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1930 'DANCYGER SAFETY PIN TICKETS' ADVERTISING COVER TORONTO TO PETERBOROUGH
1930 (Sep. 18), Illustrated Commercial
Tag & Label Advertising Cover from Toronto, Ontario to Peterborough,
Ontario. Commercial wove envelope featuring bold red printed
corner advertising at left for "If not delivered within TEN days return to / THE
DANCYGER SAFETY PIN TICKET CO. / TORONTO, CAN.", enclosing a circular
medallion inscribed "NO
DANGER IN USING / THE / DANCYGER'S / SAFETY PIN TICKETS", depicting an
engraved mechanical fastener tag pinned through fabric. Addressed in typewriting to textile manufacturer "Dominion Woolens and
Worsteds Ltd., / Peterborough, / Ontario." Franked at upper right with a single 2¢ green King George V Scroll
issue, paying the 2¢ domestic first-class letter rate, tied by a repeating
boxed slogan machine cancellation from TORONTO / SEP 18 / 8 30 PM / 1930 / ONTARIO reading STAMPED ENVELOPES / SAVE TIME /
AND MONEY. Reverse flap displays a complete mirror ink offset of
the Toronto slogan cancellation applied during machine feed sorting. Peripheral edge nicks and small tears along the left
and top borders, light handling wrinkles, and faint age toning; see scans for
condition details.
Mailed at
the onset of the Great Depression, this commercial illustrated cover documents
industrial textile supply marketing and national postal efficiency advertising
in Ontario. The single 2¢ Scroll issue adhesive paid the prevailing domestic
letter rate prior to the postal tariff increase of 1931. The striking red circular trade design promoted The Dancyger Safety Pin Ticket
Co., a manufacturer specializing in non-damaging pinned price tickets,
garment tags, and industrial fabric markers engineered for textile mills and
retail clothiers. Directed to major Canadian textile producer Dominion Woolens and Worsteds
Ltd. at their mill offices in Peterborough, the envelope was dispatched through
the Toronto central sorting plant on the evening of September 18, 1930. The cancel applied is the Post Office Department’s
dual-box machine slogan promoting the purchase of government pre-stamped
stationery: "STAMPED
ENVELOPES SAVE TIME AND MONEY". A
complete 1930 commercial advertising cover featuring prominent red trade
medallion branding for Dancyger Safety Pin Tickets, paired with the 2¢ Scroll
issue and Toronto slogan cancel.
Technical
& Social Commentary
·
Technical
Analysis: Demonstrates
a solo 2¢ KGV Scroll definitive tied by a clean double strike of the Toronto
"Stamped Envelopes Save Time and Money" machine slogan cancel, with a
corresponding ink offset across the reverse flap.
·
Geopolitical
Context: Captures
domestic Canadian commerce during the late interwar period, illustrating the
Post Office Department's use of machine cancel dies to promote its own postal
stationery products to commercial mailers.
·
Logistical
Narrative: Dispatched
from Toronto at 8:30 PM on September 18, 1930, carried northeast via the
Canadian Pacific or Canadian National railway corridor, and delivered to the
mill offices in Peterborough.
·
Social/Mercantile
Insights: Documents
business-to-business marketing in Canada's garment and textile sector,
highlighting specialized fastener technology sold by Dancyger to major woolen
manufacturers like Dominion Woolens and Worsteds.
Please examine lot scan carefully and please send any questions at least 48 hours before the auction closes. Please note that cover condition usually includes normal wear and tear to cover edges, opening tears and some creases and wrinkles. Only exceptional or extreme condition issues will be mentioned.
Legend:
PS - Postal Stationery
FL - Folded Letter
SFL - Stampless Folded Letter
RPO - Railway Post Office
CDS - Circular Date Stamp
DPO - Dead Post Office
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