I love the giant perogy from Glendon! I drove through there once, specifically to photograph the perogy, maybe I’ll find that long-lost photo somewhere, make a postcard, and send it to get cancelled (I’d love to make a maxicard out of it but have no idea if there has ever been a series of roadside attraction stamps from Canada Post).
I’m not sure even looking closely, but the left one may be the walking bridge to St. Boniface.
The right one (Red River settlement) possibly a york boat
I also received an email from someone in Dawson City (ah the northern territory!), saying they no longer carry an aircraft cancel but have these available (all in blue ink, interesting!):
Does anyone know whose symbol that maple leaf shape in the London’s pictorial cancels is? It looks like a crown in the middle, with ‘ROYAL CANADIANS’ inscribed at the bottom. Is it the symbol of a certain crown cooperation?
Edited: The band or orchestra formed by Guy Lombardo is called ‘Royal Canadians’, and this seems to be their logo.
They are more or less permanent – While I can’t tell how long a design typically lasts, many of the 20-year-old cancels listed on Stamp Raider’s blog are no longer available. So I would say they probably last 10-20 years, no more.
This means that if you want to get the Digby cancel, you should act quickly. Also, mail delivery to that part of the country is very slow, if you are aiming for the postmark of a particular day (like 8 August, which is International Cat Day), you may need to send your request 1-2 months ahead of the schedule.
Thank you for the info! Do you mean 1-2 months earlier to allow for international travel times, or 1-2 months sooner than what you’d normally send a piece of mail destined for another area of Canada (so like 2.5-3.5 months before the postmarking date, from Australia)?
I mean 1-2 months sooner than what you would normally send a mail destined for another area of Canada (so yeah, 2.5 months before the postmarking date).
My mail sent from Montreal (QC) to Digby (NS) arrived a week later than what’s normal for mail sent within Canada.