British Columbia / B.C. Postal History / Registered Air Mail - 3 / 4 August 1946 - DUNCAN, B.C. (cds cancel / postmark) to Toronto 2, Ontario, Canada via Vancouver, B.C.

(1930 Place Names) - Duncan: city on the south-eastern coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. Prior to 1887 it was known as Alderlea. In that year the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway opened a station there and since then it has been known as Duncan’s Station or Duncan after the late William Chalmers Duncan, a pioneer of 1862.

Duncan Station, British Columbia was named after William Chalmers Duncan, whose farm, Alderlea, was located here in the 1860's. Duncan was born 1836 in Sarnia, Ontario, arrived in Victoria in May 1862 and was one of a party of one hundred settlers that Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay in August that year. When the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway was opened August 1886, the level crossing near the late William Duncan's farm was named Duncan's Crossing. The following year E & NR opened Duncan's Station at the crossing. Mr. Duncan's original holding forms a large part of what is now the city area. William Duncan's son, Kenneth, became the first mayor of Duncan.

After the first train station was finally built in 1887 it was called “Duncan’s Station”. “Duncan” became the official name when the city was incorporated in 1912, but the post office didn’t change the name from “Duncan’s Station” until 1926.

Duncan Station Post Office opened - 1 October 1889 - it became Duncans Station - 20 May 1892. Post office name changed to Duncan (2) Post Office - 1 July 1926.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the DUNCAN STATION / DUNCANS STATION / DUNCAN (2) Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / DUNCAN / AU 3 / 46 / B.C. / - cds cancel (RF A)

- sent by registered mail - / R / DUNCAN, B.C. / ORIGINAL NO. / (534) / - registered boxed marking in bluish green ink.

- by Air Mail - / Air Mail / - boxed marking in bluish green ink

- via - / VANCOUVER / 20 / AU 3 / 46 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp

- arrived at - / TORONTO • ONT. / 9 / AU 4 / 46 / REG. DIV. TERMINAL • A / - cds arrival backstamp.

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