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First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)
First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)

First post office Commemorated with new stamp, A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide (...)

Date2/16/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: First post office Commemorated with new stamp; A replica of an 1844 Royal mail stage coach stands outside Toronto's first post office at 258 Adelaide St. E. yesterday as a woman puts her mail in the regular 20th century mail box.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011142F
In photo at right, Sylvain Cloutier, chairman of the board of Canada Post unveils the new stamp that will commemorate the first post office. The build(...)
In photo at right, Sylvain Cloutier, chairman of the board of Canada Post unveils the new stamp that will commemorate the first post office. The build(...)
2/16/1987
Mounting pile of mail at the main post office in Toronto is three times as bad as Christmas-any Christmas, a post office spokesman said last night. We(...)
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2/19/1974
Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
Automated sorting. Post office workers sit at consols marking mail with proper postal codes before the machine directs it on its way. The post office (...)
12/4/1975
Copies of correspondence between the Treasury, the Post Office, and the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, from the 4th May 1860 to the 13th June 1861
Copies of correspondence between the Treasury, the Post Office, and the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, from the 4th May 1860 to the 13th June 1861
1861
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
12/12/1973
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
Reading other people's mail is all in the day's work for Marion Hubel, one of 21 persons in the Undeliverable Mail office at the Front Street Post Off(...)
10/22/1974
Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
Post office bargaining, Why July 31 was a critical day in the mail strike/B5
5/4/1977
Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
Back to work, sorters in the main post office start clearing the mountain of mail built up since 281 drivers walked out Thursday to protest delay in c(...)
11/19/1972
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
1954-1966.
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
1954-1966.
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
1954-1966.
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
Canada official postal guide... chief regulations of the Post office, rates of postage and other information, and alphabetical list of post offices in Canada
1954-1966.