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Ottawa Dead Letter Office Handstamps 1872 to 1950
Gary W. Steele

This five-frame exhibit shows the evolution of the handstamps - small and large circular, oval, and rectangular - used by the Ottawa Dead Letter Office from 1872 to 1950.

Dead Letter Office Wax Seals & Boxed Registration Handstamps
Gary W. Steele

This exhibit studies the Dead Letter Office (DLO) Wax Seals and Boxed Registration handstamps used only on registered Canadian DLO return envelopes. The exhibit includes several previously unknown, unreported, earliest and latest reported dates.

The Victoria Post Office and Undeliverable Mail 1874 - 1925
Brian C. Plain

This exhibit shows the handling of undelivered mail by the Victoria post office from 1874 to the discontinuance of the service in the mid-1920s. A variety of posted items, date stamps and regulatory markings illustrate the activity of this office.