Friday, June 21, 2013

Toronto "D" Machine Cancellations : 1941 - 1966

 Toronto "D" machine cancellation, July 21, 1941

A machine cancellation with a capital letter "D" positioned  in the centre of a seven wavy line obliterator  was used to cancel letters dropped into the letter slot at Toronto Postal Terminal "A". Stokes, A,H., Machine Cancellations of Toronto,  Canadian Philatelist, Vol. 10,, No. 5,, 1959, p. 194

Although several types of D obliterators were made from 1941 to 1966, only one type appears to have been in use at any given time. The D obliterator types are shown below in chronological order along with brief descriptions.

(A "D" obliterator was also used at Postal Terminal "A", Toronto during the 1930s. Examples are shown in the addendum below) 

 TORONTO "D' CANCELLATIONS

1941

D within broken 4rth wavy line
 
 July 21, 1941

1942

a) Initial State

D within broken 3rd, 4rth and 5th wavy lines

 
 February 1, 1942


b) Tilted D

i)   4o rotation to the right


 

 
 July 24, 1942


ii)   24o rotation to the right



September 8, 1942

1943


D within broken 4th wavy line
Wavy lines not touching the D

 May 3, 1943

 1944

The 1943 obliterator was also used in 1944, but some of the wavy lines sustained damage.


 Left ends of 1st and 7th wavy lines broken


 July 11, 1944

Later in the year, a second section of the 1st wavy line broke off.. This section was located above the D.



 December 15, 1944

1945

Type 4 : 1945 Obliterator
D within broken 4th wavy line
Wavy lines touching the D

 
 July 16, 1945


1946

D within broken 4th wavy line
Wavy lines not touching the D

 April 9, 1946

1947

No example to show


1948

D within broken 4rth wavy line
Wavy lines touching the D
Base of D touching 5th wavy line


May 23, 1948

 1949


  D appears to be serifed
D within broken 4rth wavy line
Wavy lines not touching the D

April 5, 1948


1950 
 A serifed "D" obliterator was introduced in 1950 and was in use until 1966.


Serifed D within broken 3rd, 4rth and 5th wavy lines
 
 May 27, 1950

1950 Dater Hub 

 TORONTO ONTARIO  at top of dater, CANADA at the bottom



 1951

Serifed D obliterator 
September 4, 1951

1951 Dater Hub 


 TORONTO at top and ONTARIO at bottom of dater

1952


Serifed D obliterator 
Mar 25, 1952

 1952 Dater Hub 

"CANADA"  at bottom of 1952 hub, but  smaller letters  for TORONTO ONTARIO than the 1950 hub.


1952 : TORONTO ONTARIO and CANADA same letter size
1953

Serifed D obliterator 
April 5, 1943

1953 Dater Hub 

 1952 hub used in 1953

1954

 Serifed D obliterator
July 14, 1954


1954 Dater Hub
 A new dater hub was used in 1954:

 
  • A comma was inserted between TORONTO and ONTARIO
  • Larger letters used for TORONTO and ONTARIO than the 1952 hub.
  •  Letter size for CANADA unchanged

 1955
 No example to show


1956



1956  Dater Hub 



 1956 dater similar to  1952 dater
No comma between TORONTO and ONTARIO


1957

June 6, 1957


1957 Dater Hub

A new hub appeared in 1957.

 TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA in large letters

1958 - 1965
 No examples to show

 1966
 

Serifed D
September 10, 1966

1966 Dater Hub 


TORONTO at top, ONTARIO at bottom of date


I have not seen a Toronto "D" obliterator used after 1966.


ADDENDUM

Toronto 1930s "D" Obliterators

 

 June 25, 1932




 August 22, 1936