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Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro, Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However, h(...)
Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro, Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However, h(...)

Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro, Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However, h(...)

Date10/15/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Automation at Gateway postal terminal was supposed to lick all the postal delays throughout Metro; Alderman Ying Hope says in letter below. However; he reports that a correctly-addressed letter mailed from Toronto in August; didn't reach him until October.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011114F
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
12/14/1976
Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below
Letters addressed to a name and a city only must be hand sorted, postal worker points out below
9/18/1974
The backlog of mail piled up in Terminal A during the 11-day postal strike began to move today after maintenance workers lifted their picket lines. So(...)
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2/28/1975
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Ironing out kinks in the $140 million mechanized post system in Metro will take until late summer or early fall, postal officials say. The Kinks - com(...)
5/5/1977
Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
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9/15/1973
Crossing the picket lines of inside workers, letter-carriers leave the main postal station on Bay St
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4/20/1974
Susette Godin, one of 4 woman letter carriers working out of Postal Station A, enjoys walking and fresh air
Susette Godin, one of 4 woman letter carriers working out of Postal Station A, enjoys walking and fresh air
8/8/1975
Postal-coded letters, along with those without the code, are popped into the correct pigeon-holes in the mail-sorting racks yesterday in Toronto's dow(...)
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3/20/1975
The view in the mirror at a postal encoder's desk shows letters waiting to be stamped with a bar-shaped code for machine sorting. The long desks of en(...)
The view in the mirror at a postal encoder's desk shows letters waiting to be stamped with a bar-shaped code for machine sorting. The long desks of en(...)
9/9/1975
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
12/12/1973
Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
6/29/1970
Postal Service, plaque commemorating Canada's first postage stamp, on Canada Trust Building, Yonge Street, west side, south of Adelaide St. West
Postal Service, plaque commemorating Canada's first postage stamp, on Canada Trust Building, Yonge Street, west side, south of Adelaide St. West
1953