Uy es Y, } ee sent locally.
2 Cents: Drop-Letter City Rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE 7 Strokes = Die 3/ Dater ‘xX’ Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark
Montreal
Usage Period:
21 June - 10 July 1897
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\ "
S M A ?
SS
PRINTED MATTER Ze CIRCULAR LY Z
3 JULY 1897 Uy. (Double Strike) Se |
Unsealed cover (circular enclosure),
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1 Cent:
Domestic circular c ee © mail rate. o s
A
FREE-FRANK Sete eee ee | oe a TR DERE AWD NYA OFFICIAL CUSTOMS OFFICE et eee Ve ae . NOTIFICATION
|7-—0 A ke Ee WSR WLR Ae 5 JULY 1897
Notification of parcel arrival with duty applicable.
Postmarked at Montreal,
sent locally.
Arrival Postmark: (front)
‘“ MT,
5 July 1897”
Only known use example.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 7 Strokes = Die 3/ Dater ‘x’
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postmark Montreal
Usage Period:
21 June - 10 July 1897
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL USAGE
30 JUNE 1897 Dominion Button Works, Frank E. MeKyes & Ca.,
puss ice 436-430-440 VISITATION STREET, cover, postmarked at pea aaah tae
Montreal,
sent to
St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec. a
Anival Postmark: We ee YL (Reverse)
“St Hyacinthe, 1 July 1897” ra HK ae
Rite RE Pees
SAA VA aX Wo . we SS YAS CAE) ER ASHES. Se rn SS SOR ew %) AN \ 6 JULY 1897
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Ve
een ees Ein. komm Net Business mail
cover,
_ postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Truro,
Nova Scotia.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Truro,
J NAAM 7 July 1897”
3 Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE ARRIVAL POSTMARK ‘X’ Standard Postal Stationery Card
Montreal
Usage Period:
29 May 1896 - 7 August 1897
IN ADDITION TO POSTMARKING OUT-GOING MAIL AT MONTREAL, ONE TO THREE OF THE SIX OPERATIONAL MACHINES ALSO APPLIED THEIR
RESPECTIVE DATER DIAL (‘X’, ‘Y’ & ‘Z”) WITHOUT OBLITERATOR TO ARRIVING MAIL. AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THEIR OPERATIONAL FUNCTION
AT MONTREAL. Postmark:
22mm Dater Dial without ‘Canada’ text
TYPE ‘X’
ARRIVAL POSTMARK
12 JUNE 1896
Canadian Standard Postal Stationery Card commercial mail,
postmarked at Brockville, Ontario, sent to Montreal.
1 Cent.. Domestic Postcard-Rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE ARRIVAL POSTMARK Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postal Card
Montreal
Usage Period:
21 June - 10 July 1897
TYPE ‘Y’ |
ARRIVAL POSTMARK
6 JULY 1897
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card
commercial mail, postmarked
at Leamington, sent to Montreal.
1 Cent..
Domestic
Postcard-Rate |
‘T in ‘1897' without serif
TYPE ‘Z’ ARRIVAL POSTMARK
9 JULY 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery Card commercial mail,
postmarked at Apple Hill,
sent to Montreal. + ot 1 Cent..
} aX pt fps Domestic WL GFP LOO — Postcard-Rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE Testing of the “Boston” Machine
Montreal
Postmark Use Period:
10 March 1899 - 28 June 1900
Concurrent with use of Bickerdike Machines at Montreal replacing the worn Imperial Machines,
THE MONTREAL POST OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY EXPERIMENTED MORE THAN YEAR
WITH A UPDATED VERSION OF THE IMPERIAL MACHINE, REFERENCED IN POSTAL FILES AS THE ‘BOSTON’ MACHINE
supplied by the American Postal Machines Company at Boston, Massachusetts, successor company to the Imperial Mail Marking Company of Montreal & Boston.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial having a long-footed ‘L’ in
‘Montreal’ with a seven (58mm) wavy-line obliterator having “Canada” as centered text.
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Tee MONTREAL er Cf
12 SEPTEMBER 1899
Commercial
advertising cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Toronto, Ontario
Two Cents: | . Toronto Lithographing Co.
ouee where Cor. King and Bathurst Streets,
TORONTO, Ont.
14 JUNE 1900
PRIVATE PARK RRR: SS oe ary —. - “ale ommerciadil mai
Friedman Bros. a i ny) postmarked at “ES Montreal,
; sent to Amherstburg,
Ontario.
MONTRHAT.
Arrival Postmark: (Front)
“Amherstburg,
June 15, 1900”
One Cent: Domestic
posicard-rate.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 6 Strokes = Die 2/ Dater ‘Z’
EX Alp Queen Victoria's Jubilee Postmark Crcr 207) DATER DIAL ‘7 Ottawa
187-0 FF ia N pO a
Year split Usage Period:
* ‘Canada’ in lower arc
‘7’ of 1897 sanserif 21 June — 7 August 1897
MAILTO U.S.A.
AN 29 J U NE ] 897 Su we ~ . | ; SA :
wy WA
Wt \\ \\ \ NN AAI VAY
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked i at Ottawa Yq
sent to St. Paul, Minnesota.
| 4 © Cens..
Single-weight letter-rate to U.S.A.
(valid until CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO. AY ~ 2 . if l
31. December 1898) OTTAWA, CANADA.
E. 1, !
ttt SS —.
e TRANSIT JUBILEE eZ POSTMARK USE
Zt 8 JUNE 1897 iz
Cover, postmarked at Moncton, New
Brunswick, 6 July 1897, sent to Ottawa,
re-directed with transit
postmark at Ottawa to Truro,
Nova Scotia
rt J 4
3 Cents:
sngie-weigni
Namneti Vomestic
letier-rate
IMPERIAL MACHINE 6 Strokes = Die 2/ Dater ‘2’
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Postmark Ottawa
Usage Period:
21 June - 7 August 1897
OFFICIAL MAIL ..
CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT
13 JULY 1897
“On Her Majesty's Service” cover,
validated by
“G.M. Dawson”, postmarked
at Ottawa sent to
London, England.
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Uh
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Arrival Postmark: (reverse)
“London,
July 24, 1897”
10 Cents:
Double-Weight
UPU International
Letter-Rate
One of Eleven 10-Cent-Franked
Patriotic Flag Cancels Known.
IMPERIAL MACHINE 6 Strokes = Die 2/Dater ‘Z’ Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Postal Card
Ottawa
Usage Period:
21 June - 7 August 1897
5 JULY 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery Card
commercial mail, postmarked at Ottawa, sent locally.
Domestic
Postcard-Rate
3 AUGUST 1897
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card commercial mail,
postmarked
at Ottawa, sent to Montreal.
Bickerdike Trial
Machine Arrival
Postmark
1 Cent..
Domestic
Postcard-Rate
IV. BICKERDIKE MACHINE First & Second Trials Montreal
Trial |: 2-8 December 1896
Trial ll: 28 December 1896 -
3 January 1897
Martin Ethridge, designer of the Imperial Machine, developed a new postmarking machine, superior in function to the Imperial, the ‘8/CKERDIKE’ (named after his
financier ‘Robert Bickerdike’), which he, along with John Brooks Young, patented in
Canada, the United States and Great Britain in 1896. To manufacture the machine, a new company was formed, the Canadian Postal Supply Company.
THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ WAS OFFERED TO THE CANADIAN POST OFFICE IN 1896 WITH SUCCESSFUL TESTING CONDUCTED BY THEM IN DECEMBER 1896.
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Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
FIRST TRIAL McChENNA THOMSON 6 SO. (JAMES O'BRIEN & CO.,)
2 DECEMBER 18946 WHOLESALE CLOTHING,
MONTREAL.
Commercial cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to Amhurstburg,
Ontario.
First Day Trial Usage
One of Nine
Examples Known
SECONDTRIAL
wai FINE OVE pevane es pen y Fe 30 DECEMBER 1896 MONTREAL. VA Se
ns : ; a Commercial
cover,
postmarked at
Montreal, o. f/ Ofc iv sent to
=3 Rock Island, f Quebec
Third Day Trial
Cs ; 2 Usage
f One of Five
Examples
Three Cents... Known
Domestic Single-Weight Letter-Rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Decommissioning of ‘Imperial Machines’
Montreal
Jubilee Postmark Type II
Commercial Use Period:
10-15 July & 17 July
ON 10 JULY 1897, THE HERETOFORE OPERATIONAL ‘IMPERIAL MACHINES’ WERE DECOMMISSIONED AND REPLACED BY SIX NEW ‘BICKERDIKE MACHINES’, WTH ONE MACHINE AT MONTREAL APPLYING A ‘JUBILEE FLAG’ AND FIVE OTHERS
APPLYING AN INVOLUTE ‘STANDARD FLAG’ OBLITERATOR.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’, Crown & ‘1837 — 1897 V.R’, in text.
Fiz a ee ee —
BARNARD & HOLLAND, 13 JULY 1897 COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS
Commercial
cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Brampton, BOARD of TRADE BUILDING,
Ontario. MONTREAL
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse) Messrs. Kirkwood Bros. ;
“Brampton,
July 14, 1897 Brampton,
15 JULY 1897
Commercial
cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Brockville,
Ontario.
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“Rockville, July
15, 1897” Three Cents ...
Domestic Single-Weight Letter-Rate. Two of eleven examples known
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Decommissioned ‘Imperial Machines’ Ottawa & Montreal
Jubilee Postmark Type II!
Use Period:
Montreal: 13 April 1897 - 18 April 1898
Ottawa: 30 October 1897 - 2 March 1898
TWO NEW BICKERDIKE MACHINES BECAME OPERATIONAL AT OTTAWA, ONE OF WHICH APPLIED A ‘JUBILEE’ OBLITERATOR. ONE MACHINE AT EACH MONTREAL &
OTTAWA APPLIED THE NEW THIRD-STYLE ‘JUBLILEE’ POSTMARK,
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator having ‘1837 V.R. 1897’ text.
OTTAWA
11 NOVEMBER 1897
Cover,
postmarked at Ottawa,
sent to
Montreal,
Quebec.
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“Montreal,
November 11,
1897”
Ex Bomar & Puls
=
. a ne
(uimereo) 385 & 388 St, James STREET,
MCNTREAL.
20 -O
(8Q2
FROM
THE MONTREAL NEWS COMPANY =
O & MONTREAL
15 APRIL 1898
Commercial
cover,
postmarked
at Montreal,
Messrs Ts. C. Allen & CO, sent to
Halifax,
Halifax ‘ Nova Scotia.
Arrival N. S. Postmark:
(Reverse)
“Halifax,
April 18, 1898”
Only known example.
Three Cents .. Domestic Single-Weight Letter-Rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Unfinished Flag Postmark
Ottawa & Montreal
Use Period:
Ottawa: 30 October 1897 - 19 March 1898 Montreal: 13-18 April 1898
THE ‘UNFINISHED FLAG’ POSTMARK WAS USED ALTERNATELY AT BOTH OTTAWA AND MONTREAL
in those new Bickerdike Machines
which were applying the Jubilee Postmark at each location, most probably as a reserve postmarking die
during cleaning or maintenance of the latter die.
OTTAWA
2 NOVEMBER 1897
‘Supreme Court
of Canada’
embossed
cover,
postmarked at Ottawa, sent to
Toronto,
Ontario.
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“Toronto,
November 3,
1897”
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Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute unfinished-end flag obliterator
having ‘Canada’ text.
MONTREAL
14 APRIL 1898
Commercial
cover,
postmarked
at Montreal,
sent to
Amburstburg,
Ontario.
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“Ambhursiburg,
April 15,1898”
Only Known
Example
Three Cents ..
Domestic Single-Weight Letter-Rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute ‘Standard’ Flag Obliterators Montreal
Six Machine Operation
BY MID-1897, SIX BICKERDIKE MACHINES WERE OPERATIONAL AT MONTREAL WITH THREE DIE STYLES OF
FLAG OBLITERATORS IN USE BETWEEN 1897-1902
Flag Die-Style |: involute Flag
Without Indicia / Machine Number Distinguishable by Flag Characteristic
(© David Sessions)
(July 1897 — April 1898)
Height of ‘N’ of ‘CANADA’
Vertical line centered on “A’ or shifted to the right?
Two vertical lines centered on ‘A’ or shifted to the left? Does angular line coincide with vertical line below?
Does angular line bisect corner?
Does angular line coincide with vertical line below?
Relationship of line closing second furl to vertical line above,
i.e. central, shifted to the left or to the right?
8. Width of first segment of second furl.
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Ss
Flag Die-Style II: Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia:
(April 1898 - March 1902)
Flag Die-Style Ill: Barred Involute Flag
With Indicia:
(January 1900 - March 1902) indicia ‘A’ thru “E’ located here
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style I, Machine |
Montreal
Usage Period:
10 July 1897 - 12 April 1898
Flag Die-Style |
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
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TRE Ks ae “yu 13 ©
MAIL TO SCOTLAND
c a
Q © a o
13 JULY 1897
Cover,
Postmarked at ie Mg Montreal, e S Chen.
Sent to Ate @/)
Dumbarton, Scotland. 1
Five Cents: '
UPU International }
Single-Weight
Letter-Rate j
~ R ,
" _ i oe _
MONTREAL
EXHIBITION
ADVERTISING COVER
(Show Duration: 19-28 August
1897)
3 AUGUST 1897
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
St. Johns, Newfoundland
|QTH-28TH | sil | | Three Cents: Domestic AEA =
Single-Weight Letter-Rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machine 2
Montreal
Usage Period:
12 July 1897 -— 14 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
MONTREAL CITY DROP-LETTER
22 SEPTEMBER 1897
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent locally.
Two Cents: Inner-City Drop
Letter-Rate INTERNATIONAL
MAIL GERMANY
21 DECEMBER 1897
Up-rated
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, postmarked at
Montreal, sent to
Berlin, Germany
Two Cents:
UPU International
Postcard-Rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machine 3
Montreal
Usage Period:
16 July 1897 - 7 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
DOMESTIC te RETURN IN 5 DAYS '
CANADA =f re
8 OCTOBER 1897
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked
at Montreal, sent to
Owen
Sound,
Ontario
ssrse J. Mcbaucnlan & Son
Owen Sound, Ont.
Three Cents:
Domestic single- weight Ad RELA NS
letter-rate Weumeren e in Sts.
MONTREAL.
MAILTO U.S.A.
24 JANUARY 1898
Up-rated
registered Canadian Postal
Stationery Cover,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Boston,
Massachusetts
Ten Cents:
3 Cents ..
letter-rate
+ 5 Cents
registration fee
+ 2 Cents
Convenience
franking
BICKERDIKE MACHINE
2 AUGUST 1897
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked
at Montreal,
sent to
St. Catherines,
Ontario 7
Three Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate
Involute Flag Without Indicia
Flag Die-Style |, Machine 3 Montreal
Usage Period:
16 July 1897 -7 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL
THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, or canapa, tnnzep I 43 TO 49 COTE STREET, TR
fies
MONTREAIL> AUG 2 ie
Daeg CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO.
Quy
INNER-CITY MONTREAL
3 DECEMBER 1897
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, postmarked at
Montreal, sent locally
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style 1, Machine 4
Montreal :
Usage Period:
10 July 1897 - 14 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
STANDARD FLAG POSTMARK
24 SEPTEMBER 1897
Commercial
mail cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Three Cents:
USA-Bound
Single-Weight Letter-Rate
INVERTED FLAG OBLITERATOR
23 DECEMBER 1897
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, postmarked at
Montreal, sent to
Vancouver,
British Columbia.
One Cent: Domestic postcard
rate
Ex Puls & Bomar
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machine 5
Montreal
Usage Period:
12 July 1897 - 12 April 1898 ©
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL
; oot ee
19 JULY 1897 DOMINION BAG Co..L?
Commercial
mail cover, a ht
postmarked at A
Montreal, sent to
Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island i
Three Cents:
Domestic -
single-weight 2 letter-rate f
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Mitac adsense, Ae ee ec LS ee 1, a
MCNAUGHTON, — PRES A) Jay \ 1, —-274ULY 1897
" . | Commercial | postcard,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Buckingham,
Quebec.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machine 5
Montreal
Usage:
25 September 1897
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with inverted involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
INVERTED FLAG OBLITERATOR
Robert C men TPR
SHIRTS“ OVBERA 108 McGILL stTREET!Oo ~
- ™ tree
ee
| CHOW OWER ALL."
Ex Puls & Bomar
25 SEPTEMBER 1897
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Kemfstville, Ontario
Three Cents:
Domestic
single -weight letter-rate
Only Known Example.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machine 6
Montreal |
Usage Period:
12 July 1897 - 15 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
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‘MONTREALOFFICE, 31 JULY 1897 264 ST CHARLES BORROMEE ST
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
= Nite St, let Quebec. a /
Three Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate
HOTEL COVER TO U.S.A.
16 AUGUST 1897
Hotel advertising cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Hoosick Falls,
New York
Three Cents:
Single-weight letter-rate
to U.S.A.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style I, Machine 6
Montreal
Usage Period:
12 July 1897 - 15 April 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
INTERNATIONAL MAIL
MAILTO GERMANY
23 NOVEMBER 1897
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Goethen,
Germany.
Five Cents:
UPU
Single-Weight international
Letter-Rate MAILTO ENGLAND
12 JANUARY 1898
Cover,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Liverpool,
England
Ten Cents:
UPU
International
Double-Weight
Letter-Rate.
One of Eleven
10-Cent-
Franked Patriotic
Flag Cancels
Known
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 1
Montreal
Usage Period:
15 April 1898 - 14 November 1899
COMMENCING MID-APRIL 1898, THE ‘MONTREAL BICKERDIKE MACHINES'POSTMARK CANCELLING DIES WERE MODIFIED |
TO NOW INCLUDE TWO HEAVY BARS SPANNING THE INVOLUTE FLAG OBLITERATORS, AS REQUESTED BY THE POSTAL AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE
POSTAGE CANCELLATION.
MAILTO U.S.A.
18 JUNE 1898
‘Private Postcard’,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
Gne Cent:
Private postcard-
rate to U.S.A.
that Braved a,
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
PRIVATE
POST CARD
DOMESTIC = arr 1 aA <P COMMERCIAL
—-s =A 23 srteh a8 > ‘ Ub 28 § 24 AUGUST 1899
/g892 Cover, 7 ": postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Yarmouth, N.S.,
26 August 1899”
Two Cents: Domestic
letter-rate,
effective 1
January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 3
Montreal
Usage Period: 15 April 1898 - 16 January 1900
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
MAIL TO FRANCE ) POST GARD iiss
| _ UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Te OS 8 DECEMBER 1898 Dag tee
Canadian UPU THE ADDRESS ONLY Too
Postal Stationery COTE ENTE SO Card,
postmarked at
=. | AY fig tl Two Cents: | | J : Aen Je. es! he
UPU International
Postcard-Rate
DOMESTIC
COMMERCIAL MAIL
27 JUNE 1899
Privately-printed Canadian Postal Stationery Card
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Coteau Landing, Quebec.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard-rate.
THE LAING provision CO., MONTREAL,
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style li, Machine 3
Montreal
Usage Period:
15 April 1898-16 January 1900
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL MAIL
Jiupon, Mesert § fae,
MAILTO MONTREAL, NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA,
PROVINCE
15 JULY 1899
Cover, Le
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Moncton, New
Brunswick.
VIVRE .
ee ) AUC \Os 4 MAILTO
13 =O } ONTARIO
10 AUGUST 1899
Mr, W. A. Andersen Canadian Postal Stationery
(Asst. Prev. Tax Cellector) Cover, postmarked at
Terente Montreal, sent to
Ontarie Toronto, Ontario.
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate, effective 1 January 1899
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 4
Montreal
Usage Period:
16 April 1898 -20 February 1900
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
MAILTO SCOTLAND
22 MAY 1898
Up-rated Jubilee Postal Card,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Two Cents:
UPU international
Postcard-Rate
MAILTO
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA EATR
> NOV 23 23 NOVEMBER
i9 -9 1898
f 899 Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked at
Messrs.R.G.Pun & Co., Montreal, sent to
: Albany, ALBANY TY. New York.
8 Az Three Cents: Single-weight letter-rate,
valid until
31 December
1898
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 5
Montreal
Usage Period: 14 April 1898 - 28 March 1900
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC POSTCARD-RATED MAIL
INVERTED OBLITERATOR
PRIVATE POST CARD.
4 AUGUST 1898
Commercial postcard mail,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Hales, Ontario
One Cent: | BELL TELEPHONE CO. Homesiic
posicard-rate
Local Manager,
Earliest Known
Use; Less than five known.
STANDARD FLAG | OBLITERATOR
VERE coos GAT c 3 NOVEMBER SVG K UVR ain Me work yah ie let \ \ \ ie ioe 1898 fre apeee! WM \ TRS sata
5. A Monta |) | eens Privately - with e; INi/22% x a foe ear 2 produced
nent you buy from us This. is the Salesma: advertising mail ; 3m card,
THE SPACE BELOW IS RESERVED FOR ADDRESS ONLY. postmarked at Montreal,
SALESMAN sent to Ae wl th ; Knowlton,
WHO Will Se your goods b c.
F.P. Williams Esq. aueke
Knowlton, Que ‘ One Cent:
Domestic
postal card
circular-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 5
Montreal
Usage Period:
14 April 1898 - 28 March 1900
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
UNITED STATES-BOUND MAIL
25 OCTOBER 1898
Double-strike ) 12 aa cover, 2Oey
postmarked at
Montreal, 0 of ? pA sent to vo SQ. ) 4 J j Fabius, fe ral A de. ef ni ae ee r
New York. ? \ ] {) ‘
Three Cents: U.$.A.-Bound
single-weight letter-rate,
valid until
31 December
1898.
24 FEBRUARY 1899
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Southampton,
Connecticut.
Two Cents:
Single-weight
letter-rate to
U.S.A.,
effective
1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 6
Montreal
Usage Period:
19 April 1898 - 7 March 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
L. H. HEBERT,
14 JUNE 1898 Nos 297 & 299, RUE ST-PAUL : MONTREAL,
Commercial
cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
New York City.
14 AUGUST 1899
Commercial
reply-mail
cover, postmarked at
Montreal, sent to
Brooklyn, New York
Reverse:
“Brooklyn, N.Y. RPO
15 April, 1899”
Tras iwo
Single-
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 6
Montreal
Usage Period:
19 April 1898 - 7 March 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
SPECIAL DELIVERY DROP-LETTER MAIL
RETURN TO
‘FirzqipBox, SCHAFHEITLIN & Co. a +h rs MONTREAL, CANADA,, fe
IF NOT DELIVERED WITHIN 5 DAYS, f= a. ee 2a
28 DECEMBER 1899
Commercial mail cover, postmarked at Montreal,
sent special delivery locally
2+ 10 Cents: Single-weight
drop letter (2 Cents)
+ special delivery (10 Cents), effective 1 July 1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag Without Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machines 3,5,46
Montreal
1898 Imperial Penny Postage Issue Color Varieties
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator without indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
WORLD'S FIRST CHRISTMAS STAMP
—"~
IF NOT DELIVERED IN THREE DAYS,
PLEASE RETURN TO
BLUE OCEAN aT Ren ‘ a¥,
THE MOLSONS BANK, @ 7 .
16 JANUARY MONTREAL. YAN 16 © 1899 A O
Commercial {89
cover, postmarked at
Montreal, sent to THE NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK,
Boston, U.S.A. =
BOSTON, MASS.
4. VINEBERC & 0, CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS
“ o& :
MONTREAL-
LAVENDER OCEAN
28 MARCH
yf OO RRGM s4.5
Clement & Clement STREET RAILWAY CHAMBERS AEE
_. " MONTREAL. ocr c= as is IS. =9 on ee
Robert, J, Carson, Esq.,
GRAY OCEAN
6 OCTOBER 1899 Kingston, Ont.
Commercial Mail
Cover,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Kingston, Ontario fag ala ri atc . A
Two Cents:
Singie-weight letter-rate for Canada and for mail fo U.S.A., effective 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Ill, Machine 1 = ‘A’
Montreal |
Usage Period:
25 January 1900-7 March 1902
COMMENCING IN JANUARY 1900, THE ORIGINAL SIX ‘MONTREAL BICKERDIKE MACHINES’ HAVING HERETOFORE APPLIED ‘BARRED FLAG POSTMARK OBLITERATORS'
WERE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE INDICIA IN THOSE DIES, ALBEIT ONLY FOUR MACHINES WERE APPLICABLE ..
‘A’, ‘C’,‘D’ & ‘EB’.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia
having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC MAIL
3 AUGUST 1900
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Charlottetown,
Prince Edward
Island.
Two Cents: Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate, effective
1 January 1899.
S. DAVIS & SONS,
BEAVER HALL HILL,
P. O. DRAWER 2307. MONTREAL.
“gm PULL EITHER WIRE. ia~
ceumiiaaecnumeeseecn MAILTO
eS GERMANY
CANADA POSFACK SSEP 23r ‘
THE ADDRESS TO BE WRI TEN (PN HIS 4
23 SEPTEMBER 1900
Up-rated Canada Postal Stationery
Card,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Dresden, Blasewitz.
Arrival Postmark:
“Dresden-Blasewitz,
3 October 1900”
Two Cents:
UPU International
Postcard-Rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Ill, Machine 3 = ‘C’
Montreal
Usage Period:
8 March 1900 - 7 March 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA' mid-flag.
MAILTO ENGLAND
WITH REDIRECTION
21 MARCH 1901
Cover,
postmarked at Montreal, sent to
Egham with redirection to
London.
Two Cents: ae Empire single- oe —hecee—
weight letter-rate
INNER-CITY MONTREAL
6 MARCH 1902
Commercial | mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
Sent locally.
| Two Cents: = Either inner-city
drop-letter rate
ROYAL PAPER MILLS CO. or national | o Single-weight Montreal, P,Q. i ienenle
ae
Barred Involute Flag With Indicia BICKERDIKE MACHINE Flag Die-Style Ill, Machines 3 & 4 = ‘D’ & ‘E’
Montreal .
Usage Periods:
‘D’= 24 April 1900 - 7 March 1902 4 April 1900 - 4 March 1902
‘E’
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
INDICIA‘D’
18 DECEMBER 1901
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal, sent to
Salem, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
Two Cents: Single-weight
letter-rate for mail = to U.S.A., effective =
1 January 1899. i 4 RE area ES a
INDICIA‘E’
3 JULY 1900
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
Two Cents:
National single-weight
letter-rate.
= ¥
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Ill, Machine 2 = ‘B’ ..
Die Replaced with 7-Bar Obliterator Montreal
Usage Period:
3 April - 1 March 1902
Two of the six ‘Montreal Bickerdike Machines’ obliterator dies were not initially fitted with indicia .. Machines 2 & 6 (‘B’ & ‘F’)..
awaiting new obliterator dies to replace the wearing ‘flags’, albeit
‘MACHINE 2’ DID BECOME FITTED EARLY WITH A NEW 7-BAR OBLITERATOR, AS A FORERUNNER OF SIMILAR DIES TO BE INSERTED IN MARCH 1902.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
—a a CANADA—— seven-bar obliterator with indicia ‘B’ having ‘CANADA’ midway.
19 JUNE 1900
Cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to Newark,
New Jersey, U.S.A.
Two Cents:
Single-weight
letter-rate
for mail to U.S.A.
JAMES ROBINSON, “&40QuU4RTERS
184 &£186 MCGILL ST. Canadian Rubber Co's Shoes. . HUBLESS COR. ST. MAURICE ST,, Maplo Leaf and Toronto Brands of Rewnerowewe
MONTREAL. TR easy ~ POSTMARK BOOTS AND SHOES WHOLESALE, ©ROMPT sHPmeNTS BEpy DIseoUNy. eo
Soe: Ni eee re eter NO DATE
* Commercial advertising-
enclosure mail,
mailed at
Montreal,
17 . . sent to T.H.Ayer & Co. Moncton,
General Store. New Brunswick.
Moncton, NB. ; One Cent:
; National circular
(printed-matter)
rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator
Machines 1 & 2 = ‘A’ & ‘B’
Montreal
Usage Periods:
‘A’ = 15 March - 28 October 1902
‘B’ = 12 March - 25 October 1902
AS A RESULT OF WEAR, THE CANADIAN POST OFFICE DECIDED TO REPLACE THE
HERETOFORE FLAG POSTMARK DIES OF THE SIX ‘MONTREAL BICKERDIKE MACHINES’
WITH SEVEN-BAR OBLITERATORS HAVING INDICIA REFLECTING MACHINE NUMBER, including ‘Machine 3’ which had a similar forerunner postmark in use between
April 1900 - March 1902.
Postmark.
CANADA 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with seven-bar obliterator with indicia
b indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
indicia located here
INDICIA ‘A’
18 AUGUST 1902
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent fo
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
veins —_— a ISOS fon
UG 14 sat | | Fa Fy a \
= =~,
oo aes
Stoo / B oe INDICIA ‘B’
14 AUGUST 1902
Commercial Prvwere LM ¢ MM hefoesan oe” {24 a
Montreal,
sent to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
Two Cents: Single-weight letter-rate for mail to U.S.A.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Machine 3 = ‘C’
Montreal
Usage Period:
12 March - 24 October 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
CANADA LINSEED OIL TES ED,
8/6 Notre Dame Stre ee 13 MARCH 1902
MONTREAL, - QUE. <
Commercial mail : cover, O2
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Halifax, Messrs. A. M. Rell & Co.,
Nova Scotia. Halifax,
Second Day |
of Use He Ss
peor, y Ye,
aii LXV. LD ~ ¥% lS 4uG 2 cy Y 48-—G 4 Rosie Sue taes
‘Se Pye
( ' 2 AUGUST 1902
J f hag Commercial 4 Se Yo mail cover,
“ "A ty EZ sell postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
oe Bridgetown,
" 04 ql A Nova Scotia.
Ja Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Machine 4 = ‘D’
Montreal
Usage Period:
12 March - 29 October 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
BARNARD & HOLLAND CO. ee
IR [Sauce 2 \ 19 -O
\ eon oe
MONTREAL,
Myr Wie We ghesley,
Bridgetown, NeSe
21 AUGUST 1902
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
Bridgetown,
Nova Scotia.
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Machine 5 = ‘E’
Montreal
Usage Period: 10 March - 25 October 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
12 MARCH 1902
Commercial
mail cover, postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
Third Day
of Use Return in 10 Days to 3
S : Ww! IN
apt APL 174)
LG oe 17 APRIL 1902
Oe Commercial
= GAZETTE BUILDING. mail cover, (¥ hr postmarked at
SS” Messrs Ge A. Holland @ Son, Montreal, E sent
locally. Ste Catherine Ste,
Citye
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Machine 5 = ‘E’
Montreal
Usage Period:
10 March — 25 October 1902
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
HUBLESS UNDATED POSTMARK PRINTED-MATTER COMMERCIAL MAIL
iF NOT CALLED FOR IN TEN DAYS
RETURN TO
E
Me ~ S) Ja UL
ae ne ry tf ; 7
DATE UNKNOWN
Commercial mail cover
with
circular or printed-matter enclosure,
sent from Montreal, to
Black Point, New Brunswick.
One Cent:
Domestic single-weight
cover with a
circular/printed-matter enclosure.
Less Than Five Examples Known
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Machine 6 = ‘F’
Montreal
Usage Period:
11 March - 30 October 1902
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
30 MAY 1902
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to
London, Ontario.
~~ MONTREAL 15 AUGUST 1902
|
) Hotel cover, . Me . | postmarked at | Wnadal? Orn mand erry, } : Montreal,
- 9 ) sent to | . ; She Waco len" ! Campton, . Ay Con New Hampshire,
on. U.S.A. tb.
) ‘W, S.@,
| ~
Two Cents: Canada-Domestic & U.$.A.-Bound-Mail single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Arrival Postmarks
Montreal
Usage Period:
1897 - 1902
During their operation at the Montreal Post Office,
ONE OR MORE BICKERDIKE MACHINES WERE CONVERTED FROM APPLYING ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-BOUND MAIL TO APPLYING
ONLY THE DATER DIAL AS AN ARRIVAL OR SERVICE POSTMARK TO INBOUND MAIL.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial
COMMERCIAL POSTAL STATIONERY USE
19 JULY 1897
Canadian Postal ‘Jubilee’ card,
postmarked at Prescott, Ontario,
sent to Montreal.
Se al
ab
t i t a n s
lia n
i e
hi d e e d
31 JULY 1897
| , 4 Canadian postal
stationery card, big ¢ - _ postmarked at South
| 4 g DU 7 = Ye Sie | Lancaster, Ontario
“- o ee L A x | sent to Montreal.
11 JANUARY 1899
Canadian postal stationery card,
postmarked at
Whitby, Ontario
sent to Montreal.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 1 = ‘G’
Ottawa
Usage Period:
29 March 1898 -— 4 March 1902
Initially the Ottawa Post Office received one Bickerdike Machine alternately | applying ‘Jubilee Flag’ and ‘Unfinished Flag’ Postmarks between |
October 1897 — 19 March 1898.
IN APRIL 1898, THOSE POSTMARKING DIES WERE REPLACED BY A | BARRED INVOLUTE FLAG POSTMARK, SIMILAR TO THOSE USED
AT MONTREAL, TORONTO & HAMILTON.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
barred involute flag obliterator with indicia
‘G' indicating ‘CANADA' mid-flag.
‘G’ Indicia Located Here
RETUAN IN 8 DAYS TO
KIDD & FORWARD
8 JUNE 1898 BARRISTERS * a Ww
SOLICITORS, NOTARIES, ETC. Commercial OTTAWA, CANADA gh 3
mail cover,
postmarked Ve 9 ef
at Ottawa, =
sent to
Toronto,
Ontario.
Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands,
ier on 6.0,
On t a rio,
7 OCTOBER 1898
Lady’s cover,
postmarked at 4 Ottawa,
Miresote sent to Ya Fees Be . St. Paul, Minnesota,
U 5, Erase ; U.S.A.
Three Cents: Canada-Domestic & U.S.A.-Bound-Mail
single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 1 = ‘G’
Ottawa
Usage Period: 29 March 1898 — 4 March 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia ‘G’
indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
HUBLESS UNDATED POSTMARK PRINTED-MATTER COMMERCIAL MAIL
* IN TEN DAYS RETUAN TO
CHAS, N. ROBERTSON, P. O. BOX 464,
OTTAWA, . ONT
PROBABLE MAILING DATE: 17 MARCH 1900
Canadian Postal Stationery Cover with circular or printed-matter enclosure,
sent from Ottawa to
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Yarmouth, March 20, 1900”
One Cent: Domestic single-weight cover
with a circular/printed-matter enclosure
Less Than Five Examples Known
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Without Indicia Machine 2
Ottawa
Usage Period:
4 June 1898 — 26 February 1902
IN EARLY JUNE 1898, THE OTTAWA POST OFFICE RECEIVED A SECOND BICKERDIKE MACHINE, WHOSE OBLITERATOR DIE WAS ‘SEVEN-BARS WITHOUT INDICIA’.
Positmaric
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
ame CANADA — seven-bar obliterator without indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
COMMERCIAL MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
EARLIEST KNOWN DATE _ cate D FOR iy,
9 6 2 RETURNTO % GOL Eee
4 JUNE 1898 BRONSONS& WESTON LUMBERCO,,
Commercial mail s, (LIMITED) 7
cover, OF rawa.O*" postmarked at
Ottawa, sent to
Painted Post,
New York, U.S.A.
Three Cents: i Single-weight Chas. Weston, Esq.,
rari | | Painted Post, N.Y. valid until
31 December
1898
18 MARCH 1899
Commercial mail, re-rated Canadian
Postal Stationery Cover,
postmarked at
Ottawa,
sent to Hoosick Falls, New
York,
U.S.A.
Two Cents:
; Single-weight letter- % rate for mail to
——Bt01ZF. U.S.A., effective ~ 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator Without Indicia Machine 2 Ottawa
Usage Period:
4 June 1898 — 26 February 1902 Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with seven-bar obliterator without indicia
indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
DOMESTIC & INNER-CITY ‘OTTAWA’ MAIL
13 JUNE 1898
Cover,
postmarked at
Ottawa,
sent to Painted Post,
New York,
U.S.A.
Three Cents:
Single-weight
letter-rate
wad ee Orv‘ AL. ot, ferns Ze
31 December 1898
10 FEBRUARY 1899
Lady’s cover,
postmarked at Ottawa,
sent locally.
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight .
letter-rate, effective
1 January 18979.
13 OCTOBER 1899
Commercial mail, re-rated Canadian
Postal Stationery Cover,
postmarked at
Ottawa,
sent locally.
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator With Indicia Machines ‘1’ & ‘2’
Ottawa
: , Usage Period: In replacement of the heretofore barred involute flag ‘A’= 16 March — 1 November 1902 and ‘seven-bar obliterators without indicia’ in Ottawa- ‘B’ = 6March-11 November 1902
operational ‘Bickerdike Machines 1 & 2’,
THE OTTAWA POST OFFICE COMMENCED USE OF Postmark: SEVEN-BAR OBLITERATORS WITH INDICIA ‘A’ & ‘B’ 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
FOR NINE MONTHS IN 1902. seven-bar obliterator with indicia indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
‘A’ INDICIA
11 AUGUST 1902
Cover,
postmarked at
Ottawa, sent to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
an : i aa 20 MARCH 1902
oS a! 7 Cover, validated a FA, (Lacttph.c official ‘House of
i ma, < 2 ' " . a: ‘ Commons’ Mail,
Pes : Leh ; So... postmarked at
ORES ne Bees Po ee ea é, | Pe sent to Philadelphia, ae . ZG. Sf _ Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
5 “s -
RETURN IN 5 Days To 1
The Ottawa Truss & Surgical Mfg, Go., Limitades ; ‘B’ INDICIA MANUFACTURERS OF Ooct ao
TRUSSES, ELA ae 19 <1 WOCTORES | , ELASTIC STOCKINGS, SUSPENSORIES &.
1902 OFFICE, 145 SPARKS ST,
* CANADA.
pe |
Oe 7 x}
W. W. Stephen, Esq. ,
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at
Ottawa,
sent to Meaford,
Ontario.
ieaford, Two Cents:
Domestic & U.S.A.-
bound single- weight letter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899, ELASTIC HOSIERY
A SPECIALTY, —
Ont.,
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style |, Machines 1 & 2
Hamilton
Usage Periods:
‘A’ = 16 December 1897 - 11 March 1898
‘B’= 15 December 1897 - 11 March 1898
IN LATE DECEMBER 1897, THE HAMILTON POST OFFICE IN ONTARIO | RECEIVED TWO BICKERDIKE MACHINES, |
remaining operational over four years using three different postmarking dies.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute
flag obliterator with indicia ‘A’ or ‘B’
having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
Indicia Located Here
‘A’ INDICIA
3 JANUARY 1898
Commercial mail,
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, postmarked wa at Hamilton , An 2
sent to LLLA | OP oe 2 Glencanis, Ontario.
One Cent: Domestic
postal-card rate Bez
‘B’ INDICIA
29 DECEMBER 1897
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked
at Hamilton,
sent to
Hull, Quebec.
Three Cents: Domestic
Single-Weight Letter-Rate
valid until
31 December
peas 1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machines 1 & 2
Hamilton
Usage Period:
‘A’ & ‘B’ = 13 March 1898 - 31 January 1902
Less than three months after commencement of applying Postmark ‘Fiag-Siyle I’, THE HAMILTON POST OFFICE, AS HAD BEEN DONE AT MONTREAL, OTTAWA & TORONTO, ALTERED THE INVOLUTE FLAG OBLITERATOR TO INCLUDE TWO HEAVY HORIZONTAL BARS
TO IMPROVE POSTMARKING EFFECTIVENESS. Postmark.
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute
flag obliterator with indicia ‘A’ or ‘B’
having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
‘A’INDICIA «=| FROM
10 JUNE 1899 THE CANADIAN
. ; Colored Cotton Mills Co. Commercial mail H AMILTON,
covel, GN
postmarked , at Hamilton ,
sent to
Worcester,
Massachusetts,
U.S.A. Messrs. Crompton & Ynowles Loom Works,
Two Cents:
Domestic & Worcester, Mass, U.S.A.-Bound
single-weight letter-rate, effective
1 January 1899.
IF NOT DELIVERED IN {0
DAYS RETURN TO ‘B’INDICIA
Cc. A. NEEDHAM, 654 MAIN STREET EAST, 17 MAY 1898
HAMILTON, - ONTARIO. /
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked at Hamilton,
Shr sent to _ Lt Z Montreal,
A. oe Quebec.
o— Three Cents: Domestic
A plunt __ Single-Weight Letter-Rate
valid until
31 December
1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 2
Hamilton
Usage Period:
‘B’ = 13 March 1898 - 31 January 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia ‘B’ having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
ADVERTISING COVERS
‘B’ INDICIA
18 MARCH 1899
Commercial mail cover,
postmarked at
Hamilton , sent to
London, Ontario.
‘B’ INDICIA
29 APRIL 1900
Commercial mail
cover, posimarked
at
Hamilton, sent to
Mr. Thos. Ward, Amherstburg,
Ontario.
in Ten Days to
Amherstburg, Arrival Postmark: ee THE |
. \ (Reverse)
FEDALLEY Co. __ 7 en Ont. “Amherstburg, HAMILTON, CANADA. ; nee ty 1 May 1899”
ee ; Sai
eer epee a | 2 aaa SS en P = Se SS esina nape a © hen E = 2 oe : canietinan a
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letier-rate,
effective 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Flag Die-Style Il, Machine 2
Hamilton
Usage Period: ‘B’ = 13 March 1898 - 31 January 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute
flag obliterator with indicia ‘B’ having ‘CANADA' mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS MAIL
‘B’ INDICIA F
30 APRIL 1898 .
Commercial mail,
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, |
postmarked t
at Hamilton , sent to |
Glencairn, Ontario. |
One Cent: .
Domestic ;
Postal Card Rate
———— ™ BOTT EER ‘B INDICIA
ee te 24 FEBRUARY LIVINGSTON & GARRETT, 1899
"4M roy _ ow Commercial mail cover,
, postmarked
ae at
. Hamilton, ee sent to
e 3 Chas. E. Burns Esq. 2 Toronto,
RP ; Ontario. wf ("Grown Lands Department,
“S : Two Cents: Patent Branch, Riawsesiic
¢ | single-weight eens b SOT OMT. letter-rate,
ral effective
1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator With Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Hamilton
Usage Period: ‘A’ =3 February - 18 October 1902
In replacement of the heretofore ‘involute flag .. unbarred & barred’ .. obliterators in operational ‘Bickerdike Machines 1 & 2’,
THE HAMILTON POST OFFICE COMMENCED USE OF SEVEN-BAR OBLITERATORS WITH INDICIA ‘A’ & ‘B’ FOR NINE MONTHS IN 1902.
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
— CANAD seven-bar obliterator with ‘A’ or ‘B’ indicia Lm indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
N\ Indicia Located Here
‘A’ INDICIA
14 APRIL1902
Up-rated Canadian
Postal
Stationery E
Cover, >
postmarked at
Hamilton,
sent to
Walkerton,
Ontario.
al
If nat called for in \Odays return to
Lang Kewl oe Pebtancan Bf a hfewrdle ¥ (oy
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate, effective 1 January 1899.
‘A’ INDICIA
9 AUGUST 1902
Advertising
cover,
postmarked
at
Hamilton,
sent to
London,
Ontario.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator With Indicia Machine 2 = ‘B’
Hamilton
Usage Period:
B’ = 18 February -— 16 October 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
seven-bar obliterator with indicia
indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
ADVERTISING COVERS
oC OMPANY. ‘B’ INDICIA Mus oysy™
12 JUNE 1902
Commercial mail cover, Messrs
ostmarked
° at De Ee Howden és Co.,
Hamilton, =a
sent to London,
London,
Ontario. | a
; Rr Shas
tt oe mn, ones hy, d
Mudzoy oy) S235 = ‘B’ INDICIA
: : oe 23 JULY 1902
we ZL JZct7s | Commercial mail cover,
a) MK Marcin g postponed at
Hamilton,
a Wee Aton ee Z ‘ London, i ae Ontario.
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight leHer-rate
effective 1 Jan vary 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage Period:
12 August 1897 — 23 February 1898
THE TORONTO POST OFFICE’S INTRODUCTION TO RAPID POSTMARKING
COMMENCED WITH THE DELIVERY OF SIX BICKERDIKE MACHINES IN AUGUST 1897.
Six indicia (‘A’ thru ‘F’) were applicable, albeit anticipating the need for two
additional machines, two dies ‘G’ and ‘H’ were supplied, the latter most probably held as back-up dies.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia, indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-fiag.
n i e
a
e s
=
e y T h B o r
t e e e e
a
4
e e
a e e
oe ————————
HUBLESS POSTMARK INDICIA ‘A’ (Estimated Mailing Date)
“13 DECEMBER 1897”
Commercial cover
with circular or printed-matter enclosure, sent from Toronto
to
Stroud, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark (Reverse)
“Stroud,
December 14, 1897”
One Cent: Domestic circular or printed-matter rate
(unsealed cover)
Less Than Five Examples Known.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage Period: 12 August 1897 — 23 February 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia,
indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL
15 OCTOBER 1897
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Hamilton, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark (Reverse)
“Hamilton
October 146, 1897” ; ees
Use. Pe t
PLEASE RETURN TO
M. & L. SAMUEL, BENJAMIN & CO. Ae @ RS WHOLESALE HARDWARE Kpec 2| O\
TORONTO ema IF NOT DELIVERED IN FIVE DAYS we aa 21 gaa
oo
Advertising cover, postmarked at
Toronto, sent to
Amherstburg, : ia | Ap A) f Ay ; 3 Ontario.
: Arrival Postmark Baie (Reverse)
Ait ata “Amherstburg, : December 22,
ONTARIO, ea"
Three Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate,
valid until 31 December 1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE
17 AUGUST 1897”
Advertising cover, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
London, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark (Reverse)
“London,
August 17, 1897”
Postman’s Mark: (Front)
"Ss AM August 18°”
Involute Flag with Indicia
Machine 2 = ‘B’ Toronto
Usage Period:
10 August 1897 - 23 February 1898
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia, indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL
BRANCHES -
348°347 James St
NOT OALLEO FOR IN 10 DAYS, HETUNN TO
THE
A. oink a co London,
TORONTO, ONT.
William Yates, Rsq.,
Ont.
15 OCTOBER 1897
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
Hamilton, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark
(Reverse)
OFZ “Hamilton aa —— aes October 16, 1897”
Three Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate,
valid until 31 December 1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 2 = ‘B’
Toronto
Usage Period:
10 August 1897 -— 23 February 1898
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia,
indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
POSTAL STATIONERY
COMMERCIAL MAIL TO THE UNITED
STATES
2 SEPTEMBER 1897
Canadian Postal
‘Jubilee’ card, postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
New York City.
Arrival Postmark (Front)
“New York,
September 6, 1897”
DOMESTIC
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING
9 SEPTEMBER 1897
Canadian postal stationery card, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to Miaford, Ontario.
One Cent: Domestic & USA-Bound postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 2 = ‘B’
Toronto
Usage Period:
10 August 1897 - 23 February 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia, indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES
CIVILIAN MAIL
7 SEPTEMBER 1897
_ Cover,
postmarked at Toronto, : a,
Re NSIS : WEECELE . “y
Arrival Postmark wy:
sii F eel te OEe Jae “New York,
ae
September 8, 1897” % Bas pms
RETURNED
SHORT-PAID COMMERCIAL MAIL
17 SEPTEMBER 1897
Short-paid & returned for added /) Fyo3 “ : eh - : postage commercial mail cover,
Calf f., b7, = enn endorsed Soden ‘/ “Returned for Postage 1”
postmarked at Toronto, we ; sent to " J ee Rputh Pig New York City.
no NA Transit Postmarks Poe s (Reverse)
& : “Toronto Oe | ; etn R September 18, 1897”
: 3 “Satisfied * tg Be (Front & Reverse after 1 Cent postage a ‘ : ’ : | .
added) je « 20 September 1897”
Three Cents:
USA-bound single-weight letter-rate, valid until 31 December 1898.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 3 = *C’
Toronto
Usage Period:
10 August 1897 - 22 February 1898
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
sep 10 0
& ONY ‘s A ef a t es
10 SEPTEMBER 1897
Lady’s cover, postmarked at Toronto,
rot Sia 13 Pos ee toes
Two Cents:
ae ie bes 4 wsdide #
4 OCTOBER 1897
if not called for in Ten Days
return to Commercial mail
STANDARD FASHION CO. cover, 46 ADELAIDE STREET WEST aia inlay at
TORONTO, ONT. Toronto,
sent to
Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia.
Arrival Postmark (Reverse)
“Yarmouth
Messrs Cook & stoneman, October 7, 1897”
Yarmouth, N.S. Three Cents:
Domestic single- weight letter-rate,
valid until
31 December 1898.
Involute Flag with Indicia BICKERDIKE MACHINE Machine 4 = ‘D’
Toronto
Usage Period: 10 August 1897 - 23 February 1898
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia
and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
REESE OVA UBELIN 9018 SR Hana cy
27 AUGUST 1897
Commercial mail
Postcard,
postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
Harriston, Ontario.
én ot cea.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Harriston.
eee Van Ly —
6 SEPTEMBER 1897
Cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Arrival Postmark (Reverse)
“Milwaukee, September 7,
™ 1 897”
J. E. Burton, Esq.
408 Milwaukee Street, PU Int io
on |
Milwaukee, Wis. non
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator with indicia and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL & ADVERTISING COVERS
Involute Flag with Indicia
Machine 5 = ‘E’
Toronto
Usage Period:
11 August 1897 - 22 February 1898
THE GOODWIN
LAW BOOK AND PUBLISHING
COMPANY OF TORONTO
LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, Bie vad: BINDERS, ETC. 2 SEPTEMBER 1897
PUBLISHERS OF
Arnoldi’s Guide to Practice, Advertising cover,
x manne ir
JUST PUBLISHED
[SEE RL ®. KIndsr A\t
\ — $2.00 ee 18 9 oft
Bicknell and Seager’s Division Courts Act.
Digest of Bigelow on Torts.
Kingsford’s Manual of Evidence, 2nd edition.
Lefroy’s Legislative Power in Canada, (in press)
MeMurrich and Roberts’ School Law,
O'Brien's New Conveyancer,
Ready Reference Guide to Ordinance of N.W.T,
Robert's Criminal Law.
Roberts’ Law of Wills.
Sinclair's Landlord and Tenant.
Smythe's Bills of Exchange.
sent to
Amherstburg,
Nova Scotia
THE CANADIAN AGENTS o
THE ENGLISH LAW REPORTS
= 120 VICTORIA STREET (Three doors south of Queen)
lf not called for in 10 Days return to
S.F. McKINNON & 00.3 ORs WHOLESALE MILLINERY Acep 6 O
61 BAY STREET, 2|—O
TORONTO...
| cae
6 SEPTEMBER 1897
Commercial mail
cover,
sent to
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
FACTORY.
oo acento FAMERS
8 NOVEMBER 1897
Advertising
cover,
sent to
Goderich,
Ontario.
Fite =
Rm) awa MUSIC wareRooms, ;
cp LERBTTE ua
Three Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate valid until 31 December 1898
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Machine 5 = ‘E’
Toronto
Usage Period:
11 August 1897 - 22 February 1898
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag obliterator with indicia and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
HUBLESS POSTMARK ADVERTISING-ENCLOSURE COVER
We. Walker, @s4.,
Barrister &.,
Hanilton, Can.
23 NOVEMBER 1897
Advertising-enclosure cover, hubless postmark at Toronto,
sent to
Hamilton, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Hamilton,
24 November 1897”
One Cent: Circular or printed-matter enclosed in an unsealed cover.
One of less than five known.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia
Machine 6 = ‘F’
Postmark: Toronto
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator with indicia
Usage Period: 10A t 1897-23 Feb 1
and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag. 0 August 1897 — 23 February 1898
IF NOT CALLED FOR IN Five DAYS PLEASE RETURN TO
THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMME
24 AUGUST 1897 TORONTO, Ont.
Commercial bank cover,
sent to
Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia
Three cents: ee cor Bank of Nova Scotia, letter-rate
8 SEPTEMBER 1897
Commercial mail
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, S = sent to
Hamilton, Ontario,
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard rate.
17 SEPTEMBER 1897
Cover, sent to
“Hebrew Orphan Asylum”,
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Three cents:
Single-weight Letter-rate
to U.S.A.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Involute Flag with Indicia Reserve Postmark Die = ‘G’
Toronto
Usage Period:
10-11 August 1897 Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with involute flag obliterator with indicia and indicating ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL TWO-DAY USE OF RESERVE POSTMARK ‘G'
10 AUGUST 1897 (16 Hrs. = 4 PM)
Commercial mail
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Clarks Harbor, Nova Scotia.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard rate. 10 AUGUST 1897
(18 Hrs. = 6 PM)
Commercial mail
cover,
postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
St. John,
New Brunswick.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“St. John, N.B.,
12 August 1897”
Three cents:
Domestic
Single-weight letter-rate
Two Examples of Five Known.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage Period:
24 February 1898 -3 February 1902
COMMENCING IN FEBRUARY 1898, THE ORIGINAL SIX ‘TORONTO BICKERDIKE
MACHINES’ HAVING HERETOFORE APPLIED ‘NON-BARRED FLAG POSTMARK
OBLITERATORS WITH INDICIA’ WERE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE TWO BARS,
APPLICABLE FOR ALL SIX MACHINES .. ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, “F
ALONG WITH RESERVE DIES ‘G’ & ‘H’. Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
INNER-CITY MAIL Ee Ny »
27 NOVEMBER 1898 : Nee
Cover, \K/2. 98 postmarked at Toronto,
sent locally.
Two Cents:
City Drop-Letter Rate os (eae a
MAILTO NOVA SCOTIA PROVINCE
15 FEBRUARY 1899
Commercial mail
covel,
postmarked at Toronto, sent to
Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Yarmouth,
18 February 1899”
43-49 Bay St.
TORONTO |
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage Period:
24 February 1898 - 3 February 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
CANADIAN POSTAL STATIONERY
MAILTO THE O UNITED STATES OF | cos : AMERICA CANADA AGS. o\CR
THE ADDRESS TO BE witeenee: THIS
28 MAY 1898 19 9
Postal Stationery Card,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Pottsville,
Pennsylvania.
One Cent:
Postcard rate for mail
to U.S.A.
DOMESTIC LETTER MAIL
19 JUNE 1899
Postal stationery
commercial mail
cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Messrse Montreal. Roliand, Lyman & Burnett
Arrival Postmark:
Temple Building eee ;
ontreal,
Montreal, Que, June 20, 1899”
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate, effective
1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia
Machine 2 = ‘B’
Toronto
Usage Period: 24 February 1898 - 1 February 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterater with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
HORSESHOE BRAND — TRADE MARK REGISTERED.
7 APRIL 1899
Commercial mail >
ne gee: O : | postmarked at Th i) Ke
eHarveyVanNormanGo, ©. >, 0 » Tae _ Jf). BK ELE
BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS,
ar ogy TORONTO, Ont. ntario.
R. Laidlaw Lumber Co. WHOLESALE LUMBER {ON >
700 King Street West may 12 O Toronto S Oo
18.92%
12 MAY 1899
Commercial maii cover,
posimarked ai
Toronto, seni to
Brantford, Ontario. Golld, Shapley & Muir Co.,
Brantford, Arrival Postmark:
On t, 2 (Reverse)
“Brantford,
May 12, 1899”
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate, effective 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 2 = ‘B’
Toronto
Usage Period: 24 February 1898 -—1 February 1902
Postmark: Missing 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
HUBLESS POSTMARKED MAIL
A parish © = NS, Ont
Che Globe. Toronto, Can. “28 OCTOBER 1898”
Unsealed commercial mail cover with circular or printed-matter enclosure,
hubless-postmarked at Toronto, sent to
Athens, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Athens, Ont.,
October 29, 1898”
One Cent: Domestic single-weight unsealed mail cover with
circular or printed-matier enclosure.
Only Known Example.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
Barred Involute Flag With Indicia
Machine 3 = ‘C’ Toronto
Usage Period:
24 February 1898 - 29 January 1902
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
19 AUGUST 1899 = tii= AMERICAN WATCH CASE CO., OF TORONTO, LIMITED,
511 KING STREET WEST,
TORONTO,
Commercial
mail cover,
sent to
Montreal,
Quebec.
Two Cents:
Domestic
ietter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899
IF NOT CALLED FOR IN IO DAYS
RETURN TO
THE EMPIRE CLOAK CO.
20 FRONT ST. EAST TORONTO
-
li not Called for in Five Days Return t
BUNTIN, REID & COMPANY
12 MAY 1898
Local Toronto
commercial mail
cover.
Two Cents:
City drop-letter
rate.
ee
+4
Messrs Cook & Stoneman, 23 MAY 1898
Commercial mail
cover, sent to
Yarmouth,
N.S. Nova Scotia.
Three Cents:
Domestic
letter-rate
valid until 31
December 1878.
“™~ Cc tit oe
o) J of ph f <Y¥ , / a) rf 4 )
4 fA & LL. : {Sf La @ <. = F\)
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 3 = ‘C’
Toronto
Usage Period:
24 February 1898 — 29 January 1902
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
CANADIAN-AMERICAN “REMEMBER THE MAINE’ PRIVATE POSTCARD
a e
= | =
©
L
rr ea a ie ae . at =
28 MAY 1899
Unfranked/Short paid
Canadian-American ‘Remember the Maine Memorial Private Postcard,
commercial message on reverse,
postmarked at Toronto, sent locally.
Four Cents:
Postage Due (Indicated on Reverse)
Only Known Example
BICKERDIKE MACHINE
POSTMARK WITH HUB
10 JUNE 1899
Canadian Postal Stationery Cover,
commercial mail, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Montreal, Quebec.
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899
Barred Involute Flag With Indicia
Machine 4 = ‘D’ Toronto
Usage Period: 23 February 1898 - 3 February 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
ie. ee)
An N |
Messrs.
Rolland, Lyman & Burnett
Temple Building
Montreal, Que,
HUBLESS POSTMARK
24 SEPTEMBER 1899
Commercial mail
cover, sent from Toronto
to
Athens, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Athens, Ontario,
September 25, 1899”
One Cent:
Circular or printed-
matter enclosure in
unsealed cover.
Less than five
known.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 5 = ‘E’
Toronto
Usage Period:
23 February 1898 -31 January 1902 Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
ge ee
After ten days return ta
KILGOUR BROS.
3 MAY 1898 TORONTO
Commercial
mail cover,
sent to
locally Mist tors” Gr Two Cents:
City drop-letter
rate.
=~, My
THE BANK OF TORONTO, QU
TORONTO Canava : E 7N
I~ Al iS 13 A
io =O te 18 AUGUST 1899
Commercial mail EN os h: rae cover, sentto ACAD LLL’
Rochester,
TR TYR Co NT A TT > / - New York. TRADERS NATIONAL BANK,
eained ienpaees Two Cents:
ROCHESTHR, N.Y. : Domestic & z a , U.S.A.-Bound
& letter-rate
U. S 7 Effective 1 January 1899
DATELESS HUB
4 FEBRUARY 1899
Commercial ’
mail cover, sent Messrs. Carscellen & Caht LS to Hamilton,
Ontario . Barristers &e.,
One Cent:
Circular or sa gies leer . ;
printed matter Hamilton;, Ont... .
enclosed in
unsealed cover,
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Machine 6 = ‘F’
Toronto
Usage Period: 23 February 1898 -3 February 1902
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred
involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
12 JULY 1899
Commercial mail cover, postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
Montreal,
Quebec.
Two Cents: Domestic
single-
weight letter-rate,
effective 1 January
1899. 18 AUGUST 1899
Commercial bank-mail
cover, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to Rochester,
Michigan, U.S.A. Two Cents:
U.S.A.
Bound-Mail,
iF NOT ADELIMERED IN THREE DAVS, . * single-weight
: letter-rate, LORCNTO : VY rs effective
Form 49, 1 January 1899
-
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia
Usage Period: 23 February 1898 -3 February 1902
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
‘INVOLUTE FLAG’.. ARRIVAL-POSTMARK
USAGE
24 DECEMBER 1899
Mourning cover, postmarked
at Toronto (23 Dec), sent locally.
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate,
effective
1 January 1899. HUBLESS
POSTMARK
Wm. B. HAMILTON, SON & Co. RELIABLE E
Boots, SHOES AND RUBBERS WHOLESALE
_ TORONTO, ONT.
22 JANUARY 1900 |
Commercial
mail cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
Amherstburg,
Ontario.
Mr .#, Berube
Amherstourg One Cent:
Ont. Unsealed cover
with circular or
printed-matter enclosure.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Barred Involute Flag With Indicia Reserve Postmark Die = ‘H’
Toronto
Usage: 20 June 1899
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with barred involute flag obliterator with indicia having ‘CANADA’ mid-flag.
fe a a
CE 39
E. T. PARKER, BETHLEHEM,
PENNSYLVANIA. RESERVE POSTMARK ‘H’
20 JUNE 1899
Commercial mail cover with circular or printed-matter enclosure, postmarked at Toronto,
sent to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
One Cent:
Unsealed cover with circular or printed-matter enclosure.
Only Known Example.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE 1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage Period:
3 May — 7 September 1901
APPLICATION OF THE HERETOFORE ‘INVOLUTE FLAG POSTMARKS’ AT TORONTO WAS SUSPENDED FOR FOUR MONTHS WITH TEMPORARLY REPLACEMENT BY A SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL EXHIBITION POSTMARK ON ALL SIX BICKERDIKE MACHINES..
‘A, BO, DO”. e, FP The three postmarking were involved and are regarded as the first Canadian
advertising slogan postmarks.
= Postmark:
expos TION 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with TORONTO involute flag having integrated exhibition shield AUG. : 610 indicating show dates and including indicia.
Shield does not overlap Union Jack with vertical bars flanking indicia ‘A’.
i la aaa , ae ‘“ SS — = — _ — — =——_—— a
AFTER 10 DAYS RETURN To
nee
PUBLISHING — WHOLESALE & M'F’
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ao z
54.56 &58 FRONT St. West z
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ADVERTISING COVER SENT TO U.S.A.
8 JULY 1901
Commercial mail cover, postmarked at Toronto, sent to
Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Westfield, 10 July 1901”
Two Cents: Single-weight letter-rate for mail to the United States,
effective 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE 1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia Machine 2 = ‘B’
Toronto
Usage Period: 1 May — 7 September 1901
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag having integrated exhibition
shield indicating show dates and
including indicia.
Shield overlaps Union Jack with no vertical bars flanking indicia on Dies “B’ & “C" only.
AUG.26 To
Indicia Located Here
SSS —— = = = ee
: ¥ f —_—— ‘ 7 Fo paete. Oe oy ‘ CANADA'S
FEXPOSITIO® TORONTO; AUG.26 Tig
COMMERCIAL COVER SENT TO U.S.A.
25 AUGUST 1901
Commercial mail cover, postmarked at Toronto,
sent to New York, New York,
U.S.A.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“New York, 26 August 1901”
Two Cents: Single-weight letter-rate for mail to the United States,
effective 1 January 1899.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE
SS = CANADA'S
TORONTO
AUG.26 To
EXPOSITION
1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia
Machine 3 = ‘C’
Toronto
Usage Period:
8 May - 7 September 1901
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag having integrated exhibition
shield indicating show dates and
including indicia. Shield overlaps Union Jack with no vertical
bars flanking indicia on Dies “B" & ‘C* only.
MAILTO AUSTRIA REDIRECTED TO GERMANY m4 ,
8 JULY 1901 Co?
Cover, postmarked at Toronto,
endorsed
“via New York” sent to
Innsbruck, Austria
with redirection to Munich, Germany. in
Arrival Postmark: By SPUIZ Ub Vib hb (Reverse) ‘
“Munich, Sastre 25 July 1907" 47 Yip. DF EPO fiipee ,
Five Cents: < ln rhes x a 3 |
UPU Single-Weight ESA
International WZ Ey
Letter-Rate. , \ \Z inns ,
TURN-OF-THE-
CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARD TO U.S.A.
27 AUGUST 1901
So-called ‘Souvenir Card’,
postmarked at Toronto,
sent to
Richland Station, Pennsylvania.
Arrival Postmark:
(Reverse)
“Richland Station,
27 August 1901” nl ts
:
a |
REY | One Cent: Postcard-rate to
U.S.A.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE 1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia Machine 3 = ‘C’
Toronto
Usage Period:
8 May -— 7 September 1901
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag having integrated exhibition shield indicating show dates and including indicia. Shield overlaps Union Jack with no vertical bars flanking indicia on Dies ‘B’ & ‘C’ only.
FRANKING-POSTAGE COLOR-VARIETIES
If not called for in ten days return to
A.H.DEWDNEY & BRO.
ae Ee PRECIOUS STONES. ,EWELRY OF
NUMERIAL’ ISSUE ea reas. ZG 25 MAY 1901 ya
a
Commercial over, postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to Phepston, Ontario.
Ex Puls & Bomar
oe —_ |
Gy we CARMINE
(> "x FE MPOSITION QUEEN VISTORIA SUL eon ff) TORONTO 4 ‘NUMERAL ISSUE’
ae ‘ C \ aua.26 70 (Die 1) ne L “SEP. 7
29 JULY 1901
. Cover, Sp a 4 postmarked at
; - r ‘ 7) . “S- Jo 4 Toronto, i My Be J 44 | A_owe Ce. oD sent to
South Corners,
Zz Ontario.
A Be CoV C Sf ) Sen ere a te ee Arrival Postmark: . _ (Reverse)
wes & pe ) i “Kingston,
Aree Al ho. A 2A Lt 30 JULY 1901”
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter rate, effective 1 January 1899
BICKERDIKE MACHINE 1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia Machine 4 = ‘D’
Toronto
Usage Period:
14 May — 7 September 1901
Postmark: 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
involute flag having integrated exhibition oval shield indicating show dates and including indicia.
Indicia Located Here Shield Soto td cemegeapead Peron _
STANDARD POSTMARK ®
17 JULY 1901 CANADA POST SA
Canadian THE ADDRESS TO BE WAITTSALO ie iS sit BS
Postal-Stationery Card, Asi , te commercial mail,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to Sudbury with re-direction to
North Bend, Ontario.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Sudbury,
19 July 1901”
One Cent: ie Ee Domestic fay’ Sa
postcard-rate.
POSTMARK WITH
INVERTED OBLITERATOR
11 AUGUST 1901
Canadian Postal
Stationery Card, Sent to
Daketon, Indiana,
U.S.A -]
the dd Cy LVL... ble bite 2 ‘ One Cent:
OY As x a | Postcard-rate to
Oat. ONL U.S.A.
Only Known
Example.
Ex Puls & Bomar
BICKERDIKE MACHINE 1901 Exhibition Postmark With Indicia Machines 5 & 6 = ‘E’ & ‘F’
Postmark: Toronto 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with Usage Period:
involute flag having integrated exhibition oval shield _
indicating show dates and including indicia. 14 May — 6 September 1901 Shield overlaps Union Jack with no vertical bars flanking
indicia on Dies ‘D’, ‘E’ & ‘F’ only.
MACHINES... in elie att aioe , INDICIA ‘E’
1 SEPTEMBER 1901 forr vn E-SEP I
Lady’s cover, ee postmarked at
Toronto, Phe Se sent to Gy’ IB
Muskoka (MineHt), z eq Ontario.
Arrival Postmark:
(Reverse)
“Minett,
2 September 1901” |
Pee,
The D. H. HOGG CO. . MACHINE ‘6’ ..
Photographic | at VS INDICIA ‘F’
Goods ——sssy- KUNIS 9
“Cor. BAY AND RICHMOND STs. \ Met > } 15 JUNE 1901
TORONTO . 4 . ‘4 Commercial
aeeto cover,
¥ postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
at Owen Sound, ee nite Ceo. Holmes, Msaqre, Ontario.
Owen Sound, Ontario. Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Owen Sound,
15 June 1901”
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate, effective 1 January 1899
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator With Indicia Machine 1 = ‘A’
Toronto
Usage:
‘A’ = 4 February 1902
After four years operation at Toronto, the
‘Bickerdike Machines’ were replaced with newer machines of a different vendor commencing on 4 February 1902.
DURING SETUP & CONVERSION, THE BICKERDIKE MACHINES WERE FITTED WITH EXISTING/RESERVE
SEVEN-BAR OBLITERATOR POSTMARKING DIES WITH USE ONLY 1-2 DAYS DEPENDING UPON MACHINE.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
CANADA seven-bar obliterator with indicia and
he indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
\ Indicia Located Here
CANADA BOSy THE ADDRESS TO BE QV SEN N THIS SID —
O 2 Cece a a ail oe a
~ ain rat
o~ , oy | ' \ — f 1
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des ee acl Sat Meet wert a a C5,
£ I a
ALLL Circle No). 42 2
Order Canadian Home Circles, |
NEM AINA MACHINE 1.. ‘A’ INDICIA
3 FEBRUARY 1902
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, commercial mail,
sent to
Schomberg, Ontario.
One Cent:
Domestic Postcard-Rate
Less Than Five Examples Known.
BICKERDIKE MACHINE Seven-Bar Obliterator With Indicia Machines 5 & 6
Toronto
Usage:
Machine 5= ’E’ 3 - 4 February 1902 Machine 6= ‘F 4 February 1902
Postmark:
ne ated 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
CANADA seven-bar obliferator with indicia and
indicating ‘CANADA’ midway.
indicia Located Here
MACHINES.. ‘E’ INDICIA
3 FEBRUARY 1902
Commercial cover,
sent to Athens,
Ontario.
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM (Fi. 2)
CANADA PO: ST. CARD— a
THE ADDRESS TO gE WRITTEN Oy THIS eSIVE Xs CAN A : wr MACHINE 6.. _ —-_ — es
\ ‘om ‘F INDICIA
\ —
4 FEBRUARY 1902
Canadian Postal Stationery Card,
commercial
mail, sent to
Moncton,
New Brunswick.
One Cent:
Domestic
postcard-rate. Less Than Five Examples Known For Each Machine
V. GEARY MACHINE Trials Montreal
Trial |: 6 January — 24 February 1902
JAMES GEARY OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, MACHINIST BY TRADE, DESIGNED AND PATENTED A MANUALLY-OPERATED PNEUMATIC-FEED POSTMARKING MACHINE IN 1895
WITH AN IMPROVED VERSION SUBMITTED TO THE MONTREAL POST OFFICE FOR EVALUATION AND TESTING IN EARLY 1902,
as authorized by the Canadian Postal Administration at no cost to them.
Known was that the operational Bickerdike Machines were to be replaced
in each of the four cities where those machines operated.
Sk thy odes ee OSE LSP EI om Posie:
> FFA: S fd Rimless 22mm Diameter Dater Dial with Ss 19-0 & seven horizontal bars
/g gt (erederereererepieere, efeenrre &
wr ORIGIN POSTMARK IF NOT CALLED FOR IN 5 DAYS ON OUT-GOING eee MAIL THE IMPERIAL OIL Co. Limited
C.P.R. TELEGRAPH CHAMBERS = \L 7 MONTREAL. JAY:
is
27 JANUARY 1902. N y
ee "
Commercial a AO v . a i me: cover, ; i
postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Mr. Stephen Carr¢ere, Coteau Landing,
Quebec. Coteau Landing,
Two Cents: PeGs Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate. i
Less Than Five Examples Known.
ARRIVAL POSTMARK a ON
IN-BOUND MAIL
14 JANUARY 1902
Canadian Postal Stationery Card, postmarked at Mascouche,
Quebec, sent to
Montreal.
One Cent:
Domestic
Postcard-rate. Less Than Five
Examples Known Cl mn gf orgr—aeek Vyr 92 HO gp
GEARY MACHINE Trial Il Montreal
Trial Il: 18 February - 25 April 1902
Upon request of the Post Office, subsequent
Geary Machine trials applied a postmark having a smaller diameter dater dial with an obliterator having
six or seven horizontal bars.
Postmark:
Circular 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with Se six evenly-spaced horizontal bars
DORKEN BROS. & CO. Buccessorns To E, HEUSER & CO. eu SS
P. O: Box 366, o MONTREAL. 19-0.
/9Q% HALIFAX, N, &
2 APRIL 1902
Commercial cover, postmarked at Montreal,
sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight letter-rate.
Less Than Five Examples Known.
GEARY MACHINE Trials Ill & IV Montreal
Trial Ill: 3 May - 29 July 1902
Trail IV: 9 June - 16 August 1902
Subsequent trials utilized different horizontal bar styles
and numbers.
TRIAL Ii] POSTMARK: TRIAL IV POSTMARK:
Circular 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with
six unevenly-spaced (heavy) horizontal bars
Circular 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with seven evenly-spaced (thin) horizontal bars
TRIAL Ill
30 MAY 1902
Commercial
cover,
postmarked at
Montreal,
sent to
Coteau Landing,
Quebec.
Less Than Five
Examples Known.
CONSUMERS CORDAGE Go, LTD.
MONTREAL, Can,
TRIAL IV
3 JULY 1902
Commercial
MessrseA.M. Bell & CoO» cover, postmarked
Halifax ,N.S- at Montreal, sent to
Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
Less Than Five
Examples Known.
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate.
VI. INTERNATIONAL MACHINE First Die (I) Use
2-12 February 1902
Based on experience and wide-spread use of the ‘Flier Model’
of the International Postal Supply Company of New York in the United States, THE CANADIAN POSTAL OFFICE DECIDED TO LEASE AND TRY
ONE ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED ‘FLIER’ MACHINE,
CAPABLE OF POSTMARKING 600 UNITS OF MAIL/MINUTE,
AT TORONTO COMMENCING IN FEBRUARY 1902.
Within several years, five machines were operational at Toronto with many others
becoming operational in other Canadian cities with successful performance.
i ig gael Postmark: “e* 8) ——— 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with “Torante”
ee el (by city name only) and a a/ Sone et re ee seven wavy-lime bar obliterator
having “I!” & “C” integrated.
EARLY USE DATE
5 FEBRUARY 1902
Cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to Ottawa, Ontario.
Two Cents:
Domestic
single-weight
letter-rate.
Only Known
Example SESS SS —_
eats bourne
LATE USE DATE
10 FEBRUARY 1902
Cover,
postmarked at
Toronto,
sent to
lowa City, lowa,
U.S.A.
Two Cents:
Single-weight letter-
rate for mail to U.S.A.
Less Than Five
Examples Known
INTERNATIONAL MACHINE Dater Dial Type II (Machine ‘I’)
Toronto
Usage: 13 February 1902 -— 27 February 1907
Less than two weeks of use of the initial ‘Die | / ‘Machine I’ on the
‘International Flier Machine’ operational at Toronto,
THE DATER DIAL HUB WAS REPLACED WITH ONE NOW
INDICATING THE CITY AND COUNTRY.
Postmark: _ 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with
OAD — “Toronto, Canada” Text
eo ae © sevenwavy-lime bar obliterator SIOZ OC _ having “I” along with either indicia
“Cc”, “D", “R” or “T” integrated.
26 FEBRUARY 1902
ere rnen Se a a
~—_ ee —
Cover, SR SUE: oe 2 i vi % 2 jim 3
ee | A eg, — a QPS
postmarked at oe a =e teed penne ts
Toronto, messes a
Sie dw j2 a2 Worcester, 3 4
Massachusetts, U.S.A. 7 Sf, yy — eo
Two Cents: We Single-weight ae
letter-rate "7 for mail to U.S.A. Vd io Via
er : TIME & DAY DATE | OMITTED
EBEN JAMES . 1902 since Canadian Agent for ..... ccd A ment ee
WOODALL & Co., LIVERPOOL, ~ BOYD, BARROW & Co., GLASGOW. Unsealed
M.ISAACS&SONS,LTD., - LONDON. commercial cover and Firmstn BRISTOL, HAMBURG and
other Pords. with circular or
APPLE RECEIVERS Yan <s4 printed-matter Board of Trade Building, enclose, TORONTO. postmarked at
BRANCHES DURING EXPORT SEASON Toronto, MONTREAL, HALIFAX,N.S., AND PORTLAND. ME, sent to AL Paris Station,
srt Ontario. C
One Cent:
' ate Domestic CLFLI : aA commercial
led cover with near unse
INTERNATIONAL MACHINE Dater Dial Type III (Machine ‘l’)
Toronto
Usage:
31 December 1902-31 December 1907
As an alternate dater dial to the ‘Type II Dial’,
THE TORONTO POST OFFICE UTILIZED AN ALTERED TEXT INDICATING MAIL WAS DEDICATED-POSTMARKED AT “STATION B”.
Such dater hub was used concurrently with the heretofore Type Il.
Postmark:
20mm Diameter Dater Dial with a ————_ “Toronto, Can. Stat. B” Text
iy ee and a ee seven wavy-lime bar obliterator
— 6 a having “I” along with either indicia Se "oO “Rp” or a a integrated.
27 JANUARY WihGae” une 1904
Advertising cover,
postmarked
at ‘Toronto
Station B’, sentto |
Sombra,
Ontario.
z LAROEST PUBLISHING
" Sombra, Unte 54.56 &54 FRONT St West
3&5 Piper ST.
iF NOT CALLED FOR IN TEN DAYS = RETURN TO : y sae
THe COPP, CLARK CO., Limite Is ree TORONTO IS sep yo Si\
\S7-PM 2 / 12 SEPTEMBER Second Edition Ready X 7ank A 1902
Mr. Winston Churchill's = NEW NOVEL Advertising cover,
reo 3 postmarked at
The Crossing C Se es ‘Toronto Station B’
G1 Vairmount sent to
Montreal, Quebec. 598 Pages. oT oe a 7 ar ontreal Anngx
aol rontreal, ~— es Machine
CLOTH ONLY, - $1.50 Pues iia ie
“Montreal, Canada,
Se : Received sa ~ 13 September 1904”
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate.
INTERNATIONAL MACHINE Machine Evolution (Machines 1 thru 5)
Toronto
Usage:
1902 - 1919
Satisfaction with operation and efficiency of the ‘International Machine’, the Toronto Post Office ultimately obtained five machines,
more than any other Canadian city: one machine each year ..
1902, 1903, 1906, 1912 & 1915.
EACH HAD A POSTMARKING DIE CONSISTING OF A DATER DIAL AND OBLITERATOR HAVING
SEVEN WAVY-LINES INDICATING THE MACHINE NUMBER (‘1’ THRU ‘5’) ALONG WITH MAIL-ORIGIN CODING INDICIA.
Beginning in 1912, postmarks also included slogan inserts.
slag sles Postmark: —— 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with
ee seven wavy-lime bar obliterator
cigar indicating machine number along with integrated indicia
“Cc”, “Dp”. “R” or “T".
MACHINE ‘1’
MACHINE ‘4’ MACHINE ‘5’
INTERNATIONAL MACHINE Mail Origin Indicia Coding (Machines 1 thru 5)
Toronto
Usage:
1902 - 1919
MAIL ORIGIN CODING INDICIA INTEGRATED INTO THE STANDARD, NON-SLOGAN, POSTMARK OBLITERATORS WAS THE FOLLOWING:
‘C’=COLLECT (Mail collected from public mail boxes) ‘D’ = DROP (Mail dropped off at a post office) ‘R’= RECEIVED (Miscellaneous collected mail) ‘T = TRANSIT (Mail from another origin post office
to be forwarded to another destination)
gn Postmark:
a eerste 20mm Diameter Dater Dial with , seven wavy-lime bar obliterator
——eeeeeeEeE—EEEOOO — ——S—=sT_ indicating machine number along with ai integrated indicia “C”, “D”, “R” or “T”.
{i MAR23 44
‘T = TRANSIT
INTERNATIONAL MACHINE Dater Dial Type II (Machine ‘l’)
Montreal
Usage:
31 October 1902 -— October 1906
WHILE TORONTO ALREADY COMMENCED USING AN
INTERNATIONAL-BRAND MACHINE IN FEBRUARY 1902, THE MONTREAL POST OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY EXPERIMENTED BETWEEN
FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1902 WITH ONE OR TWO GEARY MACHINES before deciding upon use of International Machines to replace the
worn Bickerdikes commencing in late October 1902. Postmark:
20mm Diameter Dater Dial with EQ “Montreal, Canada” Text 6 3st and 2 i ay ee seven wavy-lime bar obliterator “20 — 6 SO having “I” along with either indicia
“Cc”, “D”, “R” or “T” integrated.
10 NOVEMBER 1902
Cover,
postmarked at Montreal, sent to
Toronto, Ontario.
Two Cents: en een ce len. atin sailie armirelat Domestic single-weighi =
LawKHar_rrete lIeTrer-Taie.
Vil. EPILOGUE Krag Machine Trial Toronto
Proof Date:
25 July 1907
Although the Canadian Post Office basically standardized on use of ‘International Postmarking Machines’ between 1902-1919,
it did continue to evaluate or experimentally-trialed other machines during that period.
THE KRAG MACHINE, MANUFACTURED IN NORWAY, APPLIED A CONTINUOUS-POSTMARK, SUITABLE FOR LETTER MAIL, BUT WAS NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR POSTCARDS, SINCE THE POSTMARK WOULD PARTIALLY COVER THE TEXT OF SUCH
CARDS; THE KRAG MACHINE WAS NOT ACCEPTED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dual Dater Dials with
“Toronto, Ont.” as text flanking a (58mm) staggered seven wavy-lime bar obliterator
INTENDED AS AN ORIGIN POSTMARK ON OUT-GOING MAIL
25 JULY 1907
Only Known Proof Example.
EPILOGUE Universal Machine Trial Toronto
Usage: 4 August 1910 — 28 May 1912
The Toronto Post Office independently evaluated and experimentally-trialed a
“Universal Machine”, manufactured by the Universal Stamping Machine Company
of New Jersey, U.S.A., between 1910-1912.
Postmark.
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with
“Toronto, Ont.” as text
along witha
seven-horizontal-line obliterator
ILLIAMS &So%3°°-
AAUGUST1910 143 YONGE ST TORONTO.
Commercial ore
cover,
Postmarked at
Toronto,
‘te Mir. M, B. Cosby,
Arrival Date: Ne Smithville,
(Reverse) : |
“Smithville, Onterio.
August 5, 1910”
First Day of Use
Example.
: we
1F NOT CALLED FOR IN FIVE DAYS RETURN TO ay
METALLIC —— 5 AUGUST 1910
ha | T_T eee- Advertising | £940 ao — | [2S Sarees cover,
Toronto, CANADA. oe sane a
at Toronto,
MANUFACTURERS OF sent to Prescott,
2 paced ont nos: Coates 5 Th Say Onianto.
Arrival Date:
sl jceeeeeeth. wk ee ee (Reverse) ae seeNO ONE HAD PRODUCED aoe EQUAL OF “Prescott
August 6, 1910”
Ont. c ‘GasTlame” weraitic suwaies, ~~ ~~—~S*«<C«S CON Dy OP
Use Example.
Two Cents:
Domestic single-weight letter-rate
EPILOGUE Universal Machine Trial Ottawa
Usage:
April 1912 - September 1913
Similar to an earlier trial at Toronto, the Ottawa Post Office
evaluated and trialed
a ‘Universal Machine’ between 1912-1913. Postmark:
22mm Diameter Dater Dial with “Ottawa, Canada.” as text
along with a seven-horizontal-bar obliterator
1 NOVEMBER 1912
Mourning cover, postmarked at Ottawa, sent to Weston, Ontario.
Arrival Date: (Reverse)
“Weston,
November 2, 1912”
Two Cents: Domestic single-weight letter-rate.