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Can anyone tell me the time frame when these cancels were used.?Were these can
cels used in the US as well?
Thanks for any info
Cheryl
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08:02:21pm
A "Way Letter" is one that is received by a letter carrier
or post rider along the way between two postal stations or
offices. It is supposed to be cancelled at the next stop,
or on the carrier's return to the post office.
Yes, that applied to both nations and probably to Canada
and Australia as well.
The carrier or postman would tell the postmaster where it
was picked up and they would figure postage from there
which would be paid by the receiver.
Time frames are in the 1790s or so until the establishment
of the use of postage stamps to prepay the fees, but the
cancel could have been used later.
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Thanks Charlie
Some of our first Post Offices were really Way Offices ...esp along a train route...i know that mail was dropped off on route from one community to another so maybe that is when the cancels were also used The Queen Victoria Canada stamp used would put the time frame after 1867... Anybody else have info ?
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As I recall the original purpose was for when someone,
more of less, flagged down a mail rider between stations,
"along the way" before 1840 in UK and before 1847 in the
USA.The later usage would be a most interesting usage.
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Just found out that the 
WAY LETTER cancel was used for government business between Ottawa and Toronto/ Montreal and Kingston
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Ok members I need help. I have a set of 3 cent Queen Victoria stamps with a circular WAY LETTER cancel.
Can anyone tell me the time frame when these cancels were used.?Were these can
cels used in the US as well?
Thanks for any info
Cheryl
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22 Oct 2019
08:02:21pm
re: WAY LETTER cancellation
A "Way Letter" is one that is received by a letter carrier
or post rider along the way between two postal stations or
offices. It is supposed to be cancelled at the next stop,
or on the carrier's return to the post office.
Yes, that applied to both nations and probably to Canada
and Australia as well.
The carrier or postman would tell the postmaster where it
was picked up and they would figure postage from there
which would be paid by the receiver.
Time frames are in the 1790s or so until the establishment
of the use of postage stamps to prepay the fees, but the
cancel could have been used later.
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09:12:02pm
re: WAY LETTER cancellation
Thanks Charlie
Some of our first Post Offices were really Way Offices ...esp along a train route...i know that mail was dropped off on route from one community to another so maybe that is when the cancels were also used The Queen Victoria Canada stamp used would put the time frame after 1867... Anybody else have info ?
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
23 Oct 2019
12:48:52am
re: WAY LETTER cancellation
As I recall the original purpose was for when someone,
more of less, flagged down a mail rider between stations,
"along the way" before 1840 in UK and before 1847 in the
USA.The later usage would be a most interesting usage.
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07:14:39pm
re: WAY LETTER cancellation
Just found out that the WAY LETTER cancel was used for government business between Ottawa and Toronto/ Montreal and Kingston
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