Canada Pre-stamping (part 2)

Part 1 discussed pre-cancellations in which only lines appeared on the stamps. Later, the office name and the province name were used in the pre-cancellation, with both names separated by two horizontal lines. And the fact that applying a pre-stamping can sometimes go wrong is evident from the double Toronto imprint, one of which is upside down. A real gem! The four stamps above prove that there was no uniformity in the recording of province names. Not even when the same office name was used. Differences of this kind can deepen the collection of pre-cancellations. And there are duplicate overprints of these as well, even upside down. And in a different font. An embellishment of the two horizontal stripes was applied in the form of wavy lines. A kind of imitation perforation? These prints also appear upside down.   The Peterborough ('Peterboro') post office had a completely unique decoration of the two stripes, filled with a kind of grid. One also encounters this inverted.   It was customary to use black stamp ink, but dark blue also occurs, though rarely. And then, to top it all off, an office name Bridgeburg in a completely different font. Or completely different, like Sherbooke in lowercase and PQ for Province of Quebec. Other abbreviations for county names are, for example, NB for New Brunswick and BC for British Columbia. Alta naturally stands for the province of Alberta, and NS for Nova Scotia. Another few beautiful misprints. The city of Regina had a completely unique print with three wavy lines. A very special pre-cancellation was created by including a message in it: intended only for third-class mail items. Pre-cancellations with only a number and two double lines also occur. Such as 4035 for Peterborough, 3100 for Hamilton, 1050 for Quebec, and 0700 for Montreal. Misprints can also be found here, such as a double overprint or an upside-down print. All in all, enough variety to build a nice collection.