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A remarkable roller cancel from Brilliant, BC is shown here - a neat cover with the Canada’s most famous modern fancy cancel!! - (D.M. Lacelle) L310 - showing a traditional Doukhobor (Religious sect) house and traditional hat and beard as would be found at their site in Brilliant, BC. L311 is another example. These were used in the late 1920’s to early 1933. Most uses are philatelic.
Brilliant Roller Cancel - The Brilliant roller cancel was carved by the Doukhobor postmaster of Brilliant, B.C., Alex Katasonoff on a rubber roller of slightly over 2 inches in diameter and shows his Post Office Number 9079 (P.O.No. 9079), the silhouette of Doukhobor leader Peter Verigan in native hat, a representative Doukhobor house and the office name of "Brilliant, B.C. Canada". This cancel has been noted between 1928 - 1931.
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Brilliant is now a minor settlement in British Columbia at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, situated across the Columbia River from Castlegar.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - BRILLIANT - a Doukhobor settlement and post office on the opposite side of the Columbia River from Waterloo Station, on Rossland branch of the C. P. R., 4 miles south of Castlegar and 23 miles west of Nelson.
A Brilliant place - written by - Greg Nesteroff - Jul. 7, 2013 for the Nelson Star - Brilliant, at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia rivers, was named in 1908 after Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin bought 2,700 acres of land there. According to A.M. Evalenko in his 1913 Message of the Doukhobors, “The first [tract of land] we give the name of the Valley of Consolation, village of Brilliant, from a brilliant diamond of first water, on account of the great river Columbia flowing through the land …”. Although near the Columbia, Brilliant is actually on the Kootenay, and Cominco Magazine in April 1963 suggested it was the “bright racing waters” of the latter river that suggested the name to local land owner Hiram B. Landis. Harold Webber in People and Places (1973) wrote that Peter Verigin thought of naming the area Kavkaz, after the place in Russia where most Doukhobors had lived. Landis, however, “felt this would be wrong and advised against it. Verigin agreed and suggested Brilliant, from the brilliant, sparkling waters of the Kootenay River.”
The Brilliant post office opened on November 1, 1908. The earliest newspaper reference came in the Trail News 20 days later: “The Doukhobor Society at Waterloo have their sawmill now in operation and houses are being erected … There is a post office there, the name being Brilliant.” The Brilliant post office closed on September 8, 1970. Once the capital of Doukhobor industry, home to the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, Brilliant is today primarily a residential community, but also boasts the Brilliant dam, Brilliant Cultural Centre, Verigin Memorial Park, and Brilliant suspension bridge. - Read Greg Nesteroff's complete article at this LINK - www.nelsonstar.com/community/a-brilliant-place/
/ BRILLIANT / JUL 22 / 29 / B.C. / - cds cancel
This cover was addressed to: Mr. R.W. Everard / 1357 Haro Street / Vancouver / B.C. - the records show that Miss Christabel Phillips lived at 1357 Haro Street during this time period...she was a clerk for the Bank of Montreal - Interesting fact - Francis George Morant's son middle name was Everard!
Sent by: F.G. Morant / P.O. Box 66 / Kamloops, B.C. (Francis George Morant)
Flora Morant's second son, Francis George Morant, was serving in the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. He enlisted in Barnstaple, Devon, England, on the 4th January 1900 around the age of 30, describing himself as having previous service in the Cape Mounted Rifles and the British South African Police. He declared he had a tattoo of a snake on his right arm, a lady and dagger on his left arm and the Royal Coat of Arms on his chest. He was discharged on 23 September 1901 and presumably returned to England. He immigrated to Canada around 1906 and made a new life there. His son, Nicholas, became a very successful and much published photographer with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The name Nicholas Everard Morant is synonymous with 20th century photography of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The son of English immigrants, Francis George Morant and Mary Catherine Edith Wylde (Mollie), Morant grew up on a fruit farm in Kamloops. His father also worked as a game warden. Morant was schooled for a year in England and attended what is now St. Michael's University School, Victoria, from 1920 to 1928. Morant's first employer was the Canadian Pacific Railway in Winnipeg where in started in 1929. He began moonlighting as a press photographer and subsequently was hired by the Winnipeg Free Press. After four years with the newspaper he returned to the CPR fold where he remained until his retirement in 1980. Morant had complete freedom, a condition he negogiated at the time of hiring, to set his own working conditions and standards. The rest, they say, is history and some of the most evocative images of Canada. In his day, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s, Morant's distinctive style and use of colour was unequalled in Canadian railway and mountain photography. During World War Two he was on loan by the CPR to the Federal government and mainly photographed for the National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division. Some of his photographs from this period were turned into stamps. Morant photographed the Alaska Highway construction in BC in 1942, as well as west coast aerial and naval defense units. Another photograph of Mt. Burgess and Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains was used on the back of the $10 bill. Morant secretly married Ivy (Willie) Young, his long-time girlfriend (they met in 1929), in 1936. They never had children as he was constantly on the road and she was his lifelong assistant. Along with being his photographic partner, she also managed the technical aspects of slide shows they presented across North America for 15 years. Willie died in 1986. The Morants' permanent home was in Banff, AB. Morant married Elizabeth Thomson in January 1990. He was awarded the Order of Canada on October 24, 1990.
Mr. Nicholas Everard Morant - Deceased - Banff, Alberta, Canada - Order of Canada - Member of the Order of Canada - Awarded on: April 20, 1990 - Invested on: October 24, 1990 - Canada's top railway photographer, he is well known for his photographs in the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia documenting the evolution of the Canadian rail industry. His works are displayed on Canadian currency and postage stamps and a favorite subject, a stretch of track east of Lake Louise, is commonly called Morant's Curve in his honour. - Link to his Wikipedia page showing the $10 and $50 banknotes which were based on photographs taken by Nicholas Everard Morant - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Morant
Link to a video - Nick Morant, tells the story of how he survived a 1930's attack by a mother grizzly bear - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OcG-nUch1g
Link to the 50 cents War Munitions stamp - Nicholas Morant photo was used on this 50 cent Canadian stamp - www.whyte.org/nicholas-morant-later-career
Observation: Francis George Morant must have been a stamp collector - I have found a few covers on line which were created by him - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1b...
Stagecoach Glenvale Transport Volvo B10M-Alexander PS step entrance bus approaching Queen Square bus station in Liverpool city centre. This vehicle was new to Stagecoach Fife Scottish Omnibus as fleet number 310 in July 1994.