Research Catalog

Title

On track : the railway mail service in Canada / Susan McLeod O'Reilly.

Author

McLeod O'Reilly, Susan, 1955-

Publication

Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• National Postal Museum (Canada)
• Canada Post Corporation

Description

151 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Subject

• Railway mail service > Canada > History
• Postal service > Canada > History

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• Co-published by: National Postal Museum, and, Canada Post Corporation.
• Issued also in French under title: À fond de train.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Sect. I. Historical Context -- Postal Communication -- Transportation -- Historical Summary -- Foreign Context -- Sect. 2. Railway Mail Operations -- Creating the Message -- Sending the Message -- Processing and Delivering the Message -- Appearance of the Mail Car -- Sorting the Mail -- Cancelling the Mail -- Forms -- Catchpost -- Receiving the Message -- Sect. 3. The Railway Mail Clerk -- Who Were the Railway Mail Clerks? -- Training and Advancement -- Life on Board -- Sect. 4. Philately -- Postal Markings -- The Royal Train -- Appendix -- Former Railway Mail Clerks Who Provided Testimonies.

ISBN

0660140055

LCCN

cn^92099720^

OCLC

• 26808487
• SCSB-12224258

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library