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Canadian Postal Museum (CMC) fonds [philatelic record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1981-1990.

Reference:

R4665-0-0-E

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

164417

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Canadian Postal Museum (CMC) fonds
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Date(s):

1981-1990.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 postal covers
4 postal markings.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of four postal markings: two museum's "flag" cancellations, 24 September 1981, on postally unused Canada Post / National Postal Museum; two National Postal Museum Klussendorf flag cancellations, 3 April 1986 on index cards.

Fonds also contains five commemorative covers issued by the National Postal Museum on the occasion of the official opening of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 29 June 1989; one Canada Post Corporation first day of issue cover for the "Ceremonial Frontlet" postage stamp, date cancelled 89-06-29.

Fonds also contains four souvenir covers postmarked May 24, 1990 by the National Postal Museum during the opening of exhibition "Stamps of the World - Chinese Images". These cancellations were applied to Canada Post Corporation official Norman Bethune first day covers issued March 2, 1990.

Provenance:

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National Postal Museum (Canada)

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National Postal Museum (Canada) : The National Postal Museum was officially opened on September 27, 1974, as part of the Post Office Department and, later, as part of Corporate Communications, Canada Post Corporation. As part of its overall mandate and commitment to the development of philately and the study of postal history, the National Postal Museum maintained philatelic items, postal covers, artifacts, and other equipment, a research library and the national stamp collection. In 1988, part of the Museum's holdings, predominantly the philatelic records and the library, were transferred to the National Archives of Canada to become the Canadian Postal Archives. Other parts of the holdings, predominantly the artifacts, remained with the National Postal Museum, which joined the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the same year. In 1996 the name was changed to the Canadian Postal Museum. The Canadian Postal Museum presented exhibitions and other public programmes at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and circulated programmes to other museums. The Museum closed in 2012.

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Post Office records pulled from their original files and placed in the research files of the National Postal Museum, prior to the shut-down of the museum as a part of Corporate Communications of Canada Post Corporation, can be found The National Postal Museum series (R169-100-8-E) of the Post Office Department fonds (R169-0-4-E). These records were usually arranged by subject (WWI, WWII, UPU, etc.) by the National Postal Museum, and were used to answer enquiries and support in-house research.., Photocopies of correspondence, 1829-1866, collected by the National Postal Museum and transferred to the National Archives in 1979, are available as the National Postal Museum collection (MG55/24-No.81).

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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122-080256-5
1989-328 DAP
1990-164 DAP
1995-075 DAP
89-052
89-061
90-042
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Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1990-164] C53

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1989-328] C7

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1995-075] C84

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Canada Post Corporation
Credit: Library and Archives Canada

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Date modified:: 2024-06-04