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Cdliddd Meter Wily Newsletter No. 19 SPRING 1988
EDITOR: Ross W. Irwin. PO Box 1263. Guelph, ON. N1H 6N6
EDITOR'S NOTES
Just a word about the masthead. Note we are continuing the issue and page numbering system as used with previous newsletters. I have adopted a Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter publication objective to give ma more freedom in putting anissue together. I hope one major improvement ober previous newsletters is the address of the editor which will make it much easier for you to send something in. No excuse now.
Welcome to the CMSG Newsletter. It is regrettable that Yvon Legris' project failed to proceed but in any case we now have to redevelop a clientele and hopefully be stranger than before. I also want to acknowledge the major effort put forward by Clayton Rubec in getting the group organized and publishing 18 Newsletters. On everyones behalf, Thanks a lot Clay, but don't stop contributing.
I have promised a 16-page Newsletter, the upper limit of our postal rate. This will take a lot of help, it is not a one-man show. just ask you to contribute as you are able by sending a clear photocopy of any interesting item you think others might like to know about. If you can send in a short article, or even a long article, the Editor will be most grateful. Items on meters in stamp club newsletters, newspaper clippings, just anything. You get the idea, I need help.
The format of the Newsletter will follow in a general way the items listed: EDITOR'S NOTES, MEMBERS, NEWS ITEMS, NEW FINDS, FEATURE ARTICLE, LISTINGS, CATALOG PAGES, NEW TOWNS, ETC., QUESTIONS AND AIISWERS, MEMBERS ADS.
Note we will have a Question and Answer column. Write in with your Questions and hope someone will be able to produce an answer. Also, the Members Ad column is available free. This is to sell, buy or trade. If an ad gets too long we may have to recover the cost, but not yet.
CMSG has been affiliated with the Postal History Society of Canada as a study group since our inception. There has been no cost to us and I am unsure of the benefits. It has been suggested it may be to
our advantage to be sponsored by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) who, with 2000 members, might be a more fertile field for interest in meters. For some reason, I doubt it. I have personally thought of joining BNAPS but never paid my money. You might write an opinion on this proposal if you have strong feelings about it.
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Clay Rubec unloaded his basement on me, probably with some relief.
I found a number of treasures I want to share with you. I am now
the proud possessor of back copies of the CMSG Newsletter. The
inventory is below:
#1 - 1 #6 - 0 #11 - 0 #16 - 9
2 - 3 7 - 4 12 - 7 17 - 10
3 - 1 8 - 1 13 - 7 18 - 8
4 - 9 - 4 14 - 5
5 - 0 10 - 5 15 -10
These are available, on a first letter basis. The cost is 50 cents
each plus 75 cents for postage. Please send mint stamps as
payment, unless US when a bill will be OK. Send anything I can
refund if the item is gone.
Included with this issue is an Index to Newsletters 1 through 18.
I include a mailing list of people who have decided to give us a chance during 1988. If you know of other people not on the list why
not invite them to join us.
Gabriel Pustel wants Olympic meters. The 1988 Olympics have been run in a strange way philatelically. I have not seen one example of an
Olympic meter slogan or postmark ad. I have a large assortment of
Montreal Olympic meters. I wonder what has happened. Can anyone
send in clear copies for illustrations in our postmark ad section?
The Irwin meter catalog is presumably out of print, most certainly it is out of date and needs revision. The market is so thin that it
is unlikely to happen. The Legris catalog I presume is still in
print. While that catalog has a number of good features I find it
very difficult to use. There are just too many sub-typeS. What I have decided to do in the Newsletter, with your help, is not write a new catalog, but to dedicate two pages per issue to an "illustrated"
catalog. When we have gone through all the types we may indeed have
a catalog, with the exception of the "front" section. I will be using the Irwin number system and expanding it where necessary. Since we are starting a listing of Type 1 indicia the catalog also
starts at Type 1. Next issue will contain Type 1.3 and Type 2. Can
I get any good illustrations for the scarce Midget Type 2?
With respect to the above, Irwin listings due to "operator error" are not included. We can treat these separately if you wish. I do include later an example which I am unsure how to list. If you have items that you believe should be listed as a major Type, send in a copy and we will get an opinion (concensus) on the listing.
I assure you that the EDITOR'S NOTES will not take this much space
in future newsletters.
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Kist of Members
1, Ross W.Irwin,P0 Box 1263,GUELPH ON,N1H 6N6 2, David Cooper,P0 Box 2372 Stn P,THUNDER BAY ON,P7B 5E9 3, M.L. Brown, F0 Box 628, UNITY SK, SOK 4L0 4, Alan Draves,P0 Box 2009,CRIDERSVILLE OH,45806 USA 5, David E. Crotty,31 Woodside,PLEASANT RIDGE MI,48069 USA 6, E.J. Botwright,155 Balsam Crec,NORTH BAY ON,P1B 6M2 7, Clayton Rubec,488 Athlone Ave,OTTAWA ON,K1Z 5M8 8, Rick Stambaugh,12 Rutgers Dr,TINTON FALLS NJ,07724 USA 9, Yvon Thibeault,CP 406,COURCELETTE OC,GOA 1R0 10, Taras Cheberiak,61 Haultain Crec,REGINA SK,S4S 4B4 11, Dick Staecker,384 Regal Dr, LONDON ON,N5Y 1J7 12, W.D. Whitehouse,2427 Greenfield Ave,KAMLOOPS BC,V2B 4P6 13, Marcel Longpre,220 rue Martigny,REPENTIGNY OC,J6A IS8 14, Robert A. Haslewood,4416 Harvard Ave,MONTREAL OC,H4A 2X1 15, Peter R. Kennedy,70 Truman Rd,WILLOWDALE ON,M2L 2L6 16, Robert McGuinness,1170 Kings Ave,WEST VANCOUVER BC,V7T 2C3 17, Robert G. Moore,77 Metcalfe St, St THOMAS ON,N5R 3K6 18, Ernest J. Roscoe,110 So Eli St,SALMON ID,83467 USA 19, Ernest Merrikin,PO Box 984,MORRISBURG ON,KOC 1X0 20, Gabriel Pustel,P0 Box 1345,JACKSON NJ,08527 USA 21, Jean-Guy Dalpe,•52 Roy-Audy,BOUCHERVILLE OC,J4B IC8 22, Jack Brandt,1006 727 - 6th Ave SW, CALGARY AB,T2P OVI 23, Frederick M. Jeffery,602 Corbett St,HAMILTON ON,L8H 6V1 24, Edwin S. Lapham,PO Box 185,WADING RIVER NY,11792 USA 25, Philip Wharton,P0 Box 183,WATERFORD ON,NOE 1Y0 26, Normand Chevrier,12-205 des Enclaves,MONTREAL OC,H3M 2W2 27, Jean Lalonde,408 Tessier,LACHUTE QC,JBH 1E1 28, Owen L. White,P0 Box 860 Stn K,TORONTO ON,M4P 2H2
If you know of people interested in Cana tan metered mail, and not on this list, please invite Lhem to join us.
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NEWS ITEMS
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14 1: = I, when the first postage stamps were sold, they were offi-cially called "adhesive labels." That name did not catch on as both public and press referred to the as stamps from the first day of use.
Those historical vignettes intro-duce the problem of definition of the term postage stamp. If one is aR,eri-ous philatelist or if one exhibits in-ternationally, the debate over the definition of a postage stamp has an important meaning. However many collectors are attracted to revenue stamps, some seek out local stamps, others collect labels which have an appearance similar to stamps. Part of the fun of our boby-is that a collector can purstle stamps without worrying in the least whether they ever served 'a postal purpose; while others are keen on the history collectables of the postal service. Some of these latter collectors regard postage stamps almost as incidental to the broader scope of their hobby.
While postal history and all its related byways attract only a mi-nority of collectors, there is a field of postage stamp collecting which, attracts fewer philatelists than post-al history and yet has as much to offer. It is a field that has tremen-dous scope, a great potential for' making new finds, and the added advantage of not breaking the bud-get. That field is the collecting of postage stamps which are not adhe sive labels and not postal static)- nery.
It includes postage meters, hulk `
mailing and postage paid In cash imprint% and business reply mail. All of these prepay or guarantee payment of postage and fit much more easily into a definition of postage stamp than do some of the labels which are more popular.
Within this whole field meters ,
have received the most acceptance from collectors. Despite an in-creased popularity, the majority. of stamp collectors know as little about meters as the general public does about postage stamps.
One way to increase interest is to have a catalogue which describes the various types, lists and numbers the known varieties and then pits: the different an listings. Cadian L.. lectors are fortunate to have access to two such catalogues. The Canada Meter and Permit Postage Stamps Specialized Catalogue and the more recent Canadian Permit Postage ,
Stamps Catalogue are available from stamp dealers who stock phila-telic literature. Both books are inte-resting to the general collector and might well start one on a new phila-telic pursuit.
Member Dick Staecker has published
"The Canadian Permit Postage Stamps Specialized Catalog. This 84 page cerlex bound soft covered book
includes a very good classification system for a very complicated subject matter. He is now working on a revision.
Ian Kimmerly, special stamp columnist for the Globe and Mail, Toronto, on January 2, 1988, gave mention of the collecting fields of permit mail and postage meters. This is sort of encouraging and a welcome acknowledgement by coloured stamp collectors. I show a section of his fine column.
Another indication that there may be some small hope for recognition of our specialized hobby is shown elsewhere in this Newsletter. Namely a certificate in my name. was awarded a bronze for my two frame exhibit of postage meter types
used in the city of Guelph. I was
missing two meter types, which I still have not pursued yet. • The
exhibit was in a competitive category on machine cancelling of mail.
Yvon Legris had a feature article in Canada Stamp News, Vol 12, No 17, 1988 on Frama, Klussendorf and other postal labels. Apparently he has written a catalog — AUTOMAT LABEL STAMPS CATALOG.
The Editor had an article "Postage Paid in Cash" published in Canadian Philatelist Vol 38(6), Dec. 1987, pages 435-437.
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RETURN POSTAGE/PREPAID, no date mark
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SAMPLE from OTT/WM.0NT. Rate frame 32x25, setting 14. overall 73 m
SAMPLE from MONTREAL.P.Q. Rate frame 32x25. setting 10. overall 69 mm'
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CMSG METER CATALOG
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CAN. PHIL.. VOL. 38, No. 1, JAN.-FEB., 1987 31
The Use of Postage Meters for Payment of Excise Tax
by Ross W. Irwin
The Canadian government required additional revenue to finance World War I and passed the Special War Revenue Act (5Geo. V. c.8), to pay for it. It received Royal Assent April 8, 1915.
The Act provided. among many other items, for the imposition of a special tax of 2 cents on each cheque. promissary note, bill of ex-change, or receipt for money. Special war tax stamps were issued for this purpose.
Section 19 stated: "The Minister . . . may direct stamps to be
prepared for the purposes of this Part of such kinds and bearing respectively such devices as he thinks proper. and all such sums received for stamps. and properly stamped by means of a die. shall form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund."
The device on each stamp shall express the value thereof ... "
Subsection 3 provided for the use of postage stamps, subsection 4 stated that stamps were to be cancelled by means of lines across them, and, subsection 5 provided that stamps were available from postmasters, or from the local collector of inland revenue. The postmasters were paid one percent of the face value of the Inland Revenue Stamps sold.
The Special War Revenue Act was amended (21-22 Geo. V. c.44 and 54) in June and July, 1931, providing that money documents less that $10, and finally $5, were exempt from tax. The budget of April 1, 1932, increased the tax from 2 cents to 3 cents.
Section 44 of the Act reads in part: "No per-son shall issue a cheque . . unless there is af-
Cheque with 6ct revenue stamp for over $100.
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fixed thereto an adhesive excise or postage stamp of the value hereinafter specified, or unless there is impressed thereon by means of a die an excise stamp of the value of: three cents, if the amount of the cheque . . . does not exceed $100; six cents if the amount exceeds $100. ,,
The budget of March 31, 1933, wiped out the $5 exemption from tax when the Act was again amended (23-24 Geo. V. c.50) effective May 1, 1933.
The Special War Revenue Act was renamed the Excise Act in 1947. The Excise Tax Act was amended (1-2 Eliz. II. c.35) and the stamp program was repealed, effective May 14, 1953.
INTRODUCTION OF POSTAGE METERS Postage meter use in Canada was less than
10 years old when the Pitney- Bowes Company saw the opportunity of enlarging their sales through the use of postage meters for impress-ing the required die on cheques. The first machine for imprinting excise to cheques was placed in 1932. The meter was set by the local collector of customs and excise.
Advantages listed by the company included the saving of time as the cheques could be stamped singly, or in sheets. The accounting for stamps was simpler and more reliable. The register showed the number of cheques or drafts stamped daily. It was an improvement over
Excise register imprint with company name.
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Excise register imprint with company excise number.
handling a large quantity of excise tax stamps. The impression was printed directly on the document.
In 1948 the company asked for permission to use a single meter for both postage and ex-cise use. They recognized they would lose 40 percent but thought this could be regained through the additional use of postage meters in smaller companies. Before this two machines were required. The government approved the dual use of postage meters for both postage and excise tax in 1949.
On January 1, 1949, there were 773 excise tax meters in use. The use increased to 813 by
July 28 of the same year. The Pitney Bowes Company deplored the loss of income from over 800 cheque stamping machines and tax registers when the program ended in 1953.
DESCRIPTION OF TAX REGISTER INDICIA
The original tax register indicia was adapted from the postage meter indicia. It was of two parts. The company name (townmark) and the excise rate (frank). The townmark is a double circle 24/17 mm bearing the company name. There are usually one, two or three fancy marks at the base of the circles. The datemark is the
Excise register imprint from Model HX.
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Model RTT tax register imprint.
same as used with the Model H postage meter, month-day-year. The company name is spaced 26 mm from the rate mark.
The rate mark is 22 mm square with imita-tion perforations. Within are the words CANADA / EXCISE ACCISE / TAX PAID / METER xxxxx CENTS 3 CENTS. The value is 5.5 mm high. The colour of the indicia is usually red, but is found in blue and other colours.
Up to 1940 about 150 tax registers were in use and the identification of the company, or company mark circle, was removed from registers issued after that date. In its place the company excise tax serial number was printed in 1.5 mm numbers above or below the rate frame. A few bore the name of the company in this location.
About 1947 the Model HX and HT postage meter was modified for excise tax use. The in-dicia does not have a company name circle and the words TAX PAID and METER are larger. The important detail is the value - .03 or .06.
The Pitney Bowes Model HE mailing machine was introduced in 1930. It used a
Model H tax register, in units of three cents. The maximum setting was 33,330 units of three cents and locked out when the descending register reacher 100. This electric machine printed cheques singly or in sheets, or con-tinuous forms, by use of a tray to do batch work. Signature plates could also be used with this register for signing cheques. These were only fed singly. The machine was declared ob-solete in 1948.
Pitney Bowes introduced an RTT excise tax meter for use on their Model RGCX tax machine. Registration was in dollars and cents, not units. The maximum setting was $9,999.00 and it locked out at $1.00. Denomination limits were three and six cents.
The Model DM postage meter was modified for use as tax register for small business. The tax program ended before many were placed in use. Estimated use of this meter for tax is 50.
The illustrations show the several types of tax register impressions. The serial blocks assign-ed to tax registers were: 45000, 49000, 149000, and 249000.
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TYPE 1 - PITNEY-BOWES MODEL M METER INDICIA
CODE: V = value, C = color, F = in full, F. = infull with dot, T = time COLOR: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown % Black, Violet
SERL V C LIC TYPE CITY PROV USER EARLIEST LATEST 0000 3 R 0000 1.1 OTTAWA ONT. Postage Meter Co MAY25/1/1923 OCT5/1/1925 0000 3 R 0000 1.1 MONTREAL P.O. Postage Meter Co. OCT5/1/1924 4001 3 R 3 1.1 NINNIPE6 MAN. T. Eaton Co T/APR17/1924 T/MAR 22/1926 4002 3 R 1 1.2 OTTAWA ONT. Postage Meter Co MAY1/1/1923 DEC15/1/1923 4002 3 R 0 1.3 WINNIPEG F. General Motors SEP29/1932/1 4003 1 6 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T. Eaton Co SEP27/1923 MAR25/1935 4003 1 B 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co MAR25/1935 4003 1 Y 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co BLANK 4003 1 6 16 1.2 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ONT. Prov of Ontario MAR18/T/1937 DEC21/1/1937 4003 1 R 0 1.3 TORONTO ONT. Armstrong Forsythe & Co DEC27/1945 JAN10/1946 4004 2 6 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T. Eaton Co SEP27/1/1923 JAN28/1/1929 4004 2 B 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co APRI0/1/1929 APR9/1/1931 4004 2 6 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co DEC7/1/1931 FEB8/1/1935 4005 2 6 2 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Postage Meter Co DEC27/1923 4005 2 6 4 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Imperial Bank of Can T/AU61/1924 4005 2 6 4 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Man Tel System T/NOV4/1927 1933 4006 2 R 1 1.2 NINNIPE6 MAN. Great West Life JUL4/1/1927 FEB24/1/1931 4006 2 G 1 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Great West Life JUL14/1/1925 4006 2 R 2 1.2 HAMILTON F. Can. Westinghouse AU610/1/1937 DEC21/1/1938 4007 3 R 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co JUL5/1/1923 DEC21/1/1923 4007 3 R 9 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bank of Montreal 1926 4007 3 6 2 1.2 VANCOUVER F. Hudsons Bay Co JUL7/1931 OCT17/1938 4007 3 R 16 1.2 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ONT. Prov of Ontario 4008 1 R 1 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Great West Life OCTIO/1924 1932 4008 1 6 1 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Great West Life BLANK 4008 1 R 1 1.2 VICTORIA F B.C. Government BLANK 1939 4008 1 R 0 1.3 TORONTO ONT. Armstrong Forsythe & Co DEC27/1945 4009 3 R 1 1.2 TORONTO ONT. T.Eaton Co FEB29/1/1924 APR4/T/1926 4009 3 6 0 1.3 HALIFAX F. Maritime Tel. Co APR4/1/1932 4009 3 R 16 1.2 OTTAWA ONT. Can Hydro Elec Comm NOV10/1936 4010 3 R 2 1.2 OTTAWA ONT. Metropolitan Life Ins MAY9/1924 JUN16/1926 4010 3 6 10 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. T.Eaton Co T/AU614/1931 4010 3 R 10 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. T. Eaton Co T/FEBI/1932 T/FEB15/1936 4010 3 Y 10 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. T. Eaton Co T/NOY21/1933 4010 3 R 3 1.2 NINNIPE6 MAN. T. Eaton Co JUL3/1939/1 4011 3 R 2 1.2 WINNIPEG F Winnipeg Electric 1927 4011 3 R 1 1.2 WINNIPEG F Great West Life OCT16/1/1931 JUN11/1/1936 4012 3 R 4 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Consolidated Press T/NOVI8/1924 1926 4012 3 R 4 1.2 MONTREAL F Imperial Oil JUN10/1936 4012 3 R 16 1.2 REGINA SASK Prov of Sask. OCT20/1939 FEB20/1944 4012 3 R 16 1.2 REGINA SASK. Prov of Sask AU617/1948 4013 3 R I 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Great Nest Life MAYI2/1/1924 JUN6/1/1925 4013 3 R 3 1.2 OTTAWA ONT. Ottawa Electric Co AU628/T/1931 DEC4/1937 4014 2 6 2 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Winnipeg Electric AU63/1/1925 4014 2 R 2 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Winnipeg Electric NOV21/1/1930 MAY15/1/1931 4014 2 6 7 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bell Tel Co NAR1/T/1932 MR30/1/1936
TYPE 1 - PITNEY-BOWES MODEL N METER INDICIA
CODE: V = value, C = color, F = in full, F. = infull with dot, T = time COLOR: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, BLack, Violet 4014 2 R 7 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bell Tel Co JUL30/T01937 DEC1/T/1937 4015 2 6 3 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton Co T/AU67/1924 T/JUL17/1925 4015 2 R 3 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton Co OCT21/T/1927 APR27/I/1932 4015 2 R 1 1.2 VICTORIA F Govt of B.C. 1938/JUN24 4016 1 Y 3 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Goodyear BLANK 4016 1 Y 3 1.2 NTH Goodyear 4016 1 0 3 1.2 NTM Goodyear 4016 1 6 3 1.2 NTH Goodyear 4017 1 Y 3 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton CO T/AU67/1924 4017 1 6 3 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton Co OCT3/1924 4017 1 R 3 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton Co OCT27/1932 4017 1 6 315 1.2 TORONTO F Prudential Trust JAN14/1938 4017 1 R 852 1.2 TORONTO F ? NOY24/1938 4018 3 R 3 1.2 OTTAWA Ottawa Electric 1924 4018 3 6 100 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Steel Co of Can AU626/1931 OCT13/1931 4018 3 6 33 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Steel Co of Can JAN4/1932 MAY21/1932 4018 3 R 0 1.3 WINDSOR F Chrysler Corp OCT 4/1933 JUN10/1936 4018 3 R 2 1.2 WINDSOR F Chrysler Corp 4019 2 6 3 1.2 OTTAWA ONT. Ottawa Electric AU62/T/1924 APR2/T/1931 4019 1 6 315 1.2 TORONTO F Prudential Life OCT13/1938 4020 1 1 1.2 OTTAWA Postage Meter Co 4020 1 3 1.2 OTTAWA Ottawa Electric 4020 1 Y 4 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Can Home Journal BLANK 4020 1 6 1.2 QUEBEC Inst d' Hygiene 4020 1 R 7 1.2 NTM Govt of Quebec 1932 4021 2 6 3 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Bell Tel Co DEC29/1930/1 4021 2 R 3 1.2 MONTREAL F Bell Tel Co JAN2211934/T 4021 2 6 315 1.2 TORONTO F. Tech Hughes FEB11/1939 4022 2 6 6 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Toronto Star JUL9/T/1925 SEP9/T/1926 4022 2 R 6 1.2 TORONTO F Toronto Star NOV19/T/1930 JAN2/T/1934 4022 2 6 315 1.2 TORONTO F APR26/1934 4022 2 R 1 1.2 VICTORIA F Govt of B.C. NOV9/1936 4023 1 3 1.2 OTTAWA Ottawa Electric 4024 3 4 1.2 WINNIPEG Manitoba Tel Co T/OCT29/1925 4024 3 R 0 1.3 MONTREAL F Bell Tel Co AU629/1931/T 0CT14/1931/1 4024 3 R 3 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Bell Tel Co NOV16/1935/T MAR29/19371T 4024 3 R 3 1.2 MONTREAL F Bell Tel Co 0CT27/1936/T FEB27/1936/1 4025 3 R 1 1.2 OSHAWA ONT. 6.N. DECI8/T1924 MAR25/T/1926 4025 3 R 15 1.2 TORONTO F. Can ben Elec JUL8/T/1931 AU626/T/1936 4025 3 R 15 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Can Gen Elec APR19/T/1934 1936/T/JUN30 4026 3 5 1.2 TORONTO 6.M.A.C. 1925 4026 3 5 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. United Grain Growers 1932 NOV21/T/1935 4027 2 6 1 1.2 OSHAWA ONT. 6.N. DEC16/1/1924 4027 2 R 100 1.2 TORONTO F . Norkeens Compensation T/MAR25/1933 4028 2 6 5 1.2 TORONTO ONT. 6.M.A.C. 1925 JUL28/1/1930 4028 2 R 5 1.2 TORONTO ONT. 6.M.A.C. T/AU61/1930 4028 2 R 8 1.2 TORONTO F Simpsons MAR1/T/1938 4029 1 Y 4 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Consolidated Press BLANK 4029 1 R 0 1.3 WINNIPEG F. Govt of Man. BLANK 4030 1 0 1 1.2 OSHAWA ONT. 6.M. BLANK 4031 1 6 4 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Nan Tel Co T/JAN13/1930 4032 1 Y 3 1.2 MONTREAL P.O. Bell Tel Co BLANK
19.12
0
P DEC 1'43 0 0 41 \ HE TERnri
RTs COMPTEURrU 51009
NEW FINDS
Philip Wharton sent me a rather poorly inked cover, which I hope you can read. It is Type 14, which I thought were long gone as the top rate was 21 cents which we haven't seen since 1981. The townmark is WATERFORD ONT. It has two 17 cent indicia dated -4XI'86. I guess the good doctor's nurse didn't get the letter posted because the third indicia is a 00 rate with the new date of posting 13XI'86.
DR. ARTHUR D. 850
SHULAAAWe:";:;--
wATERFolo. ONTARIO NOE 1Y0
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5 0 R11.
Ed Lapham sent the copy of the MAILOMAT card, which is from the Robert Rice collection. The slogan is unusual on a MAILOMAT, few had such. Also note it is printed on a USA card and was not sent to anyone. It is my opinion that this is a trial or test example which may even have been run at Stamford, Conn. The date DEC 1'43 is prior to the first use in Ottawa postoffice on February 3, 1944.
POST CAR Souvenir for patrons of the U.S. Mails, complime nts of Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co. Can be coin-mailed in the - MAILOMAT" (see other side) for 10 to any .U.S.A. address.
400SSIrNpo daVINGS CERTIFICIVES
Please do not write above this line
This Space For Your Greeting This Space For Address Only
This Type 15.1 test tape was "picked up" at PHILEX, Toronto® It is from one of four Neopost meters put in government departments for test in April 1950. This one is Secretary of State. (No. 102)
19.13
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803228
TOWNS
This section leaves me in a quandry regarding what to do with it. I have no idea where we stand on town listing and am unable to know what is new. Alan Draves does a real good job on Canadian towns for the Meter Stamp Society.
As filler until is resolved I attach a list of towns in the Northwest Territories, with some notes.
Meter towns are:- INUVIK, FROBISHER BAY, IGLOOLIK, MPO 310, ALERT, DISCOVERY, NORMAN WELLS, RAN•IN INLET, ESKIMO POINT, FORT SIMPSON, YELLOWKNIFE, RAE, CAMBRIDGE BAY, HAY RIVER, PINE POINT, FORT SMITH.
Places using meters from other towns:- GJOA HAVEN reads Cambridge Bay; TUNGSTEN reads Watson Lake, Yukon; FORT RESOLUTION reads Pine Point; HOLMAN reads Yellowknife; FORT NORMAN reads Norman Wells.
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864544 810778 500052
-51'82 15X'73 1411'84
TUKTOYAKTUK 803228 -5V11'77 WATSON LAKE 582254 -1X°86 DISCOVERY 240400 18111'66 MPO 310 BELLEVILLE 827896 -1V'74
Note the inverted comma in the value.
19.14
INDEX TO CMS6 NEWSLETTERS, 1 TO 18
Type Item Page 18
22.3 2.1 2.1
1 Townlist 2.2 3.1 2 Townlist 2.2 3 Townlist 2.2 3.1 8.4 4.2 4 Townlist 2.2 5 Townlist 3.1 4.2 6 Townlist 3.2 4.2 7 Townlist 4.3 5.2 6.5 8.4 12.6 8 Townlirt 5.3 6.5 8.4 12.6 9 Townlist 5.3 6.5 8.4 10 Townlist 5.3 12 Townlist 6.9 8.4 12.7 15 Townlist 7.1 16 Townlist 7.1 17 Townlist 7.1 8.4 40 Townlist 7.2 41 Townlist 7.2 8.4 9.2 70 BC Law stamps 2.3 8.14 70 Quebec Law stamps 2.3 8.14
20.1 RMRS Pitney Bowes 2.5 5.6 Displaying meters 2.6 Members, List of 2.7 Friden 380000 series 3.2
11 PB 160000 series 3.2 7 Date mark varieties 3.4
Can. military meters 3.5 5.7 10.1 Hasler meters 5.1 11.2 11.6 12.4 13.3 Patriotic NW II slogans 4.4 5.1 5.9 6.1 13.9 Canada townlist 4.9 5.6 6.7 7.3 8.6 References to meters 4.1 5.4 6.9 8.3 8.5
1-8 Single and multi rates 5.7 14.7 23 Early date? 6.1
Specimen meters 6.2 9.6 11.1 13.9 17.5 Permit heads 6.6 14.8 Postage due meters 6.10 9.1 10.3 11.3 Postmark ads 6.10 Towneark varieties 7.4 14.6 15.4 17.1 PB meters used in 1982 7.6 Fractional postal rates 7.8 Alberta townlist 7.9 CANADA in townmark 8.1 NPO meters 8.1 Dating heads 8.2 16.2 New Legris catalog 11.7 12.2 Postal directives 8.9
40,41 NCR register inventory 8.11 Irwin catalog enquiry 8.13
9.2.3 15.5 51 House of Commons 9.2
Townmark spelling error 9.2 Collecting meters 9.5 CSA and UL wire length 10.2 11.3 12.4
19.15
18.1 14.6 9.3 8.6
18.2
4.1 14.9 10.7 17.3
18.3
17.1 11.4 12.2
17.5 12.6
17.6 14.8 15.4 16.2 18.3 18.14
A new meter slogan will also be used
commencing 8 February 1988.
SURVIVAL OF THE FORESTS
Those interested in obtaining copies of
the meter slogan with cancellation should
send self-addressed envelopes, together with
sufficient remittance to cover the cost of
return postage of these envelopes, plus 10
cents service charge for each envelope, to
the UN Postal Administration, Box 1586,
New York, N.Y. 10163-1586, clearly mark-
ing the outside envelope "Meter Slogan".
All requests must be in the hands of the
UN Postal Administration by 1 February
1988. Requests received thereafter will be
returned to the sender.
New McBee Postage meter
The McBee Postalia, sold and serviced throughout Canada by the McBee Company Lim- ited, has its own offset print- ing press built in and prac- tically eliminates the use of tape stickers. This machine "stamps as it rolls" and can
be used to print directly on parcels, envelopes too bulky to pass through a feeder mechanism - in fact, on anything one could wish to mail. An automatic inking device gives several thousand impressions on one filling, and there is an extra large slogan plate which is interchangeable by a flick of the finger, obviating the necessity of calling in a serviceman. The Postalia weighs only 5 lb. and comes complete with a stylish leather carrying case. Any amount of postage up to $9,990 can be prepaid in multiples of 10 - a distinct advantage over other meters which only register up to $90. Tested and approved by the Canadian Post Office, the Postalia is available with hand or electric bases, or in combination with a mailing automat which includes complete mailing room equipment - folding and inserting machine, sealing unit, weigh scales and letter openers. The company is beginning a big sales push on the Postalia, and already more than 100 have been sold in Toronto and Montreal. Applications: The Postalia is suitable for practically any size of office, depending on the volume of mail.
Readers' Sends. No. $1.4
1 SAMPLE 10.4 Christmas slogans 10.4 11.1 12.5
52 Senate meter 11.2 12 NPM meters 11.5 14.5 19 Postalia meter 11.5 16.2 20 IROQUOIS FALLS A meter 11.5
NNT and Yukon meters 11.6 12.3 12.4 11 Canol project meter 12.3 3 Early slogans 12.7 13.1 10 Mail-o-mat specimen 12.7
Bell patriotic slogans 13.3 Meters in use in 1933 13.4 Amer Meter Post Soc 13.10 14.1 15.1
7 PON Meter 15.2 Postalia - Berman specime 15.3 Newfoundland meters 15.5 16.1 17.3
18 PB variety,163129 16.1 21 Friden 4-bank 16.2
Post Office meters 16.3 17.4 3 Midget meter indicia 16.6
EXPO '67 ads 16.7 Metered Mail booklet 17.3 Slogan ads, Victory Loans 17.6 Varieties 17.6 Varieties 17.6 New association formed 18.1 Compare US and Can indici 18.3
1 13.10 3 12 cents 14.7 3 Varieties 15.7
GUELPHPEX
THE
ANNUAL EXHIBITION.,
OF THE
GUELPH STAMP CLUB
`This certificate is presented to
ROSS IRWIN
who exhibited
METERED MACHINE CANCELS
at guelphpex oiL
OCTOBER 18, 1986
1 9. 1 6
SUMMER 1988 No.. 20
Cdliddd Meter Stamp Newsletter
EDITOR: ROSS W. IRWIN, PO BOX 1263, GUELPH, ON, N1H 6N6
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: DAVE COOPER, PO BOX 2372, THUNDER BAY "P", ONT, P7B 5E9
EDITOR'S NOTES
Well, we got Canadian Meter Stamp Newsletter launched again. The launching was certainly quiet. The editor's address above must have skipped your attention as reaction was less than enthusiastic. did have a couple of nice letters. Taras Cheberiak of Regina stopped by for a couple of hours to chat about meters. Other than
that it has been a quiet spring, just tossing covers into my "sort"
box - it is getting full again.
I will proof read this issue and apologize for the many errors in
the first issue. I always thought these computers spelled better
than a typewriter but that is not right. I also promise to "WD-40" my ribbon to get a clearer print.
I am particularly interested in having members send clear photocopies of items that should be included in our "CSMG METER
CATALOG. For example, the 1.2.1 "SAMPLE", does it exist? . I have
• never seen one with the Type 1.2 dimensions. I personally doubt that it exists and the reference should be deleted. Same applies in
the new listing in this issue?
In this issue I include more pages for our catalog. These include
Types 1.3 and Type 2. Type 2 is rather brief because my collection
is real thin. I might add, Legris illustrates meter 505 with what
appears to be a rubber stamped SPECIMEN below. Since he conjured up so many incorrect items (like his 512 with wrong townmark) I really
hesitate to include the item unless it is guaranteed correct.
I was delighted to have the major listing of Hasler meters from Jean Guy Dalpe. I was going to run it as a Type 25 regular catalog list
but after looking at old newsletters and my own meagre collection I
think we should wait awhile. I have run it as a temporary listing
with the idea that members input will bring more items to light.
This still appears to be a developing series. Jean did a lot of study on this, merci.
I have also had some items on the Olympics from members. Just after
these arrived there was a long article in Canada Stamp News. I may try to abstract the information.
Ross W. Irwin
20.1
PRELIMINARY LISTING OF HASLER POSTAGE METERS
Jean-Guy Dalpe
Editor's Preface to listing
Hasler meter introduced in Canada December 15, 1981
Dimensions: overall 65; rate frame 36 x 25; setting 2
meter 2000001 has a parcel size rate box
Townmark: there appear to be 2 types - 27 x 17.5; 27 x 19.
province appears to be abbreviated, the original is the old style ONT SASK etc. with or without a period. New style uses QC, ON, AB, etc. sometimes with periods
Townmark omitted, datemark only
Datemark: D.M.Y RN month no serifs. 0.M.Y for bulk mailing
Serial number: starts at 2000001, highest number seen 2009131
starts with 2 mm high H and numerals
seems to be medium and small numerals in use with the height of the H intermixed
Indicia: distance between P and F' is 19 mm. Change in size of POSTES and POSTAGE occurred about 2000700 according to Whitehouse.
POSTAGE to right of right leg of "A", and also below it
Value: 00.00, 0.00:, 0.00 These types are not in serial blocks but are intermixed. Fractional meters have 3.5 mm from 0 to "T",
generally the distance is 2 mm.
Caution: The numbering system used in the listing is temporary until
we are certain the important types are all listed.
25.1 Basic type. Rate frame 43 x 35 mm (H2000001), 72 overall, setting 2. Pray. abbr. no period. TM 27 x 17.5. Serial
numerals 2 mm. Value 00.00.
20,2
• Basic type. Rate frame 36 x 25 mm. 65 overall. setting 2. Pray. abbr. no period. TM 27 x 17.5. Serial letter and numerals 2 mm. Large POSTES and POSTAGE. Value 00.00.
CANADA P
:47) o 0 0 0.3 0
( Mss [I-4 2000046 R
SPECIMEN ONLY in TM, serial blank
25.2. 2 Serial number, tall H with small numerals
25.2.3 Serial number, small H with small numerals
25.2.4 Serial number, medium sized letter and numerals
20.3
AFETY SHOP LTD. ALASKA ROAD T. JOHN 1J 1B3
C i N A
00. 6 5
20.4
25.2. 5 Pray. abbr., with period
to E 0
28.11. 86 e 0 .3 4 J, cow-
25.2.6 Pray. abbr., with 2 letter style
Datemark blank
BULK EN NOMBRE
25.2.8 NO TM, datemark only
f
25.2.9 Month in letters
- ..—,0 - ,-,, ...-- , AN A -%,
4'7 \V I:4:0 ,,‘ , U
FEB-2'88 j) ---7- ,1 u U.J 7
c A T
S E
25.2.10 Error in TM: AMLA (ALMA)
c,
27.1.96
METER COMPTEUR
METER CO M PT E H 2000331
.R..6 0 Ro CANADA
7*, E -7 0•
7
25.2.11 RETURN POSTAGE/PORT/DE RETOUR/PAYE/PREPAID as a slogan
25.3 Basic type. As 25.2, except value 0.00:; decimal rate of 5
or 9 replaces the :.
25.3.1 Serial number, tall H with small numerals
25 • Serial number, medium sire H and numerals
FIRST 1K V ,\ ......,, L. --\ ,t.t.., 0 ir I.
/ •er T 0,37 ....,
)40 E 1
. 5
• A
VIMPZIJOIMAM
.,
21. L 88 CLASS
i i S . . .../. CO,i-iLLJR 1 M200111%
w / VC , Frli
25.3.3 Serial number, small H and small numerals
o 0
037 • /tT. T , • A
S
tkrOT E G
M.TCR ccmprvEuR I H2001300
20.5
AV At P
0 1 0 ans rl 4E. S
. T U, I U • ..
I E
c ■ • • ■■.fprauR • 200'2442 ..-•••-••••
QUEBEC: 015..:f Y-0
M9
Value has inverted comma
Ressourges et
25.3.4 Prov. abbr., with period
ANADA 14.)
.7.7•• 03 6 : 41,6- 111: • 7)7: ;-3 6
25.3.5 Pray. abbr. with 2 letter style
Datemark blank
sot*Rini<
NOMBRI:
ivp
25.3.7 No TM, datemark only
25.3.8 Month in letters
25.7.9
A
411re 1
20.6
25.4.1 SPECIMEN ONLY in TM, blank serial
iCAN ADA
atD 0
P + P 4tpT= 0 3 4 • E 1
2 A G
G E p............. .?,..
METLR COMPTEUR
25.4 Basic type. As 25.2, except value 0.00
25.4.2 Serial number, large H and small numerals
See 25.4.7
Serial number, medium letter and numerals
See 25.4.6
25.4.4 Prov. abbr., with periods
CANADA P 0
sg? T S 0 3 6 A 4:;tiii h:
MEi EF I
COI4PTEJR j 2 3
Prov. abbr. with 2 letter style
25.4.6 No TM, datemark only
11.W.E6
2 15.4.7 Value has inverted comma
CANADA — P P
St+41 n o 7 T U,J / sE
METER COVPTEUR H 2 ')07,: 73
20.8
CMSG METER CATALOG
Type Indicla Remarks
1.3 V/ O \
DEC 14 1
I,q,.',2)
‹i- il As Type 1., except license number omitted
,-, \._____ -, cr—Nrrs
mt 7 F , s\ k7.4 E 5 `='4
- -
1.3.1 SAMPLE Not seen with Type 1.3 rate frame dimensions
N
r.1
.-4
- m'' A;PO,y, el p..N AO
-"4""SM's■orse.
CENTS RETURN POSTAGE PREPAID no date mark
CC rn
AfiEP rP
METER 1,..41.1214
osTAG,-
i. . 3 . 3
0 IV ..
tiAl..? IBEI ° (
TP.9%
0.4 A /:::te, efre1-7-■cse71
Province in full 2 CENTS METCR
-■,----..Qs-rAGY-
1.3.4
Vk N FEB 14
19 40 •
NA p
Period after province
,,cENst 1
1 CENT METER
A-4'..J.a.?..4
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Iv)
7-1
,,,----tit. b /0 '
fiC/' i I
)
' - ....-•
k
Date mark blank
NS.JAC-, 0 ,,-, ,.7 -7:-,1
CENT METER
"---.......:-..-/-
20.9
G ANAD,4
CENT 5 05
1.) G METER CATALOG
Type IndIola Remarks
2.1. 1
2.1
TM 15/16"x21/32", rate frame 1"x7/8", setting 1" overall 2-3/4",value 3/8" Prov. abbr., DMY month in RN with I, 11, III with
serifs 501, 502
Pray in full
1. -
Error: 1 CENTS
(Barfoot, S.D. and Simon, W. "The Meter Postage Stamp Catalogue", E. T. Heron & Co. Ltd., London, page 17, 1953.)
c p,N AD4
1 CENTS
501
N GROS („or
b ,
TM 31/32"x5/8", setting 15/16". Larger TM letters (512, 513)
20.10
From: The F'ostmark, January 1966, Vol. 20(1) a 4 –7., 30.
METERED MAIL is taken for granted these days. The printed legend which replaces postage stamps on business
mail doesn't rate a second glance. At the turn of the century, however, such a marking would have caused some excite-ment. "Someone is trying to avoid paying postage!" would have been the cry as in 1900 a device to imprint postage on enve-lopes was undreamed of by all but a few people. One of these was Arthur Pitney of Chicago.
A robbery of postage stamps from the city's Post Office in 1901 encouraged him to bring his postage machine to the atten-tion of the Chicago Postmaster once again. It was a new and improved model of his invention which was designed to imprint postage on envelopes and could be set at a certain total amount of postage to be used. For the first time the Postmaster was impressed and paused to consider the
The Story
of a
Postage Meter Machine
possibilities of the new machine which obviated the use of postage stamps on business --len.
It was twenty long and disappointing years, however, before the invention went into production. A number of successful official experiments were conducted with it at the United States Post Office H.Q. ind in business establishments. Something intervened each time. Once the Post office was convinced of its usefulness, approval was delayed by the lack of the necessary legislation. World War I dis-tracted the minds of all from the postal machines and the permit mailing system seemed to render machines unnecessary.
A clerk in a wallpaper store, Pitney was intrigued by all the new machines which were speeding up a variety of processes in the early 1900s. He studied the patent re-gulations and after applying for a patent for his postage machine, received it in
FIRST SETTING OF POSTAGE METERS IN CANADA — Postal officials and officials of the T. Eaton Company gather for the inauguration of postage meters in September 1923. (Photo Pringle and Booth, Toronto)
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AT WINNIPEG, MAN. — First official meter setting by Postmaster T.T. Bower at Winnipeg.
1902. Trips to Washington and appear-ances before Post Office Committees took place from time to time in the decades of waiting. The Pitney Postal Machine Com-pany, which the inventor formed, was not in business.
A Partner Introduced In the meantime the future partner,
Walter Bowes, had purchased the Uni-versal Stamping Machine Company. This organization produced a better stamp can-celling machine and received an order for fifty from the United States Post Office. During the negotiations which preceded the deal, postal officials, recognizing the capabilities of Bowes and the inventiveness of Pitney, suggested to Bowes that he get in touch with Pitney. This was done and the two men combined their skills to give the Company they later formed its initial impetus.
Ey 1920 Pitney decided on a new form of meter with registering mechanisms in a separate housing from the printing die; but an integral unit which could be taken to Post Offices and set. Two registers were introduced one ascending and total-ling all postage, accessible only to the manufacturer, and the descending register, which the Post Office set for a limited amount of postage. The partners Pitney and Bowes set to work to build this new type machine. When in 1920 enabling legislation was passed to permit the use of
a meter, the rush was on to complete a smoothly operating machine, The model "A" was the result and it was successfully tested in Washington.
Pitney-Bowes itself was the first cus-tomer and made the first official mailing under the new law. Their initial mailing was a combined first day cover and an advertising venture, as the Company had a message printed on the envelopes indi-cating that the acceptance of such a marking as postage was an epoch in the Post Office Department.
In 1921 Canada approved the use of meters and the Company set up a Canadian subsidiary. The first listing of cash pay-ments for metered mail was in the 1923-24 Report of the Postmaster General. About $20,000 worth of such mail was handled that year in Canada. In the decade which fol-lowed. this form of revenue had grown to almost $3 million.
In 1922 England had approved the use of Pitney-Bowes meters and already an imposing list of customers was established in the United States. More and more firms changed to the new method of prepay-ment of postage.
There were setbacks throughout the years which followed, such as changes in legislation and competition between metered mail and "permit mail" which had been established in the United States in 1904.
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EXAMINING A METER for mechanical operation, in the Mechanical and Electrical En-gineering Division. (Photo Post Office Info. & P.R.)
The permit or postage paid in cash business increased 22% in this country in the year ending March 31, 1965, over the previous year. Revenue, from this source on third class matter alone was about $13 1/2 million. In addition, there was a revenue of about $180,000 from fourth class matter.
In 1924 Mr. Pitney astounded the board of directors of the Company, founded four years previously, by tendering his resig-nation. During the next nine years which preceded his death, he worked on other inventions. His resignation did not end the family connection with the Company. By 1955 Robert C. Pitney, son of the inventor, was Manager for Research in the Pitney-Bowes Company.
Meter Improvements
There were some 3,600 meters in ser-vice by 1928 and it was the only system, other than the use of postage stamps, per-mitted for the prepayment of first class mixed mail. The following year the Com-pany introduced the multi-denominational Model "H" meter. It printed five separate impressions, lc, 11/2c, 2c, 3c and 4c. In 1930 a further innovation was intro-duced with the attachment for printing the stamp on gummed paper. This led to the use of meter postage on parcel post and another extensive field was opened to the meter business.
Business continued to improve and Pitney-Bowes bought out several other
companies engaged in producing similar products. Among the matters to be settled was the question whether the machines should be sold or leased — it was decided in favour of leasing them.
The use of meters for handling social security and tax stamp business was ex-plored. It proved fruitful in 1932 when Canada introduced the first meter to im-print excise tax on cheques.
A quarter century after Pitney first naught the interest of the Chicago Post-master, 1,156 million pieces of mail were handled by some 9,620 meters in the United States annually.
Up until this point each machine was made by one man. Specialization was be-coming the accepted method of production in industry and soon the Pitney-Bowes machines were built in assembly line fashion. A group of men were charged with the production of a part or series of parts; while another section worked on a different part; and so on, until all machines were the joint efforts of many workers.
In 1940 omni-denominational meters were installed in thirty of the larger Post Offices in the United States. These printed a meter impression on tape, a portion of which was affixed to parcels or packages.
War Halts Meter Production
World War II resulted in the conver-sion to war production of 95% of the Pitney-Bowes operation. Items such as sub-
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OPERATING a hand model postage meter machine.
assemblies for guns and aeroplanes, in-struments and electrical accessories were made. Postage meter production halted, but in a small shop near the plant experi-ments continued with a view to improving the meter.
The end of hostilities marked the return to the manufacture of postal and mailing equipment. Inserting machines, folding machines, collating equipment, letter openers all were introduced.
The number of meters in use had doubled by the end of 1947 and by the following year the Company was doing a $16 million business.
. A new field of endeavour was entered in 1949 with the introduction of the small light-weight and low-cost desk model meter. This was designed for the small business man, little shops and offices, where a regular machine would not be
justified. —le desk model was well re-ceived ad the Company embarked on a nationar"advertising campaign directed at potential purchasers.
in 1957 Walter Bowes died, about a quarter century after his partner Arthur Pitney. Advanced policies of employee participation in the affairs of the Com-pany had produced a well-knit organization which had withstood various difficulties throughout the years. The stepson of Mr. Bowes, Walter Wheeler, Jr. had been with the Coinpany for. years and in 1938 had become President. He held this position for twenty years and in 1960 relinquished it to become Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
Ii 1860, the fortieth anniversary of the Company; 42% of United States mail was metered;, the Company had $35.1 million in-
(Continued on page 30)
OPERATING a desk model postage meter.
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vested capital and almost 5,000 employees. There were 284,000 postage meters in operation in the United States.
Canadians also adopted the meter sys-tem. There are now some 41,000 postage meters in use in this country and the revenue from this source for the fiscal year ending 31st March 1965 was $106,-111,000.
In addition to Pitney-Bowes other Com-panies have received the Canada Post Office's approval and their meters are in use. These include Roneo-Neopost Meters, Postalia Meters and Commercial Control Meters. Friden Meters have also been approved by the Department.
Thus, in less than a century, the idea of a Chicago wallpaper clerk has revolu-tionized the mail handling practices of millions of North Americans. "He got it for Christmas !"
FIRST "METERED MAIL" DESPATCHED IN CANADA
The No. 10 cover illustrated is in the collection of the National Postal Museum, Ottawa. ,Note that the first cover was mailed by Robert Hill, agent for The Postage Meter Company to Hon. Charles Murphy, Postmaster General of Canada on August 7, 1923. The letter enclosed in the cover is also shown. So, no disputing this date!
Earlier dates are advertising pieces which probably did not go through the mail. The first commercial use was by The T. Eaton Company. (See article in this issue) Robert Hill joined the Post Office Department shortly after and was largely responsible for the testing and introduction of postage meters.
THE FIRST " METERED MAIL " DESPATCHED IN CANADA.
FROM THE COLITCTION OF CHARLES MURPHY, K.C.
POSTMASTER GENERAL OF CANADA.
THE POSTAGE METER COMPANY CANADIAN AGENCY
OTTAWA, CANADA. P.O. BOX CO3
Honon.:r. Ilurr'n• K.C. , 7.P., Por ,r1 r=c-1,-., -.11 of C .t. -1.,
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METERED MAIL rya
THE OSTAGE METER COMPANY
HOME OFFICE STAMFORD, CORN. PHONE, STAMFORD 9800
CA CORPORATION)
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THE PITNEY-BOWES POSTAGE METER ROBERT HILL. CANADVAN AGENCY
186 QUEEN ST., P, O. BOX 606
PHONE QUEEN 8484
OTTAWA, CANADA August 7, 1923.
Honourable Charles Murphy, K.C., M.P., Postmaster General of Canada,
' Ottawa, Ontario.
Sir:-
The writer takes both the liberty and the pleasure of addressing to yourself the first "Metered Mail" letter despatched in Canada.
I wish to take this opportunity of thanking you for the consideration you have given the subject of "Metered Mail" as a progressive step both in postal development and in making possible it's introduction into this country.
On behalf of the "Metered Mail" system, the writer places the full service of the organization at your disposal and looks forward to the general adoption or th6 system by business houses throUghout the country and-the Consequent benefit to the Post Office Department in increasing the efficiency of it's mailing operations.
I am Sir.,
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TYPE I - PITNEY-BONES MODEL M METER INDICIA
CODE: V = value, C = color, F = in full, F. = infuil with dot, T = time COLOR: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, BLack, Violet
4033 1 R 15 1.2 TORONTO F. Can Gen Elec BLANK tall 15 4033 1 R 15 1.2 TORONTO F. Can Gen Elec JAN21/7/1932 small 15 4033 1 R 332 1.2 TORONTO F Babson Report JUL20/1936 OCTIB/1939 4033 1 R 0 1.3 TORONTO F Crown Life BLANK 4034 3 6 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Toronto Star 1925 MAY18/T/1926 4034 3 R 1 1.2 WINDSOR ONT. Ford JAN13/T/1924 DEC19/T/1933WALKERVIL 4034 3 R 82 1.2 TORONTO F Canada Life OCT4/T/1934 4034 3 6 315 1.2 TORONTO F. Prudential Trust DEC31/1935 4035 3 3 1.2 MONTREAL Bell Tel Co 4035 3 R 2 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Winnipeg Electric SEP15/T/1931 4035 3 6 315 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Prudential Trust SEP30/1936 4035 3 R 14 1,2 TORONTO F F.W. Woolworth APR16/T/1937 4036 3 2 1.2 REGINA Saskatchewan Pool Elev 4036 3 R I 1.2 ? 4036 3 R 0 1.3 WINNIPEG F Manitoba Pool Elev 1936 4036 3 6 1 1.2 VICTORIA F Govt of B.C. DEC16/1931 4037 2 5 1 1.2 LONDON ONT. Bell Tel Co MAR2/T/1926 JUL1B/T/1930 4038 2 6 7 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bell Tel Co APR4/T/1927 OCT281T/1932 4039 2 1 1.2 EDMONTON Govt of Alberta 1926 4039 2 R 476 1.2 TORONTO F. Bell Tel Co AUG25/1936 193B/MAR11 4040 1 Y 7 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bell Tel Co BLANK (1932) 4040 1 R 3 1.2 NTM Goodyear BLANK 4040 1 Y 3 1.2 NTM Goodyear BLANK 4041 1 Y 1 1.2 REGINA SASK. Sask Pool Elev BLANK 4041 1 4 1.2 OTTAWA Mowat & McGillivray 4041 1 R 168 1.2 TORONTO F Bell Tel Co BLANK 4041 1 327 1.2 TORONTO BLANK 4041 1 WINNIPEG Manitoba Wheat Pool 1932 4042 1 1 1.2 LONDON ONT. Bell Tel Co 4042 1 6 0 1.3 QUEBEC P.O. Govt of Quebec BLANK 4042 1 Y 3 1.2 NTM Goodyear BLANK 4042 1 R 253 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Crown Life BLANK MAR4/1936 4042 1 R 0 1.3 TORONTO ONT. Crown Life BLANK 4043 3 1 1.2 REGINA Bask Pool Elev 4043 3 R 8 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. Traders Finance 1932 4043 3 R 1 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. T. Eaton Co NOV9/T/1934 MAR16/1938/T 4043 3 R 8 1.2 WINNIPEG MAN. MAR14/T/1935 JAN10/1939/I 4044 3 6 16 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Govt of Ont. NOV4/T/1931 FEB14/T/1933HOUSE OF 4044 3 R 1 1.2 EDMONTON F Govt of Alberta DEC3/1936/T 4044 3 R 1 1.2 EDMONTON ALTA. Govt of Alberta MAY27/T/1926 4044 3 R 1 1.2 CALGARY F Alberta Wheat Pool 1936 4045 3 R 1 1.2 LONDON ONT. Bell Tel Co AUG31/7/1925 ,AY31/T/1926 4045 3 6 0 1.3 WINNIPEG MAN. Man Tel System T/FEB16/1932 4045 3 R 0 1.3 MONTREAL F Greenshields-Nodgins JUN12/1936 JUN21/1938 4046 3 R 7 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Bell Tel Co MAY1/T/1926 4046 3 R 2 1.2 REGINA F Sask Pool Elev APR7/1935/T 4046 3 V 1 1.2 VICTORIA F Govt of B.C. AU624/1939 4046 3 R 1 1.2 VICTORIA F Govt of B.C. APR12/1937 NOVB/1938 4046 3 R 0 1.3 MONTREAL P.Q. Nesbitt, Thompson SEP15/T/1931 4046 3 R 45 1.2 MONTREAL P.Q. Nesbitt, Thompson JAN31/1933 4046 3 R 5 1.2 TORONTO F 6.M.A.C. T/NOY12/1936 4047 2 G 18 1.2 TORONTO F. Traders Finance SEP21/1930 4047 2 5 12 1.2 TORONTO Can Gen Elec 4047 2 6 75 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Consumers Gas OCTI8/T/1935 4048 2 6 8 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Simpsins MAR20/T/1926 JANE/T/1931 4048 2 R 8 1.2 TORONTO ONT. Simpsons MAR2/T/1931 OCT20/T/1932
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List of Members
1, Ross W.Irwin,P0 Box 1263,GUELPH ON,N1H 6N6 2, David Cooper,PO Box 2372 Stn P,THUNDER BAY ON,P7B 5E9 3, M.L. Brown, PO Box 628, UNITY SK, Silk:: 4L0 4, Alan Draves ! PO Box 2009,CRIDERSVILLE OH,45806 USA 5, David E. Crotty,31 Woodside,PLEASANT RIDGE MI,48069 USA 6, E.J. Botwright,155 Balsam Crec,NORTH BAY ON,P1B 6M2 7, Clayton Rubec,488 Athlone Ave,OTTAWA ON,K1Z 5M8 8, Rick Stambaugh,12 Rutgers Dr,TINTON• FALLS NJ,07724 USA 9, Yvon Thibeault,CP 406,COURCELETTE OC,GOA 1R0 10, Taras Cheberiak,61 Haultain Crec,REGINA SK,S4S 4B4 11, Dick Staecker,384 Regal Dr,LONDON ON,N5Y 1J7 12, W.D. Whitehouse,2427 Greenfield Ave,KAMLOOPS BC,V2B 4P6 13, Marcel Longpre,220 rue Martigny,REPENTIGNY (DIC,J6A 1S8 14, Robert A. Haslewood,4416 Harvard Ave,MONTREAL OC,H4A 2X1 15, Peter R. Kennedy,70 Truman Rd,WILLOWDALE ON,M2L 2L6 16, Robert McGuinness,1170 Kings Ave,WEST VANCOUVER BC,V7T 2C3 17, Robert G. Moore,77 Metcalfe St,St THOMAS ON,N5R 3K6 18, Ernest J. Roscoe,110 So Eli St,SALMON ID,83467 USA 19, Ernest Merrikin,P0 Box 984,MORRISBURG ON,KOC 1X0 20, Gabriel Pustel,PO Box 1345,JACKSON NJ,08527 USA -- 21, Jean-Guy Dalpe,352 Roy-Audy,BOUCHERVILLE OC,J4B 1C8 22, Jack Brandt,1006 727 - 6th Ave SW,CALGARY AB,T2P OV1 23, Frederick M. Jeffery,602 Corbett St,HAMILTON ON,LBH 6V1 24, Edwin S. Lapham,PO Box 185,WADING RIVER NY,11792 USA • 25, Philip Wharkon,P0 Box 183,WATERFORD ON,NOE 1Y0 26, Normand Chevrier,12-205 des Enclaves,MONTREAL OC,'H3M 2W2 27, Jean Lalonde,408 Tessier,LACHUTE QC,JBH 1E1 28, Owen L. White,P0 Box 860 Stn K,TORONTO ON,M4P 2H2 29, Fred L. Arseneau, 2491 Yarmouth Crec., OAKVILLE, ON,L6L 2M9 30, Marcel Cool, PO Box 278, CHATEAUQUAY OC,J6J 4Z6
31, Ron Kitchen, 1387 Pearl St., Ottawa ON,K1T 106 32, W.H. Rawlings, 835 Wildwood P1., West Vancouver BC, V7S 1P2
Alan Draves, PO Box 2009, Cridersville, OH, 45806, still has metered town lists for Canada at $1 . 00 (US). He has offered to supply updates if I print them. Seems as if this is a good idea since most collectors keep an eye out for new items.
ICANADA g. a*,
002.54 711" 88.04.19 [ C
HALIFAX N. S... 004 75 1 1 N 3000041
(Meter Stamp Society Bulletin, No. 200, page 1, Summer 1988)
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Canada Meter StdM Newsletter
No. 21 FALL 1988
Editor: Ross W. Irwin, PO Box 1263, Guelph, ON, N1H 6N6
Assoc Editor: Dave Cooper, PO Box 2372,Thunder Bay "P",ON, P7B 5E9
EDITORS' NOTES
I want to thank members who send me short notes, items of correction or addition, and otherwise being very helpful. Should the item not appear in the next issue don't be disappointed. These important items -all go in the "Newsletter file" and will certainly be used -so keep writing.
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It also seems that our listing of Type 1 is stalled - nor because it isn't done, but because other important items have displaced it. This series will be completed and I want to thank those members who sent me additions and changes for the list. I am keeping these and will make all the changes at one time when the series is completed.
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Did you know there are fewer Type 2 postage meter impressions than there are 12 penny black postage stamps. The 12d lists at $100,000 on cover!!!
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Hans Reiche writes a column in Canadian Philatelist. I quote from the June issue:
"We wonder what collectors will have to say about the new plan by our "well beloved" Canada Post Corp. to have all parcels which do not have postage paid by postage meter to be a higher fee. Any parcel carrying stamps would be charged an additional amount. One wonders how long it will take before this procedure may be adopted on letters as well."
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The strange item on page 20.18 which the Associate Editor reproduced from the MSS Bulletin 200 has been hard to track down. I still do not have a personal copy but with some luck I hope to use one on your Newsletter cover.
The item comes from Canada Post. Canada Post is establishing franchise operations in major centres - much like a sub-post office. This move is what the postal unions have been fighting. The franchise is guaranteed a specific market area within which no one else will be permitted to sell stamps unless authorized by the franchisee. The cost of a franchise is high; however, one major part of the cost ($18,000) is the "cash register system" which generated the label shown in the last issue. The indicia contained the total postage paid, serial number of the machine, and the franchise office number.
The "system" is the heart of the franchise operation. It is actually a computerized accounting system. The old sub-post offices kept their revenue in coffee cans, etc. and balanced the books daily. The new cash register system is the main attraction for franchise operations because the labour input and bookkeeping is almost zero. Every transaction, such as the sale of a single is stamp, or a complicated transaction such as a registered special delivery parcel, must be entered in the system. A monthly balance is determined by pressing one key of the audit system.
One option in the system is the production of a peelable tape from the computer dot matrix printer to apply to parcels and covers. This is what I hope to obtain for you. The system is a NIXDORF (hence the "N" in the serial) which was developed in Switzerland but is now manufactured in the U.K.
The first installation in Toronto was in August 1988, although they were placed in eastern and western Canada before this date. There are three installations in the Toronto area. Check with your local district office for locations in your area.
There are two franchise operations in the Halifax area. One is at the Dartmouth Mall and the other near Bedford. When I was in the city I read that one was to close due to lack of business. I did not obtain a copy of the label.
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Are there projects started in previous Newsletters that you feel should be completed? What are they? Who can do it?
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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBER
C. Clifton Oberlin, 45 Albion St.,#410, Brantford, ON, N3T 6A2
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PARTIAL LISTING OF POSTAL RATES FROM 1923 TO 1968
DATE SINGLE LETTER POST CARD AIR MAIL PRINTED MATTER
LDUBF DUBE D U F D U B F
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Special delivery rate reduced from 20 to 10 cents 3 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 7 7 15 -7 .,.. -7 ..,_ -7 .,_ -7 .,_ 4 5 5 5 10 4 4 4 6 7 8 .z. ..z, •. ..zg - 6 .6 6 12 6 6 6 7 - 10 ,..) 5 ,.) 5 5 ,J t7 6 Registration fee was 10c in 1923, increased to 20c in 1951 and to 50c in 1967. Added to basic postage rate.
Rates after 1968 become quite varied depending on the type of mail.
A few of the common rates are included here for reference.
1/7/71 7 7 15 1/1/72 8 8 15 1/9/76 10 10 20 L - Local or "drop letter" 1/3/77 12 12 25 D - Single rate domestic 1/4/78 14 14 30 U - Single rate to U.S. 1/4/79 17 17 35 B - Single rate to U.K., etc 1/1/82 30 35 60 F - Single rate to UPU
15/1/83 32 37 64 • 24/6/85 34 39 68 1/4/87 36 41 72 1/1/88 37 43 74 1/1/89 38 44 76
Ed Lapham suggested we do such a table. The value of it is to determine the postal use of an indicia and when the rates changed. Double rates are not included here.
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12, C.T 19 42 8 4- -n\
Vss, AMOUNT PAID C-V 9 337—Ti.P.
Wilfred Whitehouse sent in the above cover stating "seems a bit odd". My limited knowledge of US meters would classify it as P(GA)2c. have no idea of its rarity.
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CATALOG SHEETS
I am not happy with the Type 3 catalog sheets in this issue and after hearing from you we may redo them. It seems to me that the SPECIMEN probably does not exist and needs to be eliminated. don't consider a rubber stamp addition as a specimen. It should be printed as part of the indicia. Also, there are a number of small machine varieties and operator varieties. The machine variety is where a figure of date has failed to be cut and it leaves a blank rectangle. This is not a constant variety, just poor quality control. What do you think? Again, in the datemark, when the day or month is left blank is it a variety? I tend to think it may be inasmuch as postal regulations specified that the day should not be included in the printed matter category as this type of mail is often delayed and they don't want people to know by how much. This is a bit different than the many loose type varieties in Type 1. have included those I know about but could be persuaded to leave them out.
Legris,in his Addendum to his catalog, lists values used for Type 3. His list is really strange, and in my view most don't exist.The values I have found in my collection are as follows:
Type 3.1 - - 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 12 Type 3.2 - - 3 Type 3.3 - - 1, 2, 3, 5 Type 3.4 - 1, 2, 3, 5
I don't own the reported 6 and 25 cent values. Can you add to this?
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You may notice some catalog changes (from my catalog) as we CIO
along. These are to correct the original work. I assume that the first issue is the basic type, whether single or many copies by year of issue.
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Ron Kitchen sent in the following print and asked whether I had seen a PB Model R impression with only two arcs, and not a complete circle. In actual fact this is a factory error. There is a complete circle however in making the die the print face was not recessed or ground off enough and left the town and province high which does not permit the circle to print. It is really not a catalooable variety, but could be saved as an error.
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Ron Kitchen took a picture of the CMSG resurrection meeting at CAPEX. Shown are Dave Cooper on the left. Smiling in the centre, after showing us his : ' buys", is Leland Brown. The editor (in his
used car salemans' coat) appears particularly happy, but I can't
think why.
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Hint: When reporting meter indicia dimensions always measure the townmark vertically, and to the inside of the circle. Report the value to the closest millimetre, although we must recognize that most older meters were built using inches (probably to the closest 1/32 in.). The covers often slip which elongates the indicia, or sometimes it shrinks it hence the reason for the vertical measurements.
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The new towns-were submitted by Alan Draves, with our thanks. TL-- -must be Quite a few new ones for you to reoort. I have tha following to add:
NORTH YORK ONT 607821 DANIEL'S HARBOUR NFLD 854476 This has the (') BERWYN ALTA H2002596 KUUJJUAK Pa 656228 (This is the new name for Fort
Chimp, the most northerly PO in Quebec)
ADDITIONS TO THE CANADA TOWN LIST
These are additions to the most recent printing of the Canada Town List (labeled "Thru MSS Bul. 191"). These additions are also listed in Meter Stamp Society Bulletins 194, 196, and 200.
ALTA CAROLINE DELBURNE HYTHE INNISFREE LA CRETE SPIRIT RIVER STANDARD TILLEY
BC EDGEWOOD FIELD HARRISON MILLS
NB ALMA CHARLO RIVER GLADE STANLEY YOUNGS COVE ROAD
NFLD HAWKES BAY TOPSAIL
NWT ALERT ESKIMO POINT RAE
ONT BEACHVILLE BINBROOK BOTHWELL BYRON COPE TOWN DORSET MIDHURST NORTH YORK OIL SPRINGS SOUTH WOODSLEE SPRINGFIELD VARS VIRGINIATOWN
PQ BELLEFEUILLE CAP-A-L'AIGLE DU BON CONSEIL KOUJJUAQ MASCOUCHE
HEIGHTS NEW RICHMOND
STATION PERKINS RADISSON ST-ALEXIS
DES MONTS ST-AUGUSTIN-DE-
DESMAURES ST-SIMON SHAWINIGAN-SUD VILLE ST ANTOINE
SASK ABERNETHY ALIDA BELLEGARDE BORDEN BROCK BULYEA CREELMAN DODSLAND EDAM FOX VALLEY GLENAVON GRAYSON I NVERMAY LEOVILLE MARSHALL MAYMONT NOKOMIS RICHARDSON RUSH LAKE ST-DENIS ST-GREGOR ST-LOUIS SENLAC SPY HILL STOCKHOLM TOGO TUGASKE VIBANK WASECA WELWYN WISHART
Please make the following corrections to the Canada Town List: Change Hauterive-Sac PQ to HAUTERIVE-SAG Change St-Nicholas Est PQ to ST-NICOLAS EST Change Englefield SASK to ENGLEFELD
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Please report any new Canada towns to: Alan Draves, P.O. Box 2009, Cridersville OH 45806.
Please include the EXACT spelling of town as shown in the town circle, and meter number (if legible) in all reports.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
The Canada Town List is available from Alan Draves, P.O. Box 2009, Cridersville OH 45806. The price is $1.00 U.S. or $1.25 Canadian, postpai
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CMSG METER CATALOG
Type Indicla Remarks
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Basic type - TM OD23 ID17 letters 2.5; DM - D M Y, M in RN 3 high; RATE FRAME-- 25x21.5; VALUE - 4 high; CENTS B long, serial 2.4 high; setting 25; overall 7 METER above CENTS
1 CENT 1
197
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4..) „-- ..---------.
METER
. F'rovince abbreviated -■-.1 7 .- . 0 :cr:riTs
:---,9sTAde___.
3.1.4
..
cANA D4
No TM - (3rd Class Mail)
...
....-----,
METER
2 CENTS
....2E1... IZTiket
3.1.5
.
..-,.__ .;-. 1 F---N ti 0., 4-
in JUN22'33 °
/1/rAil\
‘--c-iktiAw; ,---..... DM as Type 5 - MDY
METER
3 CENTS 3
! ..2".7....., POSTAGE
3.1.6
4''Y -(
4 E 31
4---_,-4,
e./k- €
\.....,NETE .2 ( Error: 1 CENTS (634) 1 CENTS 1
6:14-
13‘..—OST4GC•
21.7
CMSG METER CATALOG
Typo IndIola Remarks
3.1.7
70, \ .
( 30 VI 3 ILfi-;
r-5 (..'.- --/- t: Value liinter print (1447)
3.1.8 II
i.4 VI 3
'k_ _../ . ' \\OfrA scp
,------. METER ,,,„ •—_____17., s
Large TM ® OD25 1D17 ,
rE ti Tn --;--- ;
1459 ...........
fl----OSTP..,r3C-
3.2.7
c NN AD4
CENTS 9 mm long
Nqi ,„ itt,,, A.4 ----i ;,,,, fftmomplunr
0
4 is Oirr-T , 0 rcx .
' 1.1 T Ai0c)
. .-------.---. METRE.
°CENTS 3 612
POSTAL( ..._
21.8
CMSG METER CATALOG
Type Indlcla Remarks
•
3.2
koN,..
7 :)
5 X 31
,c,,,__ 0 'v r A-ck \
•
c,P,AG:---rf.\ Basic tyme as 3.1 except METRE in rate -Frame above CENTS. Machine number 2.
e--------N METRE
3 CENTS ..3 11-2
P-----1„ OST k9_,..,v
3.2.1
c,""jdr<V/, tbC17----'11‘
23 V 35
<l' • ----------/ 417A 110
4 .4
GAS D4 .....
N A............
MUM Broken inner circle in TM
,1426. s,__,' -OST tat
3. 2. 2
4\T-0;e: ,... ---- ... 4 • 7 / ,z7,-. \.
20 IL 33
SUE •
cPNADA „_____,
Province abbreviated MiTHE
3 CENiS 3 798 „4.. ...-•
r'OSTA,Gt
3.2.3
- :iN I L
FEU 1B'3`
0 ' 111-/"-
.
CANA04
METRE DM as Type 5 -® MDY
. , 14-46.
/-----ji. STA.G ----
3.2.4
. ,-......r.
A...op
• - _
- ,_...
-
_
- OM AD4 ,-----, METRE
No TM - (3rd Class Mail) : giOnE10
3.2.5
--:Nrc-3--
Y''''' c4\
23 XI 33
;g"I /VITO-
cANA74 mum
— il Large TM - 0D25 1D17 3CENTS 1'
_2076 /3----15_. am,- -
3. 2. 6 oN 0
cNNAD4 ...-------.. METRE
CENTS 10 mm l ong
i'-, N ' o
19 X 31
7- A?, '
F EW 'm
0C.ENT __% 612
t:,— t °STAG
21.9
CMSG METER CATALOG
Type IndIsla Remarks
3.3
Basic type as 3.1 except "M" before machine number
Af cANA/24 0 METER
3 VII 2S Etam4P3 0 him ilirAil
o ArbiTat
3.3.1
UP
0A73-A, 0AD4
xv,-----„No ...--------....
METER Broken circle in TM
23 X 30
/:AD M 38C
41 rA. c0i.—_-4
1- STAGY-
3.3.2
1- i , OMAN ..-------..., METER
15 XI 32 Ms886
ONIC
Arfga
Province abbreviate d
3.3.3
‘,AIL cANAD4 .--------, METER
IXT20'-33 DM as Type 5 ® MDY
M454
'TSTAGt
3.3.4
'-,
Error: 1 CENTS
3.3.5
_
f- 1 /---.. ' .- Di 6 4-:, 'z.- .---—=,' ,\
,..:/ ̀<?`„ METER
( ‘ \
VI 31 ) 1 ca 1
\,c)\ 4 / M712
..<. (z
Day omitted in DM (Printed Matter)
3.3.6 .-gl(\ 3E1 Vii a i
mgo9 ,-..___...., ._,
Year uncut in DM
POSTAA
21.10
CMSG METER CATALOG
Type I n dlcla Remark s
3.3.7
OMAN „..---,.
No TM (3rd Class Mail)
METER
9 CENTS 2 eq.;.F.Ji
k) ,7 74
3.3.8
\ 7 ------z,-.., ..---=,.',., cloAo4 -57 ,
:Z- c--\\ METER
Month only in TM IV I 1 CENT 1 M560
3.3.9
4., cji.NAD4- METER
Large TM - 0D25 1D17 -5 II 31 2 CENTS
)\\____,,,, e M625 -*' „ -'- eiRLDP. %......__„,
2
POSTAGt
"Built—Not Stuffed" Earliest Slogan Ostermoor
Mattress .
CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION POSTAL EXHIBIT
SPECIMEN ONLY
I 16 1X 21 2 CENTS Nisia
1 21.11
CMSG METER CATALOG
Type !petiole Remarks
3.4 Basic type as 3.2 except "M" before machine number
ck 0 N 0
-8 X 28 • 0
cANAN ...------,
METRE i.---...,
5 CENTS b
M184.3°
/3"-------°'0•S ACIt VO
3.4.1
F % 1- ..:1 .'" , F --,,: tio .;''...
7,79 X 28'=.
NTA9N
Broken inner circle
...
OMAN 4,...-------,
METRE
2 CENTS 2 MMMI
A`suAt
3.4.2 . DM as Type 5 - MDY
OSIA -041 ..------.
METRE
...—J
AUG 15 1 31
T.,iR
2 CENTS A m143,1
it.. JP
3.4.3
:arti I, . r .
22 Xli 34
Ce.MOtt Sant '
,<;,. COI
- , m'' - .
1""'-§ticri r
Province abbreviated
---___-
3.4.4
_ ------,„ ckii/1404- )
No TM (3rd Class Mail)
;7"... , METTE
--\,-. _ / i'r
M470
— k ------IsTAG
.---------,, METRE
F firs-, 1
MI,VO 1—______, i—osTAGt.
3.4.5
,...---
--v,i-..„—„ cam.- , ------,
(7 dr 34)
to,"bk4 ,--------, METCf'
Large town letters C;ArS )1
3.4.6
..... ........tia..4 4.7. v..". s-atuttett
ton 't . 0.19-rr:71
11,7 cFrAll. 'oitttc- _i , .
19 Xil 31 o\,_______A)
11/ r \ ,__.
cANA0,4 ....---... METRE
Tall, 2mm, machine number
/3-----Ir 0 ST Am AGE
21.12
A 0 . 0 0 to,
METER colenue Itb 330938 to
4'CANADA POSTAGE, POSTF51.440.
t's n
V":71 E E
•
CINDERELLA "FINDS" ON MY TRIP EAST THIS SUMMER
.c.*/ C I
4;r I I IV 17 :33 oritoop
mnsui 000000
Pitney Bowes SPECIMEN but with the factory QUALITY CONTROL TEST slug which is usually no available in sales offices.
*CANADA.!►
P
T 000 S j T
5
METER POSTALIA ,COMPTEUR 40 2 06 8
The old Postalia is still being sold. They market two types of meters.
Irdeenntonni* her. rrtirinn1"111-
fkatied PersIs CI of
jr, 1981 \\ K
I 11
I
1:41&
• I° "1,1? ;Of
,A. Q.292 1! .," g5.ryq -
r
T • At" raCifil E „nt-
100114 "---.. ...1•••••••
Another Postalia which didn't work that well.
FIRST IN
ELECTRONIC MAIL
MANAGEMENT •
The Model 9215 Friden meter impression.
— —
Automate
with
FRIDEN
Model 9225 Friden meter impression
.1 1 — la. f
Hifi 11
132, 7.• i; ;; e,:?
A e>.
'47.•• 0 0 0 ",; c-)
c!!?
Friden Parcel Register impression
21.13
F41.
2 VI
Roneo Neopost still sold
Friden Parcel Register, note the date and the US impression
There are also several forms of gummed tapes for parcels. I show front and back and how they are used.
CAUTION U.S. POSTAL REGULATIONS PART 144—POSTAGE METER AND METER STAMPS
Regulation Number 144.44---rMeter Stamps on Tape. "When meter stamps are printed on tape, only tape approved by
the Postal Service may be used."
The enclosed pressure sensitive material is certified to be in compliance with the above as defined under Federal Specifications UU-T-1331A dated 6-10-76.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Designed for all models of Mailing Equipment, For Service, Supplies and New Equipment, look in the yellow pages under "Mailing Machines & Equipment" for Friden or F.M.E. Corp-oration.
f.m.o. corporation
en mating equipment
POSTAGE METER TAPES PART NO, FOR ALL MODELS OF MAILING MACHINES 7449704
THIS SHEET GOOD FOR TWO POSTAGE TAPES
POSTAGE METER TAPES PART NO. 7456593
CAUTION! U.S. POSTAL Regulation Number 144.44-Requires-"When meter stamps are printed on tape, only tape approved by the Postal
ice may be used". This pressure sensitive materiaL4s* — certified-la be.insompliance with the agave es defined
under Federal SpeCrfitat1cmstlUtT:1331A dated 6/10/76.
ffidenAcatel Ein CORPORATE OFFICE HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA 94544
21.14
CARTE POSTALE
POSTKARTE
CARTOL/NA POSTALE
ELVET1A
00.10
14, Tamntiac k
Onto 1F 3.Y,:11
Candda
'THIS COVER HAS THREE FORMS OF POSTAGE PRINTED ENVELOPE — .40 + .10f POSTAGE STAMP — .35f A FORM OF METER — .15f
TYPE 3 — TOWN LIST
(Note: Province
HALIFAX TRURO N.S. MONTREAL SHERBROOKE CORNWALL LONDON ONT. PETERBORO WATERLOO SASKATOON VANCOUVER
is in full except
KENTVILLE FREDERICTON N.B. MONTREAL QUE. TROIS RIVIERES HAMILTON OTTAWA RENFREW WAWANESA CALGARY No town mark
as noted.)
SYDNEY SAINT JOHN QUEBEC BRANTFORD HAMILTON ONT. OTTAWA ONT. STRATFORD ONT. WINNIPEG EDMONTON
TRURO GRANBY QUEBEC P.Q. BROCKVILLE KITCHENER PARIS TORONTO REGINA TRAIL
Earliest Type 3 seen - January 3, 1927 on 543 Latest Type 3 seen - February 17, 1938 on 1459 (I have a March 9, 1941 but think it is an operator error for 1931)
21.15
Review of METERED MAIL by Ross W. Irwin. By E. J. Roscoe.
Privately published by the author, PO Box 1263, Guelph, ON, N1H 6N6, 1986. Price $5.00.
This 8.5 in. x 5.5 in. spiral bound 102 unnumbered page book is a reprinting of the author's columns appearing in Canadian Stamp News between Oct. 3, 1977 and February 1981. The columns appear in chronological order but not all have dates.
The scope covers a wide range of subjects. Included is much information on the general history of metered mail, usage of meters in Canada, the meter models used and corresponding indicia, slogans, effect of rate changes, postal directives, official mail, coin-o-post (mailomats), and other special aspects of metered mail.
The author is Prof. of Agricultural Engineering, University of Guelph. He relates that he became interested in metered mail in 1967 as a result of becoming dissatisfied with the Canadian issuance of adhesives, a not too unfamiliar story in the US.
Irwin's Canadian Postage Meter Catalogue was published in 1972, with a revised edition appearing in 1975. His system of classifying Canadian meter stamps has become the standard for Canadian indicia. The present work constitutes an invaluable handbook to Canadian metered mail and an excellent adjunct to his catalog.
FREE CLASSIFIED SECTION FOR YOUR USE
Attached to this Newsletter is my advertisement. A number of special covers which I offer at the prices .shown. These will be sold on the basis of when I receive an order. Some are si ngl es, some are more numerous.
I require the following machine numbers in Type 3. Will exchange for any you need. 197, 336, 337, 346, 363, 363, 379, 453, 466, 487, 501, 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, 508, 510, 511, 542, 545, 556, 558, 560, 570, 576, 605, 621, 627, 631, 635, 668, 681, 706, 719, 722, 731, 734, 786, 807, 811, 827, 893, 897, 902, 906, 908, 914, 917, 924, 926, 927, 928, 1428, 1438, 1441, 1445, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Ross W. Irwin 21.16
C° 61,z
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HELP THE BLIND
Hr. K.C. Dalglish, Canadian Postage Meters & m/c5. Co.
l7 Wellington Street West, TORONTO,
C A N A DA
o• "
FIRST-DAY COVER
Commemorating the first general
I ublic of of a 'coin letter box in Ottawa, Canada, installed
for official test in Postal Station B
February 3. 1044.
This is one of a "limited edition"
of 1,000 commemorative first-clay envelopes, prepared especially for
the installation ceremony.
let' ,
• The N IA ILO:, IAT
RC rC,1, -"Ab';
. 04 c 101i)
sApi
8-4 4001 102 SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
Mr. K. C. Dalglish, Vice-President, Canadian Postage Meters Limited, 101 King Street West, Toronto 1, Ontario.
PQ PITNEY-BOWES OF CANADA, LTD
AT POINT OP MAILING —
HRST OFFICIAL 11 AIRMAIL
JETLINER, TORONTO
NEW YOkK )
vr.r. W. H. Wheeler, Jr., President, Pitney-Bowes, Inc., Stamford, Conn., U. S. A.
P itr_ey -Bovv-es INC .
a marl: of product
excellence-a pledge
of postal service
FIRST DAY COVER Inaugural operation of the Pitney-Bowes
Automatic Letter Sorter in the United
States Postal Service at the City Post
Office, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1960
Mr. K. C. Dalglish, President Pitney-Bowes of Canada Ltd. 909 Yonge Street Toronto 5, Ontario
El PITNEY-BOWES OF CANADA, LTD,
AT POINT OF TRAILING
',- 7;14ii ifi IX'51. 2/0irR 0 ,'
WE;H:r, 4, ', I 00:1;
E ) i
FIRST DRY COVER traded ise. Ode
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION
Mr. K. C. Dalglish Vice-President & Gon oral Manager Pitney-Bowes of Canada, Ltd. 181 King Street West Toronto 1, Ontario.
ID
-CORONAT1 c:7( (_-.evw
SOVENIR.COWR :14ETEFIED
Coronation of 47> Hot Majarty
.0teceirYd e4 If
rT2grneids ror Pe ul s e"
juarwu CLAI IIIMS R
EDAM TON] 11 fl nil
I
ANADA 57 1 di/CI e‘s s
‘s'al Posta ' nion
BRUIT) U{INEI
FIRST DAY ,Natiolls
METER STAMP
14 X '57
0 2
7-0\c'cIZZP.0 ' E 7*(151 1 . 145751
r- -...„.3.:21/1=1 0 4:4 i
anP10.511V, 5 METEGInpi, E
z ::.,... 7. * 051
F 151117 L,-....-.._"-,-IS
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
UNITED NATIONS POSTAGE
