Canada fancy cancel

Mette wrote:

:-))) I also saw a Canadian (fancy?) cancel somewhere saying 0H0 H0H
:-)

Best regards
Mette

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Mette:

The canadian postal code mentioned in your slogan cancel is,
in fact, "H0H 0H0". [ie HO HO HO] It is a REAL postal code.

It is a special canadian postal code used by children, of all ages,
to write to Santa Claus during the holiday season.

Over 1 million letters are received there each year and EACH ONE
with a return address (Canada or other countries) receives a reply.
In 20 years, over 11 million replies have been sent.

See the story of "Santa's Montréal Mail Box" at:
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/download/bs200112.pdf

Press Release: http://www.canadapost.ca/business/co...e.asp?prid=962


Blair (TC)

TC Blair wrote:

Mette wrote:

:-))) I also saw a Canadian (fancy?) cancel somewhere saying 0H0 H0H
:-)

Best regards
Mette

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Mette:

The canadian postal code mentioned in your slogan cancel is,
in fact, "H0H 0H0". [ie HO HO HO] It is a REAL postal code.

It is a special canadian postal code used by children, of all ages,
to write to Santa Claus during the holiday season.

Has anybody a scan of this slogan cancel?

When I asked Canada Post about cancels with this postcode, they
told me that there weren't any, but that the postcode was merely
used to direct the letters to "Santa".

Jan-Martin

(TC Blair) wrote in message . com...
Mette wrote:

:-))) I also saw a Canadian (fancy?) cancel somewhere saying 0H0 H0H
:-)

Best regards
Mette

================================================== =======================

Mette:

The canadian postal code mentioned in your slogan cancel is,
in fact, "H0H 0H0". [ie HO HO HO] It is a REAL postal code.

It is a special canadian postal code used by children, of all ages,
to write to Santa Claus during the holiday season.

Over 1 million letters are received there each year and EACH ONE
with a return address (Canada or other countries) receives a reply.
In 20 years, over 11 million replies have been sent.

See the story of "Santa's Montréal Mail Box" at:
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/download/bs200112.pdf

Press Release: http://www.canadapost.ca/business/co...e.asp?prid=962


Blair (TC)

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Further to the above posting, here is an image of
the slogan postmark used to promote Santa's postal code.
http://cjoint.com/data/cipa4Inhzj.htm

Blair (TC)

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:47:39 GMT, Jan-Martin Hertzsch
wrote:

TC Blair wrote:

Mette wrote:

:-))) I also saw a Canadian (fancy?) cancel somewhere saying 0H0 H0H
:-)

Best regards
Mette

================================================== =======================

Mette:

The canadian postal code mentioned in your slogan cancel is,
in fact, "H0H 0H0". [ie HO HO HO] It is a REAL postal code.

It is a special canadian postal code used by children, of all ages,
to write to Santa Claus during the holiday season.

Has anybody a scan of this slogan cancel?

When I asked Canada Post about cancels with this postcode, they
told me that there weren't any, but that the postcode was merely
used to direct the letters to "Santa".

Jan-Martin

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Hello Jan-Martin:

I have just posted a scan of one such cancel at:
http://cjoint.com/data/cipa4Inhzj.htm

What Canada Post says is true. The H0H0H0 post code is advertised
to children, nationally via slogan cancels in different Canadian
cities. (see my example, from Vancouver BC)

However, the RETURN mail from Santa only has his post code
in the RETURN address. I'm not sure if Santa has a postal frank
or not. I'm pretty sure that he does not use stamps on his mail.
(it would take a long time to lick 1 million stamps. 38*( )

I shall have to write him this year and see which cancel is used,

Blair (TC)

Just be careful,
It depends where Santa is having his Cake and milk.

The year before last, my son wrote to Mr. Claus at Mette's
suggested address in Europe, and Santa replied from
Canberra Australia.



| However, the RETURN mail from Santa only has his post code
| in the RETURN address. I'm not sure if Santa has a postal frank
| or not. I'm pretty sure that he does not use stamps on his mail.
| (it would take a long time to lick 1 million stamps. 38*( )
|
| I shall have to write him this year and see which cancel is used,
|
| Blair (TC)
|
|

"TC" skrev i en meddelelse
...
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:47:39 GMT, Jan-Martin Hertzsch
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Hello Jan-Martin:

I have just posted a scan of one such cancel at:
http://cjoint.com/data/cipa4Inhzj.htm

What Canada Post says is true. The H0H0H0 post code is advertised
to children, nationally via slogan cancels in different Canadian
cities. (see my example, from Vancouver BC)

However, the RETURN mail from Santa only has his post code
in the RETURN address. I'm not sure if Santa has a postal frank
or not. I'm pretty sure that he does not use stamps on his mail.
(it would take a long time to lick 1 million stamps. 38*( )

Neveer be sure about Santa!
Here is an image of a cover received from him in 1992, duly franked with a
Greenlandic stamp of the time.
http://shoebox.heindorffhus.dk/shoeb...aCover1992.jpg

The cover contained a nice letter and a small mobile of the same design as
the stylized Santa shown on the cover :-)

I shall have to write him this year and see which cancel is used,

Better do so, and we can compare cancels ;-)

Regards
Mette

"TC Blair" skrev i en meddelelse
om...
(TC Blair) wrote in message
. com...
Mette wrote:

:-))) I also saw a Canadian (fancy?) cancel somewhere saying 0H0 H0H
:-)

Best regards
Mette

================================================== =======================

Mette:

The canadian postal code mentioned in your slogan cancel is,
in fact, "H0H 0H0". [ie HO HO HO] It is a REAL postal code.

It is a special canadian postal code used by children, of all ages,
to write to Santa Claus during the holiday season.

Over 1 million letters are received there each year and EACH ONE
with a return address (Canada or other countries) receives a reply.
In 20 years, over 11 million replies have been sent.

See the story of "Santa's Montréal Mail Box" at:
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/download/bs200112.pdf

Press Release:
http://www.canadapost.ca/business/co...e.asp?prid=962


Blair (TC)

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Further to the above posting, here is an image of
the slogan postmark used to promote Santa's postal code.
http://cjoint.com/data/cipa4Inhzj.htm

Blair (TC)

Thanks a bunch, Blair. Nice article and images, which I have downloaded for
further studying :-)

Regards
Mette

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:08:42 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

Just be careful,
It depends where Santa is having his Cake and milk.

The year before last, my son wrote to Mr. Claus at Mette's
suggested address in Europe, and Santa replied from
Canberra Australia.



Did he use Australian staamps?

Blair (TC)

Prestamped motif IIRC.
Standard Santa letterhead inside


| Did he use Australian staamps?
| Blair (TC)

Ooopsies, Beg forgiveness!
It was posted from The North Pole (nudge, nudge, wink, wink,)
http://cjoint.com/data/cjfYLiZOiP.htm

The letter to my son was barcoded, hence my assumption
it had come from Canberra.




"Rodney" wrote in message ...
| Prestamped motif IIRC.
| Standard Santa letterhead inside
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| | Did he use Australian staamps?
| | Blair (TC)
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