How many of us collectors would have a cover in our collection that exemplifies where the Post Office went beyond the call of duty? This cover was posted by a friend of mine in Barrie, Ontario. He had previously picked up some envelopes when visiting. What is remarkable is that the cover was totally unaddressed with no return address. He had forgotten to write my name and address on the cover. The envelope itself was a trial set-up on the press for a similar postal stationery item printed by Conestoga Press which was located at RR1 Thornbury.
From Barrie that envelope was posted to Thornbury, Ontario. Barrie postal clerks had no address to go by, not return address, and yet postage was paid. In years past that letter would have gone to the Dead Letter Office, opened to see if any useful information was available to help in the delivery of that letter. As far as I know we no longer have a Dead Letter Office and the post office leaves it up to the local staff to decide what to do. In this case they simply forwarded the letter to the Stoney Creek processing plant which must have decided to send it to Thornbury because of the postal code in the corner cachet.
So it was definitely passed through the mail.
When it arrived in Thornbury the postal clerks needed to sort the mail but were dumbfounded because of the lack of address. They decided that the best place to deliver it to was my country mailbox at RR1 Thornbury. The Thornbury staff knew me well because of my involvement with the imprinting of postal stationery to promote local post offices.
Six days from Barrie to Thornbury via Stoney Creek for this was not bad at all.
Share with us if you have any interesting covers that went beyond the call of duty. Yes, there are times when the post office really does provide service.
Submitted by Gus K
From Barrie that envelope was posted to Thornbury, Ontario. Barrie postal clerks had no address to go by, not return address, and yet postage was paid. In years past that letter would have gone to the Dead Letter Office, opened to see if any useful information was available to help in the delivery of that letter. As far as I know we no longer have a Dead Letter Office and the post office leaves it up to the local staff to decide what to do. In this case they simply forwarded the letter to the Stoney Creek processing plant which must have decided to send it to Thornbury because of the postal code in the corner cachet.
So it was definitely passed through the mail.
When it arrived in Thornbury the postal clerks needed to sort the mail but were dumbfounded because of the lack of address. They decided that the best place to deliver it to was my country mailbox at RR1 Thornbury. The Thornbury staff knew me well because of my involvement with the imprinting of postal stationery to promote local post offices.
Six days from Barrie to Thornbury via Stoney Creek for this was not bad at all.
Share with us if you have any interesting covers that went beyond the call of duty. Yes, there are times when the post office really does provide service.
Submitted by Gus K