1994 - The Meter Stamp Society

Tile contents of the Newsletters primarily poslage alders, their ue and description. Specialii.cd articles in which postage meters
phy an I ponant pad would include the monumental work of Will Whitehouse a listing about ISO different World War H patriotic slogans.
There s also a very tngthy is-tiny of postage meters iced in the military as well as postage mclcrs used in post offices which have the PO
within he towitmark
Another arcly ignored arca of collecting is that of postage meter ads. Some are postal directives. some arc eharily slogans, some
thematic. ihere is a sloyan for everyone and is an interesting place to begin a coUecdon
Posiage meter, were to pay excise tax on cheques and drafts from 933 to 1953. they welv used to indicate payment of
unemployment insurance from 941 and a tax tin legal documents in Quebec and British Columbia. These are very colleclahle and scarce items.
Some members attempt to ei a meter impression for each town name- - there are a lot of then, now- The newest interest is keeping
a record of the new Nixdort postage labels that are ustxi in Class A Retail Postal Outlets. The ink on the early abels have begun to fade so
we may not have much to collect unless this lose of ink can he contn,lIcd
Menihership in the Canadian Meter Study Group is $7.25 payable to the Treasurer. David Cooper,35 South High St.. Thunder Bay.
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