100 Years: Post Office issues centennial stamp

Port Alberni now has a brand new cancellation stamp commemorating the city’s centennial.

  • Jul. 6, 2012 6:00 a.m.
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Port Alberni now has a brand new cancellation stamp commemorating the city’s centennial. Keith Dawe the Superintendant of the local area

Port Alberni now has a brand new cancellation stamp commemorating the city’s centennial. Keith Dawe the Superintendant of the local area

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