My contribution for celebrating "February 22, 2022". As a postmark collector, I try to get these handstamp cancellations. I have the clerk at the post office apply the cancellation, just touching the stamp image to 'cancel' the stamp, but to allow the data from the stamp to show.

This was fun to create. Thanks to the wonderful Gavin Hoey for providing the background and post stamp images and, most importantly, for sharing his amazing wealth of PhotoShop knowledge. I'm a big fan! www.gavtrain.com/

This is the original image of Cally: www.flickr.com/photos/hellie55/5710010486/in/set-72157625...

Texture by virtually_supine: www.flickr.com/photos/virtually_supine/4999402188/in/set-...

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Briefly in Explore.

Postmark from the letter my Great-great uncle sent to his mother after sailing to Havana on the United Fruit Company Steamship Service. Thank you for taking the time to check out my photo. HFF📷

postmarked 1958

Postmarked Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, 28 August, 1981

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Ludbreg is a town in Croatia, located halfway between Varaždin and Koprivnica near the river Drava. It has 3,603 inhabitants, and a total of 8,478 in the entire municipality (census 2011). For centuries Ludbreg has been a popular place of pilgrimage. In 1320 the city was mentioned for the first time as Castrum Ludbreg, when owned by Hungarian noble Nicholas Ludbregi. The name of the town comes probably from a crusader named Lobring, who founded the settlement. The renovated Castle of Batthyány is home to a well-known restoration workshop. Ludbreg is also a region of vineyard cultivation (especially Riesling and Graševina). The town gained fame after the eucharistic miracle, which happened in the castle chapel in 1411 and was investigated and confirmed by Pope Leo X in 1513. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ludbreg was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. On 24 April 1932, the town saw a protest that was one of the earliest open acts of resistance against the 6 January Dictatorship.

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Postmarks from Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1943 during World War II, was a federation made up of six socialist republics. From 1960 to 1980, the country was something of a regional power and an economic success story. This postmark collection covers the time period from 1955 to 1965.

Postmarked 1971. Published by Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd., Toronto.

UPPER FRASER was established in the late 1800s as a hub for the railway and forestry industries. The community was officially incorporated in 1965 and has since grown into a thriving tourist destination. The town was named after Simon Fraser, a Scottish explorer who was the first European to explore the Fraser River.

Upper Fraser developed between Aleza Lake and Hansard on the southwest side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. The community of about 20 residents comprises a post-office and several houses straddling Upper Fraser Road. Upper Fraser lies at Mile 104.0, Fraser Subdivision. Previously designated as Mile 194 and the Hudson Bay Spur, it was the closest railway point east of Willow River for accessing the Fraser. Largely known as Upper Fraser Spruce Mills from the early 1940s, the Canadian National Railway station was called Upper Fraser from 1964.

In 1935, Donald (Don) S. McPhee (1892–1964), formerly at Sinclair Mills, and A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954), formerly at Penny, partners in the Giscome mill, acquired and relocated the equipment from the bankrupt Longworth Lumber Co. The following year, pioneer lumberman George Stauble (1898–1971) supervised the reconstruction. Incorporated as the Upper Fraser Spruce Mills, the 40,000-foot per shift capacity modern mill opened in 1939. That year, the three mills controlled by the partnership produced almost 60 percent of the lumber in the Prince George district. Cecil T. Clare (1905–85) came from Sinclair Mills in 1937 to manage the 100-man company. He was president of the Northern Interior Lumberman's Association (1945–48 and 1959–60).

During the mid-to-late 1940s, the location gradually became Upper Fraser and the former name of Mile 104 phased out. From 1940, children attended school in Hansard, where they occasionally stayed overnight when the road was impassable. Samuel Laird was the inaugural Upper Fraser postmaster 1942–44. The musically gifted William (Bill) (1911–48) & Jeanne (c.1919–2003) Padlesky and children arrived in 1943, where Bill worked in the mill. Tired of walking three miles to the Hansard store for groceries and the mail, they opened the first general store in the community. Although the mill was designated as the postmaster 1944–48, the post-office clearly was not open for all of this period.

The Upper Fraser Post Office opened - 1 August 1942.

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who worked at the Upper Fraser Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- / UPPER FRASER / 96 / VII / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF B).

- / 647306 / SEP 25 1998 / UPPER FRASER, B.C. / V0J 2Z0 / - POCON cancel

UPPER FRASER is No. 16 on the map above...

Jasper to Prince Rupert - 1,160 km between the Rockies and the north Pacific coast through remarkable and varied landscapes. Great stretches of wilderness, lakes and rivers punctuated by settlements, farms and sawmills span this section of Canada’s northern transcontinental rail line, completed in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The ancient traditions of the native peoples, the not-too-distant pioneer days of sternwheelers, steam trains and panning for gold and modern history have all left their mark alongside the tracks. Many villages and towns along the line were surveyed and named by the railway. Important industries across the region include forestry, agriculture, mining, tourism and commercial fishing. Canadian National trains carry coal, grain, lumber and mixed freight, and weigh as much as 14,000 tonnes. LINK - canadadetrem.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2Jasper_Pr...

TAPPEN is a settlement in British Columbia. It is colloquially known as "Rust Valley", and is the location of the TV show Rust Valley Restorers. Tappen is located 6 miles north of Salmon Arm. It was named after Herbert Tappen, CPR constuction contractor in the 1880's, from Massachusetts; was a cousin of Andrew Onderdonk, chief CPR contractor in British Columbia, and a partner or sub-contractor of Temple Frederick Sinclair. A misspelling of Tappan, the name of one of the sub-contractors who laid the CPR track along here in 1884.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - TAPPEN - a post office and fruit-growing settlement 9 miles west of Salmon Arm, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District, on main line C. P. R. Has Presbyterian church. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Fruit-growing and dairying.

Sawmill located here c. 1883; TAPPEN SIDING Post Office opened here - 1 July 1892, F. McCulla, postmaster; closed - 1 February 1897. The BRIGHTWATER Post Office was opened in this location - 1 August 1908, H.C. Banks, postmaster; name changed to TAPPEN Post Office - 1 August 1911.

LINK to all of the Postmasters who served at the TAPPEN Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / TAPPEN / AP 20 / 14 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 19 August 1911 - (RF B).

Postcard was addressed to - Miss May Smith / Lilydale P.O., Navar, Bergstroom, South Africa (via Indwe)

- arrived at - / INDWE / SOUTH / 28 MAY.A14 / AFRICA / - bars and cross arrival postmark (SOUTH above date / AFRICA below date) - this is the ERD (28 May 1914) for this cancel - the LRD for this cancel is - 3 April 1926 - LINK - www.postmarks.co.za/images/PH%20Union%20Imvani%20to%20Inn...

Message on postcard reads - Tappen, B.C. - April 20, 1914 - Dear Friend :- Noticed your letter in the Family Herald and thought I would write to see if I could get an answer - as I have no correspondents so far away. If you write which I hope you will do. Your Friend - Ina Annala / My address is (Miss) Ina Annala, Tappen, B.C. Canada - write a letter if you do write.

Do You Remember The Family Herald? An era in Canadian journalism ended on Sept. 26, 1968, when The Family Herald ceased publication. Founded almost a century earlier, the magazine held a special place in the hearts and minds of many generations of readers. - LINK to the complete article - tantramarheritage.ca/2000/09/do-you-remember-the-family-h... The Family Herald always lived up to its billing as Canadas national farm magazine.

This postcard was sent by - Ina Annala / Tappen, B.C.

Ina (Aina) Katarina (nee Annala) Scatchard

(b. 8 November 1897 in Tappen Siding, British Columbia - d. 21 May 1985 at age 87 in Langley, British Columbia) - occupation - registered nurse - She was one of the early nurses in B.C., graduating from Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops in 1919. Before 'coming to Langley she had lived in Kamloops, Rossland, New Denver, Nelson, and Chase, B C. - LINK to her birth certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/45... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/salmon-arm-observer-obituary-f... LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2b...

Her mother - Wilhelmina "Minnie" (nee Laitinen) Annala

(b. 1873 in Finland - d. January 1939 at age 65 in Tappen, British Columbia) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-gustavus...

Her father - Gustavus "Gus / George" Annala

(b. 2 February 1868 in Helsinki, Finland - d. 17 May 1945 at age 77 at his ranch in Tappen, British Columbia) - he was the section foreman at Tappen, has been retired from the CPR in 1934 after 45 years with the company. He started at Rat Portage and gradually worked his way west. LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-gustavus...

Her husband - Walter Kemble Scatchard

(b. 3 February 1890 in Boughton, Kent, England - d. 12 June 1970 at age 80 in Rossland, British Columbia) - occupation - mechanical supervisor for the Department of Highways Public Works. They were married - 26 April 1922 in Kamploops, British Columbia. LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5e... LINK to a newspaper report on their wedding - www.newspapers.com/article/the-kamloops-telegram-wedding-... LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/d0...

Postmark!

Postmarked 1905

First day of use - 23 June 1975.

Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located 27 miles west of Halifax on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality, which is famous for the Peggys Point Lighthouse (established 1868). In 1919 the population was 180 and by 1956 the population had decreased to 60.

According to legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800 ... a woman named Margaret. Local folk called her "Peggy" and her home came to be known as Peggy's Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868. Exactly 100 years later, in 1968 the Campbell family opened the Sou'Wester Restaurant. The post office is housed in the Sou'wester Restaurant during the winter and the lighthouse in the summer. It is this lighthouse that is seen on its pictorial postmarks.

Clipped from - Calgary Herald newspaper - Calgary, Alberta, Canada - 29 August 1975 - Watch the rocks warning - PEGGY'S COVE, N.S. (CP) A bronze plaque will be embedded in the rocks at Peggy's Cove, one of Nova Scotia's most photographed tourist attractions, warning visitors of dangerous surf. Numerous sightseers have been washed off the huge rocks on which the picturesque Peggy's Cove lighthouse is located and two people drowned at the spot this year. The Peggy's Cove Commission, an eight-member body empowered to pass laws "to preserve the unique scenic beauty, character and atmosphere of the area," decided to install the plaque. It will read: "Injury and death have rewarded careless sightseers here. The ocean rocks are treacherous. Savor the sea from a distance." Joseph Hefler, commission secretary, said the rocky terrain cannot be fenced and wooden signs have either disappeared or been disregarded. Peggy's Cove is about 20 miles southwest of Halifax.

Sea Plane post postmarked Victoria, September 21, 1925. This cover is somewhat controversial among the Canadian philatelists. Many correctly hold the red rectangle with "1st Trip" is not a Roessler etiquette simply because that postmark should be August 6, not September 21. These red rubber stamp etiquette were apparently made by a collector who mistook this as the first trip or else it signifies something else not yet clear. Recent research has vindicated the CDS.

THE VICTORIA - SEATTLE "VIA SEAPLANE" POSTMARK:

REAL or BOGUS? Written by Ed Matthews in the Spring 2001, Oakville, Ontario

In a conversation with me, Conway Longworth-Dames, the author of "The Pioneer and Semi-Official Air Mails of Canada", voiced the opinion that the Victoria - Seattle Via Seaplane postmark was probably bogus, along with the 1 ST Trip marking, a figment of imagination of the fertile brain of Roessler of East Orange. In his book he states the same opinion on page 42, " It is probable that these cachets were privately produced " I had no opinion either way at the time, but it bothered me that we didn't know for sure. I show the two markings in question below on a cover addressed to A.C. Roessler A short while ago I obtained a copy of Jim Brown's delightful book "Hubbard, the Forgotten Boeing Aviator", and there these markings appeared again, this time accompanied by a similar marking from Seattle for airmail going in the direction of Victoria. On page 105 of this book there is an illustration of a card from Seattle addressed to Germany and traveling via East Asia and, presumably, via steamer from Shanghai to Europe. This card could not possibly have been "created" by Roessler, even the handwriting on it is typically German. Jim Brown supplied me with a scanned copy of this cover from his collection. Seeing this illustration gave me the idea to contact Jim Brown himself and ask him if he had ever seen covers with the Victoria - Seattle postmark that were not addressed to Roessler (Roe) which would make it much more likely that this marking was genuine. Peanut Butter Publishing, the firm that had published Jim Brown's book, was very helpful and within a very short time I received a long letter with some enclosures from Jim Brown. Getting this letter gave me the impression of having drilled into a gusher of information! He assured me the Victoria - Seattle postmark was entirely legitimate. I quote from his letter: "A member of my stamp club, who has passed away, worked at the Victoria main post office and used the handstamps. The first was, AIRPLANE SERVICE, which was placed across the postage. I am not certain how long this stamp was used. Then the round handstamp came into being." Jim Brown specializes in British Columbia Airways and FAM2 covers between Seattle and Victoria and he has on more than one occasion received gold for his exhibits of covers of both these airmail routes. For the British Columbia Airways he has covers for just about every day that they flew until they crashed into Puget Sound on August 25, 1928. He also has FAM2 covers from October 15, 1920 till January 1, 1932; some are addressed to Roe or Roessler, but the majority are not. It should be realized that the FAM2 service started on October 15, 1920 and that the only covers to be considered true FFCs are those of that date from Victoria to Seattle and vice Versa. I show you a cover from Victoria to Seattle from my own collection, please see p. 104 of Jim Brown's book for an illustration of a Seattle to Vancouver cover of that date. From October 15, 1920 onward Eddie Hubbard (and others on occasion) flew the mail destined for East Asia from Seattle to Victoria and brought the mail from ships arriving in Victoria to Seattle whenever ships sailed to or from the Orient. The FAM2 service ceased on June 30, 1937. The Clipper flying boats started to fly the mail to the Far East from San Francisco. Jim Brown states categorically that there were no interruptions of service - yes, there were mishaps with planes, but as Hubbard had ready access to other planes the service was maintained at all times. There were no 1925 crash covers, no "1' TRIPS" presuming an interrupted service! Jim Brown also supplied a scanned copy of another Victoria to Seattle cover, this one decorated with a handstamp FAM 2 VICTORIA-SEATTLE EDWARD HUBBARD CONTRACTOR; this is the only copy he has ever seen and he suspects it to be another product of Roessler. Please see figure 4. Figure 5 shows a Seattle to Victoria cover dated Aug. 6 1925, with the genuine handstamp of the Seattle post office and an additional rectangular Roessler creation as well. He further added a manuscript notation "By S.S. Pres. McKinley". He had read in the papers of a plane crash on the Pacific Coast and assumed that it had to be Hubbard's plane, so he had the letter "transported" by that steamer - the steamer was in the Orient at that moment and could not have been involved! It pays to know your history! I believe we can conclude with certainty that the circular Victoria - Seattle marking is beyond question legitimate, but I think that the 1 ST TRIP marking from the September 21, 1925, flight is an addition by Roessler - what he based this on is a bit of a mystery Roessler's imagination got him into trouble; Linn's weekly of July 15, 1933 reported that Roessler pleaded guilty to two indictments of fraud in Federal Court in Newark, N.J. - this article was written by - Ed Matthews in the Spring of 2001, Oakville, Ontario - LINK to the article - (pages 6 to 10) - www.aerophilately.ca/ca-200109-v017n03-w048.pdf

- sent from - / VICTORIA / 1 30 PM / SEP 21 1925 / B.C. / - / POST YOUR MAIL WHEN READY AND ENSURE EARLY HANDLING / - slogan cancel (Coutts P-565).

- / VICTORIA, B.C., TO SEATTLE, WASH. / VIA SEA PLANE / - cachet applied by the Victoria Post Office.

- / 1 ST. / TRIP / - red rubber boxed stamp applied by A.C. Roessler or some other collector.

Albert Charles Roessler, Jr. (1883-1952), was born on April 7, 1883, at Newark, New Jersey, son of Albert Roessler and Emma Roessler. Albert C. Roessler died on January 26, 1952 in Orange, New Jersey.

Also read the article - A.C. ROESSLER - Villain or Hero? LINK - on page 11 - www.aerophilately.ca/ca-200109-v017n03-w048.pdf

LINK to a newspaper report - www.newspapers.com/clip/95033003/the-central-new-jersey-h...

LINK to - ROESSLER, ALBERT CHARLES, Pt. 1 - 1883-1929 - www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/roessler-albert...

LINK to - ROESSLER, ALBERT CHARLES, Pt. 2 - 1930-1952 - www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/roessler-albert...

- ex F.E. Eaton Auction / Vancouver - September 1978 (purchased for $22.00)...

Leon Selk Simmons, a smelter employee, and Arthur Garfield Cameron, a Trail lawyer, created the subdivision as a bedroom community for Trail. Developed as Beaver Heights, the existence of many settlements in BC with "Beaver" as part of their names, prompted the change to Montrose prior to the lot sales by Montrose Homesites Limited. The new name likely arose from Leon's Scottish roots and images of Montrose, Angus, but possibly could have been the name of a rural school in the area which had opened in 1928. Furthermore, the choice was appropriate, because wild roses grew throughout this mountain plateau.

Written by - Greg Nesteroff - May. 18, 2013 for the Nelson Star newspaper - Beaver Falls - According to the Nelson Daily News of January 28, 1939, the Consolidating Mining and Smelting Co. established Beaver Falls southwest of Fruitvale in 1938 as a community for its employees. Writing in Beaver Valley & Pend d’Oreille, Margaret Wood credited Boyd C. Affleck, who built the first house there some years earlier, with choosing the name. Anna Reeves added in Tracks of the Beaver Valley & Pend’Oreille: “The name Beaver was first applied to this area because of the large population of beavers found in the district when the first people came through. Long-time residents can remember beavers building dams to such an extent that they caused the creek to overflow and flood the road.” The Beaver Falls post office opened on May 2, 1949 but moved to the recently-established community of Montrose on October 30, 1953. (A rare Beaver Falls postmark sold last year for over $100.) The falls themselves are 56 feet (17 meters) high and have a train bridge running over them. Periodically passenger trains have been offered to the falls on special occasions. LINK to the complete article - www.nelsonstar.com/community/beasleys-namesake-helped-sea...

The BEAVER FALLS Post Office was established - 2 May 1949 it became Montrose - 30 October 1953.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BEAVER FALLS Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / BEAVER FALLS / PM / 2 V / 49 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF D).

Addressed to: G. Rennison / 1576 Pine Avenue / Trail, B.C.) - (First Day of opening of Beaver Fall Post Office)

George Garrett Rennison

(b. 21 January 1891 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland - d. 18 November 1969 at age 78 in Trail, B.C.) - he was an Underwriter of Insurance for the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He was also the Chairman, Executive Committee for the "Columbia Philatelic Society", Trail, B.C.

postmarked 1965

Squamish celebrates 100 years - Squamish Centennial 1888 - 1988.

The community of SQUAMISH, located at the head of Howe Sound and mouth of the Squamish River, was first settled by Europeans in the 1880's. It is named after the river, which was named in turn, after the Skxwumish First Nation people. The town is a port, railway depot and a regional logging centre. In recent years tourism has also became important. In 1909 the Howe Sound & Northern Railway Company bought up large tract of land around Squamish and announced that the town would heneforth be known as Newport; on 1 September 1912 the Post Office name was changed to Newport Beach. Later the British Columbia government took over the railway and the name was changed back to Squamish in 1914.

SQUAMISH Post Office (1) was opened - 1 July 1892, William Mashiter postmaster; closed / renamed NEWPORT BEACH Post Office - 1 September 1912; reinstated as SQUAMISH Post Office (2) - 1 May 1914.

- sent from - / SQUAMISH / CANADA / 1888-1988 / 24 X 1988 / - pictorial postmark / large rubber hammer in blue ink - (45.0 mm).

Addressed to: Jeffrey Switt / 3962 Belford Avenue / Fort Worth, Texas 76103 / USA

Jeffrey Alan Switt have been elected vice president of Advertising Graphics & Marketing Inc Fort Worth - he has been with the company three years as an account executive.

LINK to a newspaper article on his marriage (5 April 1969) - www.newspapers.com/clip/122635414/marriage-of-cherry-switt/

LINK to a video - I Do Alright Without You 'till I'm With You - song written and performed by Jeffrey Alan Switt - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsJWdTeh_S8&ab_channel=Jeffre...

Original exhibit title: THIRD CLASS SINGLE PIECE MAIL, 1958-1963, THE "3-CENT" RATE - Exhibit owner (author): Jeffrey Switt, USA - LINK - www.exponet.info/exhibit.php?exhibit_ID=868&lng=EN

(from BNA TOPICS / SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1990) Jeffrey Switt - Joined BNAPS in 1970 while in the Army in Germany. Someone named Carr was President of the Society, but I joined anyway. We have comedians all over! He claims that he spent all of his last Army paycheck on a refrigerator and all of the books that BNAPS had to offer at that time. Jeff did not say where he was born but that he had been a Texan for over 20 years. He graduated from the University of Texas with both a BBA and BFA. He was a partner in an advertising agency but lately started his own company. He and his wife of 20 years, Susan, have two sons and live in Fort Worth. Jeff is chairman of our Slogan Cancel Study Group. His interest has always been postmarks including Mail Order cancels of the Victoria era along with Queen Victoria memorabilia. In addition there are many small items that form Back-of-the-book collections. He has been very active in the Prairie Beavers and is a charter member. He has made 9 of the last 10 BNAPS conventions and is publicity - printing committee chair for BNAPEX 90 in Galveston. LINK to the article - www.aerophilately.ca/ca-199011-v006n02-w011.pdf

2c Drop Small Queen Cover - If a letter was sent by one person to another within the same town and it did not leave the Post Office for another town. Such a letter was dropped off at the Post Office and was termed a drop letter, a local delivery letter. The rate for this was 1 cent per half ounce from - 1 July 1859 throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century.

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The old Hastings Mill Store and Post Office (circa 1865), is thought to be the oldest building in Vancouver, and was one of the few buildings to survive the great fire of 1886 that swept through what was Vancouver. In 1930 the store was moved from Burrard Inlet to its present site at Alma and Point Grey Road. Link to photo - www.findfamilyfun.com/images/hastingsmill1a.jpg

Link to - History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver’s First Post Office, 1871 - www.vancouverisawesome.com/2016/06/19/history-of-metro-va...

Link to - The Story of the Vancouver Post Office - www.vancouver-historical-society.ca/PDF/April2008.pdf

- sent from - / VANCOUVER / NT / JY 8 / 96 / B. C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-4) is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1896. (NT = night) - this split ring hammer was in use from 1896 to 1906.

Link to an article - Early Vancouver Postmarks (to 1905) Compiled by Gray Scrimgeour (starts on page 684) - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2011-06-v020n02-w07...

- sent by - The Bank of British North America - It was the first bank operating in British Columbia. LINK to a photo of the - Bank of British North America at the corner of Hastings and Richards Streets in Vancouver, B.C. - searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/3/1376074/23...

Addressed to: J.M. Browning Esq. / City

John Milne Browning

(b. 22 June 1826 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland - d. 20 December 1906 (aged 80) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - occupations - land commissioner / real estate and financial agent. LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/243284196/john-milne-browning

LINK to his Vancouver West End history page - westendvancouver.wordpress.com/business-names/glencoe-lodge/

J.M. Browning, a pioneer of Vancouver, who was identified with the Interests of the C. P. R. shortly after its extension from Port Moody, died In Montreal on December 20. Mr. Browning left Vancouver eight years ago, and from that time on resided In the East. He succeeded Mr. L. A. Hamilton as C.P.R. land commissioner in Vancouver. The late Mr. Browning built and lived in a residence on Georgia Street for many years. He owned considerable property in the city at one time, and among other holdings he was interested in a block on Granville Street. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-john-milne-browni...

(18 July 1899) - LINK to - J.M. Browning Auction at 1003 Georgia Street - www.newspapers.com/article/vancouver-daily-world-jm-brown...

His wife - Magdaline Howden (nee Norval) Browning

(b. 4 September 1833 in Beauharnois, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada - d. 2 November 1914 (aged 81) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - they were married In 1855, in Valleyfield, Quebec

North Pender and South Pender were originally one island connected by an isthmus. This is a site that was used by the Coast Salish First Nations for thousands of years, and has a rich history. A canal was dredged in the early 1900′s to allow the ferry and boats quicker, safer passage between the islands. The islands, along with Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast, were given their current name by Pender Island was named by Captain Richards R.N. of H.M.S. Plumper in 1859 after his senior survey officer, Second Master Daniel Pender. The first permanent residents of European descent arrived on Pender Island in 1872. LINK - penderislandchamber.com/visitors-guide/about-pender-island

The PENDER ISLAND Post Office was established - 1 July 1891.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PENDER ISLAND Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / PENDER ISLAND / AU 13 / 60 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 28 May 1910. - (RF B) - the first split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 16 June 1891.

Message on postcard reads: Dear Edgar - Another postmark for the collection. We are thoroughly enjoying our holiday in these parts. ?????

Addressed to: Dr. Edger Black / Dept of Physiology / University of British Columbia / Vancouver, B.C.

Home address - 1726 Western Parkway, Vancouver 8, British Columbia

Dr. Edgar Clark Black

(b. 14 August 1908 in Davidson, Saskatchewan - d. 11 March 1967 age 58 in Vancouver, B.C.) - occupation - biologist

Sqdn. Ldr. Edgar Black, a research scientist who worked with Sir Frederick Banting of insulin fame and later became a professor of physiology at UBC.

DR. E. C. BLACK Physiology professor dies at 59 - Dr. Edgar C. Black, 59, one of the original members of the staff of the University of B.C.'s faculty of medicine, has died. Dr. Black was a member of a University of Toronto medical team during the Second World War which developed an oxygen supply system used by the RCAF for its high altitude aircraft. He was internationally known for his studies on the metabolism and physiology of fish. A professor of physiology, he first joined the UBC staff in 1947 as an associate professor of biology and botany. He joined the medical school faculty when it was first formed in 1950. Born in Davidson, Sask., he graduated from Brandon College in 1931, got an MA at UBC in 1935 and a Ph. D from the University of Pennsylvania In 1940. He is survived by his wife and a daughter.

Dr. Edgar C. Black was a philatelist - he wrote a book review for - THE POSTAL HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK, 1754 - 1867 for BNA Topics in JULY / AUG 1964 - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2021,%20No.%207... (see LINK to book below)

His wife - Virginia (nee Safford) Black

(b. 23 October 1914 in Brooklyn, New York - d. 19 January 2001 at age 86 in Vancouver, B.C.)

Charleston Mail Box

postmarked 1962

Postmarked Poole, Dorset, 1908.

This postcard was in use during the 1960's to the 1980's...

Published by Lewis & Nugent Ltd., (Wholesale only) Halifax, N.S." - Plastichrome / Colourpicture / Boston, Mass. 02130.

“Photo: Marty Sheffer” are familiar words to Canadian deltiologists. Postcards of his photographs were sold in convenience stores and souvenir shops from Newfoundland to British Columbia. He shot the Fredericton Playhouse, the Lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, and a giant five cent coin in Sudbury called The Big Nickel. He photographed Magnetic Hill, and downtown Toronto before its transmogrification into a tinted glass behemoth.

Marty Sheffer photographed across Canada, for postcards published by Royal Specialty Sales and Lewis & Nugent Ltd. He predominantly worked in the mid-1970s, and was a photographer at least as early as the 1965 voter's list.

Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located 27 miles west of Halifax on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality, which is famous for the Peggy's Point Lighthouse (established 1868). In 1919 the population was 180 and by 1956 the population had decreased to 60.

Peggy's Cove - This area is one of the most picturesque harbours in Atlantic Canada. Thousands of visitors and artists from all over the world come annually to Peggy's Cove to capture its natural beauty on canvas and on film. Many local fishermen brave the unpredictable waters along the rugged, granite coastline to secure a modest living. This sheltered haven was carved by massive glaciers some 20,000 years ago. As the entrance to Peggy's Cove was so narrow, the fishermen enlarged the entrance in the 1900's. Using large boats at low tide, they loaded dynamite into the bedrock bottom. After the explosion, the high tides helped lift the heavy boulders, which were towed out to sea.

According to legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800 ... a woman named Margaret. Local folk called her "Peggy" and her home came to be known as Peggy's Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868. Exactly 100 years later, in 1968 the Campbell family opened the Sou'Wester Restaurant. The post office is housed in the Sou'wester Restaurant during the winter and the lighthouse in the summer. It is this lighthouse that is seen on its pictorial postmarks.

Postcard was sent from the post office in the lighthouse at - / PEGGY'S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA / CANADA / 29. IX. 76 / - pictorial postmark. This pictorial hammer was proofed - 23 June 1975. This was the first of many pictorial postmarks that were used at Peggy's Cove.

Link to an article on the closing of Peggy's Cove post office: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peggys-cove-loses-post...

Message on postcard reads: September 28, 1976 - Dear Dorothy - We are having a great trip & now on the Atlantic coast, visiting this cove & by word its cold. Sure wish you had come with us. Halifax for two days & then on to St. John. Best wishes & love from Ann & Albert

Addressed to: Mrs. Dorothy Wilkinson / Langley, B.C. /

OBITUARY

Dorothy Lauretta Wilkinson

May 1, 1917 – July 26, 2016

IN THE CARE OF

Henderson's Langley Funeral Home

Postmarks from Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1943 during World War II, was a federation made up of six socialist republics. From 1960 to 1980, the country was something of a regional power and an economic success story. This postmark collection covers the time period from 1955 to 1965.

Brlog is a village in Otočac municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The population in 2021 was 256. (Cyrillic spelling бр́лог)

- the cover above sold for $11.75 in May 1989....

North Pender and South Pender were originally one island connected by an isthmus. This is a site that was used by the Coast Salish First Nations for thousands of years, and has a rich history. A canal was dredged in the early 1900′s to allow the ferry and boats quicker, safer passage between the islands.

Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 19 September 1953 - The FIRST postal service on Pender Island in Swanson Channel was a bottle dropped from a Fraser River boat of sails and long oars to be picked up by Pender pioneer Washington Grimmer, in a row-boat. Today this lovely Gulf Island some 35 miles southwest of Vancouver has three post offices, almost 400 people and a unique Salmon Derby. Actually there are two Pender islands: North and South. Years ago they were joined by a slough, but now there is a canal that can take a 50-foot vessel. There are 35 miles of road, 70 cars, 50 pleasure boats, steamer and plane service. Two thousand hours a year of bright sunshine make the Flower Fair in May worth seeing. LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/98785231/the-vancouver-sun/ Washington Grimmer was first Jersey breeder, not only on Pender Island but in B.C. Born in England, he spent his boyhood in Australia and came to Pender almost 80 years ago. Three sons and two daughters eventually built their homes in the lovely valley their father homesteaded. Navy Neptune (Nep) and Percy Grimmer still run dairy farms there. The eldest son's interesting names were given him because he was born in a rowboat in Navy Channel when his mother was trying to get over to the doctor at Mayne Island. LINK to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/98811608/obituary-for-washington-...

The PENDER ISLAND Post Office was established - 1 July 1891.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PENDER ISLAND Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / PENDER • ISLAND / NO 2 / 99 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 16 June 1891 - (RF B) - a new split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 28 May 1910.

- sent by - R.C. Colston

Robert "Bob" Christie Colston

(b. 3 June 1860 in Sapperton, B.C. - d. 9 May 1953 at age 92 in Victoria, B.C. / Pender Island, B.C.)

Articles about his father - Sapper Robert J. Colston (b. 1830 - d.)

LINK - www.royalengineers.ca/Colston.html and thebcreview.ca/2021/10/30/1267-taylor-colston-diary/

Addressed to: Mr. Wm. L. Lindsley / (# 18) Seattle / Washington / USA

William Lee Lindsley

(b. 12 August 1855 in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA - d. 26 January 1935 at age 79 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA)

CITY HALL

CITY OF VANCOUVER

BY SEA AND LAND WE PROSPER

INCORPORATED A.D. 1886

BRITISH COLUMBIA - illustrated corner card

The Vancouver City Water Works

H. J. Franklin

In 1896 H. J. Franklin asked for an increase of salary to $60.00 per month - It was resolved that his salary be increased to $60.00 per month as requested to date from December 1st 1896.

August 18, 1902. Harry J. Franklin having resigned his position as clerk in the Vancouver water works department, there were already 22 applications at the city hall for the job.

LINK to a photo of the Vancouver City Hall Building on Powell Street taken with the City Water Works office on the right side of the building (H.J. Franklin is shown on the far right of the photo) - searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/7/9/798508/63e...

Henry James "Harry" Franklin, (1875-1949) - Henry James Franklin was a real estate salesman. He lived at 1801 Beach Avenue from 1907 to 1910. Harry was born on September 25, 1875, in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. His father was Joseph Lamb Franklin (1846-1904), who was a building contractor. Harry’s mother was Elizabeth Sophia Staines (1857-1910). Joseph’s business failed in the late 1880s, and he became bankrupt in 1889. He came to Vancouver about 1889, where he became a contractor and builder. In 1892, 1893 and 1894, he was an alderman for Ward 4 in the Vancouver city council. Joseph died in Vancouver on November 23, 1904. He was buried in the Masonic section of Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver. In 1906, Harry had a rubber stamp business, and was living at 614 Westminster Avenue (later called Main Street). In 1907, Harry began selling real estate. He and his mother, Elizabeth, moved to 1801 Beach Avenue. Elizabeth died in Vancouver on March 6, 1910. She was buried in the Masonic section of Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver. For the next decade, Harry continued to work in the real estate business. He lived in a series of boarding houses in Vancouver. On April 18, 1922, in Vancouver, Harry married Jeannette Alvina Peck, who was the widow of Edward Winston Peck (1885-1919). Jeannette was born on April 20, 1886, in North Dakota. Her father was Thomas G. Leckie. Her mother was Teresa Butler. Harry died in Vancouver on October 2, 1949. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver. His wife Jeannette died in Vancouver on July 27, 1936. She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver. LINK to the complete article - westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographie...

His wife - Jeannette Alvina (nee Leckie) Peck / Franklin - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/54... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/108821432/the-province/

- sent from - / VANCOUVER / PM / OC 20 / 96 / B.C. / - cds cancel (25 mm) - this cds hammer was in use from 1894 to 1901.

Link to an article - Early Vancouver Postmarks (to 1905) Compiled by Gray Scrimgeour (starts on page 684) - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2011-06-v020n02-w07...

Addressed to - Mr. W. J. Lundy / Peterboro', / Ontario

- arrived at - / PETERBORO / 1 / OC 27 / 96 / ONT. / - cds arrival backstamp

William John Lundy

(b. 1861 in Peterborough, Ontario – d. June 1945 in Ontario) - the family lived in Vancouver for a few years (1890 to 1894) - occupation - tailor.

His wife - Mary Jane (nee Wallbrook) Lundy

(b. August 1861 in Ontario - d. 7 February 1942 at age 80 in Peterborough, Ontario) - they were married - 30 June 1889 in Peterborough, Ontario - two of their seven children were born in British Columbia.

Thanks to a friend's post on the big social media site, I now know the backstory of this obviously staged photo.

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5 cents letter rate + 50 cents registered letter rate = 55 cents

5 cents letter rate - 1 April 1954 to - 31 October 1968 - LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/p/canadian-domestic-lett... - Canada Post Office abolished the local letter rate. Effective November 1, 1968, the domestic letter rate. local or forward, was 6 cents for the first ounce.

50 cents registration fees - 1 June 1967 to at least 1973. LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2010/06/centennial-perio...

35 cents registration fees - 1 November 1963 to - 31 May 1967.

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RCAF STATION HOLBERG - During World War II, the Cape Scott radar to the northwest operated to detect enemy aircraft. In dealing with the subsequent Cold War threat from the USSR, the Pinetree Line of 44 radar stations across Canada was established, Holberg being at the western end. The tracking site was on the Mt. Brandes peak, and the base station was at the foot of Mt. Hansen, about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Holberg. Construction began in 1950, and the facility became operational as RCAF Station Holberg in 1954. The base supported a population of 850 at its peak. Renamings were 53 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron in 1956, 53 Radar Squadron in 1958, and Canadian Forces Station Holberg in 1967. The base closed in August 1990. The tracking site at the peak was converted to a Minimally-attended NWS Long Range Radar station. The buildings and equipment were removed from the base site within months, where overgrown roads remain the only reminder.

C.F. Station Holberg at San Josef, B.C. was an isolated posting on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, accessible by a 35 mile logging road from Port Hardy, British Columbia.

Prior to the unification of the armed forces in 1968, all RCAF station post office were given civilian names. Most stations had their names changed in 1966. The military units were referred to as Canadian Forces Base (CFB) or Canadian Forces Station (CFS).

RCAF Station Holberg was given the civilian name San Josef, B.C., on October 1, 1966.

The HOLBERG RCAF STATION Post Office was established - 25 May 1955 changed name to SAN JOSEF - 1 October 1966 and closed - 1 August 1990.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the HOLBERG RCAF STATION Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

Sent by - Cpl. L.W. Legault / C.F.S. Holberg, / San Josef, B.C.

- sent from - / SAN JOSEF / 26 / VIII / 1968 / B.C. / - large cds cancel (G-1) - large metal hammer (31.0 mm).

- sent by registered mail - / R / SAN JOSEF, B.C. / No. (71) / - registered boxed marking in black ink.

- via - / VANCOUVER • A.M.F. / PM / 27 VIII / 68 / B.C. / - cds backstamp

VANCOUVER A.M.F. (Air Mail Field) - Special stations, under the jurisdiction of the local post office, were set up generally near airfields where mail planes would land and depart. This would allow faster transfer of air mail from one plane to the next, provide a facility to hold mail from the local post office ready for airmail service and a location to collect mail from planes which would then be taken to ground facilities for dispatch. Special cancels were used as postmarks for departing mail and as backstamps showing arrivals.

- arrived at - / REGISTRATION BRANCH / 27 / VIII / 1968 / VICTORIA, B.C. / - large cds arrival backstamp (31.0 mm).

Addressed to: Superintendent of Motor-Vehicles, / Victoria, / British Columbia

postmarked 1960

JULES EGGERT,

Manufacturing Jeweler and Watchmaker,

Box 76, ATLIN, B.C. (corner card cover)

(Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 5 November 1888) - Mr. Jules Eggert, watchmaker, of this city, has just completed the first watch manufactured in Vancouver. It is beautiful article and reflects great credit on Mr. Eggert, both as a designer and a mechanic as the whole of the works, except the jewels and spring, were manufactured from the raw material by himself, who also designed the parts.

Jules Henry Eggert

(b. 1855 in Switzerland - d. 23 November 1922 at age 67 in Atlin, British Columbia)

(Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 24 November 1922) - JULES EGGERT, ATLIN OLD-TIMER, IS DEAD - Prince Rupert, Nov. 24. Jules Eggert, of Atlin, one of the oldest timers and best known figures in Northern British Columbia, died yesterday afternoon at Atlin, according to a message received here. The late Mr. Eggert who was 67 years of age, was a native of Switzerland. He went into Atlin in 1897 at the time of the gold rush, and has lived there ever since, following his business as a jeweller.

His wife - Rosina "Rose" (nee Indermühle) Eggert

(b. 1856 in Switzerland - d. 19 March 1921 at age 65 in Atlin, British Columbia, Canada) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - images.findagrave.com/photos/2020/95/91423409_63176137-c7...

LINK to a photo - EGGERT Building Becomes ATLIN Post Office - www.newspapers.com/clip/112538528/eggert-building-becomes...

LINK to Part One - New Post Office Brings Back Memories For Atlin Residents - www.newspapers.com/clip/112538855/new-post-office-brings-... Part Two - www.newspapers.com/clip/112539111/part-two-new-post-offic...

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - ATLIN - a mining town and post office in the extreme northwest of the province, situated on the east side of Atlin Lake, about 35 miles south of the Yukon boundary. Gold and copper mining is carried on. Reached via Carcross, on White Pass Railway, and steamer on Taku Arm.

ATLIN - situated on Atlin Lake, which name is derived in turn from the (Taku River) Tlinkit name "Ahklen" or "Aht'lah" meaning "big water" (Atlin Claim, 1903). Same explanation given by Chief Henry Taku Jack, Vancouver Province, 25 March 1948. A Tagish Indian word meaning "big water" or "stormy water"

The ATLIN Post Office opened - 1 April 1899, the year after the start of the gold rush. "Post Office & mining town. Has offices of Provincial Government Agent, Assessor and Collector, Gold Commissioner and Mining Recorder, Provincial Police, Land Commissioner, Registrar of Supreme and County Courts, telegraph, school, hospital, and churches." (1930 BC Gazetteer)

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the ATLIN Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

Clipped from - Whitehorse Daily Star newspaper - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada - 19 March 1920 - LINK to - Thomas Albert James - Atlin, British Columbia, Druggist and Postmaster Dies - www.newspapers.com/clip/112539776/thomas-albert-james-atl...

Thomas Albert James was Postmaster at ATLIN, British Columbia from - 1 April 1918 and served until his death - 15 March 1920. His (second) wife - Annie (nee Kindred) James took over as Postmistress on - 10 September 1920 and served until - 5 June 1924.

Thomas Albert James

(b. 3 June 1865 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - d. 15 March 1920 at age 54 in Atlin, British Columbia) - occupations - President / Minister of the Methodist Church in Albany, Western Australia, notary public in May 1911, school teacher, postmaster, druggist...

His first wife - Mary Rogers (nee Champion) James

(b. 1858 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - d. 1924 at age 66 in Albany, Western Australia) - they were married in 1880 at Victoria, Australia.

There was a book written about Thomas Albert James called - "THE KNOWING of THOMAS JAMES - The intriguing, true story of the Reverend Thomas James, a former President of the Methodist Church who disappears in 1906 while on holiday alone in Sydney. A telegram, sent to his family by a mysterious stranger, tells of his death in a boating accident on the harbour. The family is traumatised when the police investigation reveals that Rev. James is far from dead. The ensuing scandal explodes on the family, the church and society. The Knowing of Thomas James is a compelling read for anyone with an appreciation of the powerful hold of history over family. LINK - books.google.ca/books?id=adlPAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&lpg=...

A Methodist minister in Albany, Western Australia, he deserted Mary, and left Australia with Annie Kindred, maid of the James household in Albany,

His second wife - Annie (nee Kindred) James

(b. 29 October 1881 in Deep Lead, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia - d. 8 September 1967 at age 86 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Annie (Kindred) James was born on October 29th 1881 at Deep Lead near Stawel, Victoria, Australia. After her marriage to the late Thomas A. James they came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1907 and to Atlin in June 1908. A beloved and respected member of the community for over fifty years she will be sadly missed by all who knew her. LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112548066/obituary-for-annie-james/

- sent from - / ATLIN / SP 14 / 08 / B.C. / - cds cancel / postmark - (RF B).

- via - / SKAGWAY, ALASKA / SEP / 17 / 5 PM / 1908 / ???? / - cds transit backstamp

Addressed to - The Duber Watch Case Co. / Canton / Ohio

The Dueber Watch Case Company was an important employer in Canton, Ohio during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. In 1864, John Dueber founded the Dueber Watch Case Company in Newport, Kentucky. This firm manufactured cases that held the internal workings of watches. The Dueber Watch Case Company provided the casings to watch manufacturers, including the Hampden Watch Company, which was located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Hampden Watch Company's product so impressed Dueber that in 1886 he purchased a controlling interest in this company. In 1888 Dueber relocated the Dueber Watch Case Company from Newport and the Hampden Watch Company from Springfield to Canton, Ohio. In this new location, the two companies shared manufacturing facilities. The Dueber Watch Case Company produced the cases for the watches that the Hampden Watch Company manufactured. In 1923, the two companies formally united together, becoming known as the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company. The Dueber Watch Case Company and the Hampden Watch Company quickly became two of Canton's largest employers. In 1888, the companies' first year in Canton, the firms employed 2,300 Canton residents. In 1890, Canton's population was 26,337 people. Thanks to these two companies, Canton became an important center for watch manufacturing in the United States of America. Unfortunately for Canton residents, in 1927 the company went bankrupt, finally ceasing operations in the city in 1930. The machinery and tools were sold to the Amtorg Trading Corporation, one of Soviet Russia’s buying agencies in the US, for $329.000. 23 former Dueber-Hampden watchmakers, engravers and various other technicians were hired, for one year, to help train the Russian workers in the art of watch making at The First State Watch Factory, Moscow.

1910 postmarked postcard view of the post office and general store at Crisman, Indiana. Crisman was located where the Michigan Central Railroad crossed both the Wabash Railroad and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Today, the community is located within the city limits of Portage in Portage Township. H. D. Scofield was publisher of the postcard.

Since the postcard was postmarked in 1910 and was produced after divided-back postcards were permitted by the Post Office Department in 1906, the photograph used for this postcard probably dates from the 1907-1910 period. The following list of Crisman postmasters shows that Herbert D. Scofield was appointed postmaster at Crisman for a second time on February 14, 1907.¹ The man in the photograph was probably Scofield. The two children may have been his sons. The 1910 census listed two Scofield sons, ages 9 and 6.

Shepard Sargent, Postmaster, 06/7/1888

Herbert D. Scofield, Postmaster, 06/18/1894

Claus Brink, Postmaster, 10/10/1900

Brutus T Spencer, Postmaster, 03/15/1905

Herbert D. Scofield, Postmaster, 02/14/1907

Richard D. Nicholson, Postmaster, 01/14/1926

A wagon and a cart were parked next to the building in the foreground. The sign at the far end of the building advertised FINE GROCERIES, DRY GOODS & NOTIONS. The top part of that sign, possibly a name, had been painted over. That name appears to include ___S T. SP_____. Scofield replaced Brutus T. Spencer as postmaster in 1907. We know from the 1912 Porter County history² that Scofield opened the store in 1892 and sold it in 1900 to Claus Brink who then took a job with a Chicago company in 1905. Presumably, Brink sold the business. Since Spencer was appointed postmaster in 1905, he may have been the store’s owner from 1905 until 1907 when Scofield was appointed postmaster for the second time. Scofield must have reacquired the general store at that time.

1. National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publications, publication M841, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, (Washington, D.C.: General Services Administration, 1977). Available online at search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1932.

2. History of Porter County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 2 (Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), pages712 and 736. Available online at books.google.com/books?id=Nk00AQAAMAAJ&printsec=front....

This image was created by Thomas Keesling from a postcard courtesy of the Indiana Postal History Society. The Indiana Postal History Society assisted with the postmaster information and Jane Lyle graciously researched and contributed the census information.

The full postcard image can be seen here.

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A World War I letter from a relative.

postmarked 20 aug 1918

postmarked 1961

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - GLEN VALLEY - a Post Office and station on the C.N.R., 25 miles up the Fraser River from New Westminster, in Provincial Electoral District of Delta, in municipality of Langley, served by C.N.R. and river steamers from New Westminster, daily and semi-weekly. Nearest telegraph is C.P. R. at Whonnock, distant 1 mile. Has Anglican and R. C. churches. The population in 1918 was 300. Local resources: Fishing and farming.

The GLEN VALLEY Post Office was established - 1 November 1904 and closed - 30 April 1968 due to its limited usefulness. The patrons were then served via Langley RR No. 6.

Glen Valley had its mail service through the Whonnock Post Office until the 1930s. The GLEN VALLEY Post Office was in a general store at the corner of Jackman Road (272nd street) and River Road. Mail was rowed over every weekday morning after being sorted in the Whonnock Post Office. LINK - www.whonnock.ca/whonnock/PDFs/PostOffice.pdf

Brian Byrnes remembered: in the 1920s and 1930s, Glen Valley had its mail service through Whonnock post office. Mail was rowed over every workday morning after being sorted in Whonnock. Herb Cain of Glen valley deserves a place in post office history for his unfailing performance of this chore over many years. He never missed. The Glen valley post office was in a general store at the corner of Jackman Road, (272nd) and River Road. Brian sometimes helped out. it was a dangerous chore in winter when the river was frozen and one had to walk across and pick one’s way through jagged pieces of ice. The mailbag was tied to a shingle bolt—to avoid that it would get lost—and was dragged over the ice with a rope. One day when Brian arrived at the Glen valley side the ice collapsed in the centre of the river. A six-to eight-foot rift had formed that he had to cross on the way back, putting himself flat on the ice and crawling. Cold and wet, dragging the mail on the bolt behind him, he made it back to Whonnock. Through binoculars Brian’s father had watched him doing this. There were no more mail deliveries for Brian after this incident. LINK (page 13) - www.whonnock.ca/whonnock/PDFs/WN12-Post-Office.pdf

British Columbia Postmarks - LINK to examples of the CDS hammer at GLEN VALLEY - www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Category:British_Columbia... (click on Glen Valley) LINK to Postmarks of the world - www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Category:Postmarks

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the GLEN VALLEY Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...

- sent from - / GLEN VALLEY / JAN 27 / 32 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1904 - (RF C).

- sent by registered mail - / R / GLEN VALLEY, B.C. / ORIGINAL No. / (333) / - registered boxed marking in black ink.

- via - / WHONNOCK, / P.M. / JAN 27 / 1932 / B.C. / - MOOD backstamp in black ink.

via - / RUBY CREEK & VAN / 706 / JAN 28 / 36 / R.P.O. / - cds rpo transit backstamp (W-132 / RF 130) - this hammer was in use from 1929 to 1946.

Ruby Creek is a siding for the trains and got its name from the rubies found locally: opened 1 November 1899 and closed 30 June 1940.

- via - / VANCOUVER / JAN 28 / 32 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp

- arrived at - / VANCOUVER • B.C. / JAN 29 / 32 / POSTAL STATION • C. / - cds arrival backstamp

- sent by - E. Thuveson / Glen Valley, B.C.

Eric Harry Thuveson

(b. 12 November 1913 in Winnipeg, Manitoba - d. ?) - farmer (farmed with his father at Glen Valley, B.C.)

His wife - Mary (nee Sherratt) Thuveson

(b. 10 December 1921 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - d. 23 August 2021 at age 99 in Langley, B.C. / Burnaby, B.C.) they were married - 26 July 1940 in Vancouver, B.C. - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/20...

His father - Edwin Theodore Thuveson

(b. 10 April 1886 in Sweden - d. 5 November 1966 at age 80 in Vancouver, B.C.) - farmer - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/11... - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/37983115/edwin-thuveson/

His mother - Helga Almina (nee Wellander) Thuveson

(b. 9 February 1892 in Vinslov, Sweden - d. 26 December 1998 at age 106 in Langley, B.C. / Surrey, B.C.) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/95...

Addressed to: Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association / 425 West 8th Ave / Vancouver, B.C.

In 1913 thirty dairy farmers formed the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, an organization which began operation in 1917 and became one of the most successful cooperatives in North America. The compact nature of the Fraser Valley was a geographic advantage which laid the basis for the success of the Association. The river itself, the railways, and the roads which were built slowly and at great cost, provided transportation which unified the Valley. The insatiable Cariboo markets enabled pioneer farmers to become well established. The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway opened wider markets which dairymen were able to take advantage of after the creameries became established. The phenomenal growth of Vancouver in the first decade of the twentieth century provided a fluid market which was more lucrative. This market became accessible to farmers as far away as the Chilliwack Valley when the B.C. Electric Railway line was completed in 1910. - LINK to the complete article - open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0101761/2

Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative center of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field (Ličko Polje).

Gospić is the third smallest seat of a county government in Croatia. Its status as the county capital helped to spur some development in it, but the town as well as the entire region have suffered a constant decrease in population over the last several decades. Serbian scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla was born in the nearby village of Smiljan and grew up in Gospić. (In Cyrillic: Госпић)

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Postmarks from Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1943 during World War II, was a federation made up of six socialist republics. From 1960 to 1980, the country was something of a regional power and an economic success story. This postmark collection covers the time period from 1955 to 1965.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - WADHAMS - a Post Office and cannery at head of east arm of Rivers Inlet, 320 miles northwest of Vancouver, in Comox Provincial Electoral District, served by C.P.R. and Union S.S. Co.'s boats from Vancouver. The Post Office is for convenience of fishermen at the cannery during the summer months, although kept open by the watchman during winter. The residents are transient, and here only for canning season.

The lodge sits on the former site of the largest cannery in Rivers Inlet, Wadham’s Cannery. Founded in 1897 by E.A. Wadhams it was operated by B.C. Packers Company until 1942 when a fire caused an end to canning operations. The buildings served as a camp and net loft before finally succumbing to history. Today, only a few physical traces remain of its former glory but it lives on in the memory of those who spent their lives there. LINK - www.uniqueproperties.ca/brochures/CIM-Wadhams-Outpost-Lod...

Edmond Abraham Wadhams

(b. 28 March 1833 in Lake Champlain, New York - d. 17 October 1900 at age 67 in Portland, Oregon) - he founded Wadhams Cannery in 1897.

His son - William Albert Wadhams was the Cannery Manager and Postmaster at WADHAMS and served from from - 1 June 1903 to - 17 February 1904.

William Albert Wadhams

(b. 6 May 1868 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - d. 30 December 1949 at age 81 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/85...

The WANBOROUGH Post Office was established - 1 June 1896 - it became the WADHAMS Post Office - 1 June 1903 - closed - 29 August 1967 due to its limited usefulness.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the WANBOROUGH Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record... and the WADHAMS Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...

When this letter was posted at the WADHAMS Post Office the Postmaster was Don McLennan (he was also the Cannery Manager) - he served as Postmaster from - 20 May 1930 to - 2 January 1942. He was associated with the fishing Industry on the Pacific Coast for over 50 years.

Don McLennan

(b. 14 February 1883 in Stornoway, Scotland - d. 8 January 1963 at age 79 in Richmond, B.C. / Vancouver, B.C.) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/12... - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112645364/obituary-for-donald-ennam/

His wife - Jessie (nee Campbell) McLennan

(b. 5 December 1895 in Stornoway, Scotland - d. 23 October 1983 at age 87 in Vancouver, B.C.) - they were married - 19 February 1918 in Vancouver, B.C. - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/81... - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ce... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112647048/obituary-for-jessie-mcl...

- sent from - / WADHAMS / JUL 20 / 35 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 12 July 1923 - (RF C)

Addressed to: Mrs. Robert Wulff / R.R. 3 New Westminster / B.C.

This was most likely sent by her husband Robert Wulff who was in the fishing business during this time period.

Robert Wulff was assistant produce manager of the United Fisherman's CO-OP - it was located at 2195 Commissioner St., Vancouver, B.C. - it was formerly called - United Fishermen's CO-OP Association, Kyuquot Trollers' Co-operative Association & Sointula

Robert Wulff later became a coin & stamp dealer until his death in 1962.

Robert George Wulff

(b. 2 December 1891 in Minnedosa, Manitoba - d. 17 June 1962 at age 70 in New Westminster, B.C.) - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112613294/obituary-for-robert-geo... LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/51...

His wife was - Gerda (nee Hansen) Wulff

(b. 20 June 1887 in Norway - d. 12 June 1967 at age 79 in New Westminster, B.C.) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/112613427/obituary-for-gerda-wulff/ LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/88...

LINK to newspaper article from 1943 - Robert Wulff Wins Stamp Club Cup - www.newspapers.com/clip/112642897/robert-wulff-wins-stamp...

Interesting fact about Robert Wulff Sr. - Andrew Scott writes - My own interest is in the postal history of British Columbia. I’ve pursued this hobby now for 50 years, ever since New Westminster stamp dealer Bob Wulff gave me a box of old BC envelopes and postmarks that his father, well-known philatelist Robert Wulff, had accumulated in the first half of the 20th century. Link to the complete article - www.andrew-scott.ca/postal/introduction

Postmarks from Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1943 during World War II, was a federation made up of six socialist republics. From 1960 to 1980, the country was something of a regional power and an economic success story. This postmark collection covers the time period from 1955 to 1965.

Dobrova pri Ljubljani is situated in the region Bohinj Commune in Slovenia. (pri - "next to")

Dobrova is a clustered settlement northwest of Ljubljana in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec. It lies on the road from Ljubljana to Polhov Gradec at the point where roads split off to Horjul to the southwest and to Šentvid, Ljubljana to the northeast. It extends along the flat area to the northeast up to the Gradaščica River and encompasses much of Dobrova Hill. Dobrova includes the hamlets of Pod Kotom (Pod kotom) northwest of the main settlement and Graben southwest of the main settlement.

Dobrova was first mentioned in German written sources in 1252 as in Harde (literally, 'in the woods'), in 1354 as cze Hard ('at the woods'), and in 1490 as bey der Hurd ('by the woods'), semantically corresponding to the Slovene name. The name Dobrova is derived from Common Slavic *dǫbrova 'place where there is a deciduous or oak forest', in turn derived from *dǫbъ 'deciduous tree, oak'. Like similar names (e.g., Dobrovce, Dobrovnik, Zadobrova), it originally referred to the local vegetation. In the past it was known as Dobrawa in German.

Chelsea (Lunenburg County), is about 2 miles east of Molega Lake in the southwestern part of Nova Scotia. Chelsea was probably named for Chelsea, London, England. The population in 1956 was 180.

The Chelsea Postal Way Office was established in 1859 it became a Post Office - 1 January 1876 - the Post Office closed - 31 May 1957. The patrons were then served via R.M.D. Baker Settlement RR No. 1.

Distributing point - Baker Settlement

Mail route - Baker Settlement and Upper Chelsea

/ CHELSEA / JUN 01 / 39 / N.S. / split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (hammer #2) is not found in the proof book. The first split ring hammer was proofed - 2 November 1876.

Sent by: Mrs. O.S. Crouse / Chelsea / Box No. 6 / Lunenburg County / Nova Scotia

Sent to: The Robert Simpson Eastern Limited / Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (on a pre-printed advertising envelope / cover).

postmarked 1958

Postmarked 1908

Gornja Stubica is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, it has 5,284 inhabitants. The absolute majority of them are Croats. Gornja Stubica is twinned with: Slovenia Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia (since 2013)

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Postmarks from Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1943 during World War II, was a federation made up of six socialist republics. From 1960 to 1980, the country was something of a regional power and an economic success story. This postmark collection covers the time period from 1955 to 1965.

DISCOVERY is a ghost town located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. The city was located near Pine Creek, southwest of the south end of Surprise Lake. Discovery City was also known as Pine City. Discovery City existed to support the gold mining operations in the area. The city was founded in 1898 with the discovery of gold in Pine Creek. For a few years it had a population of 1,000. The city had hotels such as the Pine Tree, The Nugget, The Gold House and others. When the gold was depleted, the city was vacated. By 1930 it was deserted.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - DISCOVERY, a settlement in British Columbia on the Pine Creek, 60 miles from Carcross. It has one Presbyterian church, 4 stores, 6 hotels, and one saw and lumber mill. The population in 1908 was 200.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - DISCOVERY - a Post Office and mining settlement in Atlin Provincial Electoral District, reached by auto stage from Atlin, which is nearest telegraph station, distant 6 miles, and 90 miles from Carcross, on the White Pass Yukon Route. Presbyterian Church. The population in 1918 was 400. Local resources: Placer and quartz mining.

The DISCOVERY Post Office was established - 26 June 1899 / 1 July 1899 and closed - 18 December 1930.

LINK to a list of Postmasters who served at the DISCOVERY Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- arrived at - / ATLIN / JUN 15 / 10 / B.C. / - cds arrival

- directed to - / DISCOVERY / JU 15 / 10 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - the split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1899 - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads - May 15 1910 - Dear Sister - Have been going to write forever so long I'm awfully lazy when it comes to writing letters - I'm going to make a card do. The fishing season opened today and of course not everyone but lots went fishing - it been a horrid day tho - windy and drizzling - I don't like being on the lake when its rough. Peter was going, wonder if he had good luck. Olga is visiting her folks - they live near St. James, Minn. Kate was in Mapes 3 weeks and they came down in the locomobile 3 weeks ago yesterday - it was a cold day & awful windy they were chilled through - they only stayed a couple of days. Irene has been sick with the measles since they got home. Say, you sent $6.00 - what is that for? Do you want us to get something - you didn't say. Tell us when you write again. How's the weather up there - it was hot here in March and now it is so cold - nothing grows - there wont be fruit of any kind everything if the fruit have froze & well this a letter you'll have to put on specks to read. I cleaned house while Kate was away doing Rose's serving & we are hard at it. Well that's all this thing will hold - so bye & lots of love from Annie

Addressed to - Mrs. John Tintinger / Atlin / B.C. / Canada

Her second husband - John Nicholas Tintinger

(b. 11 December 1872 in Chicago, Illinois, USA - d. 17 July 1959 at age 86 in Atlin, British Columbia) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c9...

His wife - Caroline / Cora Lurna / Laurina (nee Luff) Foster / Tintinger - they were married - 3 February 1909 in Atlin, British Columbia

Cora Lurna Luff

(b. 15 October 1877 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States – d. 3 August 1947 at age 79 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States)

Her first husband was - James Albert Foster

They were married - 5 November 1896 in King County, Washington, United States

Postmarked December 29, 1962

BRIDGE RIVER, B.C. - is located 13 miles west of Lillooet on the north side of Seaton Lake. It was named after a 100 foot toll bridge built in 1859.

Townsite (South Shalalth) - Development of the electrical potential was in full swing by the mid-1920s, with a "model village" erected around the west side of the bay where Shalalth is located, and one of the tunnels piercing the mountainside above completed, but construction came to a halt with the onset of the Great Depression and the collapse of the finances backing the project, and work ground to a halt in 1929. The townsite remained largely empty during the 1930s, although steady traffic to the mines in the Bridge River Country over the mountain kept the hotels busy.

When World War II came, the semi-abandoned village built for the hydro project at the rail stop of South Shalalth, which had gone dormant at the start of the Great Depression and colloquially known as BRIDGE RIVER, was chosen for one of several relocation centres for Japanese-Canadians from the coast in the Lillooet area. One of the relocatees at Shalalth was Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki, a US-trained osteopathic physician who stayed on after the war and became one of Lillooet's two Companions of the Order of Canada.

Post-War BRIDGE RIVER townsite - After the war, construction of the hydroelectric project resumed with a vengeance, and along with a new boom in traffic to the mines came a surge in equipment to finish the power project. For the next twenty or twenty-five years, Shalalth became the main transportation hub for the surrounding region, with nearly 24-hour heavy traffic over the pass, either to and from the mines or to the new, expanded damsite just over the pass at the head of the Bridge River Canyon.

Shalalth Post Office (1) was opened - 1 November 1925, being the First Nation name for Seton Lake. Renamed BRIDGE RIVER Post Office - 1 June 1927. Name changed back to Shalalth Post Office (2) - 16 June 1937.

LINKS to a list of the Postmasters who served at the Shalalth Post Office (first opening) - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... - BRIDGE RIVER Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... - Shalalth Post Office (second opening) - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / BRIDGE RIVER / OCT 1 / 1934 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in purple ink - this MOOD hammer was proofed - 22 June 1933 - (RF-D).

- sent by: BRIDGE RIVER MOTOR SERVICE / Bridge River, B.C. - (corner card)

Addressed to: Mr. L. H. Drewy / Falls Creek, B.C. (Drewry's Mill at Falls Creek, B.C.)

- other examples of the MOOD cancel are:

- / BRIDGE RIVER / APR 20 / 1934 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in black ink - this MOOD hammer was proofed - 22 June 1933 - (RF-D). This is the ERD reported for this hammer.

- / BRIDGE RIVER / AUG 15 / 1934 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in black ink - this MOOD hammer was proofed - 22 June 1933 - (RF-D).

- / BRIDGE RIVER / SEP 21 / 1934 / B.C. / - this MOOD hammer was proofed - 22 June 1933 - (RF-D).

MOOD - It is a device which are known as "MOOD" (Money Order Office Datestamp / Device), which were first issued In Canada in 1927 and distinct looking round rubber CDS cancels of about 24 mm diameter (sometimes with ornaments). The definition of these cancels has come to include all circular rubber hammers under about 30mm diameter that were issued before 1973. MOOD cancels are usually seen in various colours, not often in black. MOODs were used concurrently during the period 1928 - 1945, with the majority seen in the 1930's. Almost all MOOD's have a comma after the town name, and this helps to differentiate them from other postmark styles. These devices were issued to post offices in order to date stamp money order and registration receipts as well as official mail. They were occasionally used for postmarking regular mail, but this use was not officially authorized.

Greetings at Christmas time!

Christmas Island (Cape Breton Island), Nova Scotia - is located 3 miles east of Grand Narrow.

At Christmas Island, a small community in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, it’s all about the postmark. The Christmas Island post office is now famous for bringing a festive feel to holiday cards around the world with wreath postmarks that say “Christmas Island.”

This Philatelic Illustrated Christmas cover was sent from: / CHRISTMAS ISLAND / DEC 25 / 1953 / N.S. / - cds cancel - this cds hammer was proofed - 20 March 1935 - (#3192).

Addressed to: Rudolf S. Beltner / P.O. Box 115 / Merritt, B.C., Canada

Karl Rudolph Beltner

Birth - 9 Apr 1896 in Germany

Death - 5 Dec 1965 (aged 69) in Collettville, British Columbia

Burial - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Merritt, British Columbia

Son of Louis & Florentine Beltner; sibs - Erwin & Lucy.

REMO - Within miles of the city of Terrace, British Columbia lies the community of Remo, which is bisected by the Skeena River. At one time, the two sides were connected with each other and with the surrounding area by sternwheelers. During this era the north and south sides were known by the names of the families that lived there: Bateman’s Landing, Neidhart’s Landing, Swanson’s Landing and Breckenridge’s Landing. This changed in 1918 when the postmaster, John Neidhart, renamed the community Remo after his German hometown. As the surrounding area grew, and rail passage was introduced, steamship travel was discontinued. However to connect the two sides (and to allow those from the south side to access the railway from the north side) a small ferry was in operation between 1912 and 1936. Subsequent road and bridge construction eliminated the need for the ferry. As a result, the community ceased to be seen as one. What locals now refer to as Old Remo is on the south side of the Skeena, while New Remo is on its north side.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - REMO - a post office and settlement on the Skeena River, 87 miles from Prince Rupert, 1 - 2 miles from Zimacord and 7 miles from Terrace, in Prince Rupert Provincial Electoral District, reached by G. T. P. Railway. at Zimacord. Has telephone office, nearest telegraph office at Terrace. The population in 1918 was 17. There is a brick yard here, which is not working at present. Local resources: Farming (fruit and vegetables) and timber.

Breckenridge Landing Post Office opened - 1 May 1910, located on the south side of the Skeena River. Renamed REMO Post Office - 1 November 1913. Sometime before March 1955, Remo Post Office was relocated to the north side of the Skeena River, adjacent to the CNR station. The CNR Station closed mid-1950's; the REMO Post Office closed - 11 July 1960.

LINKS to a list of the Postmasters who served at the Breckenridge Landing Post Office central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2... and the REMO Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...

Arthur Young Wilson was the Postmaster at REMO when this letter was posted - he served from - 15 November 1921 to - 5 April 1934.

Arthur Young Wilson

(b. 1858 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - d. 11 April 1937 at age 79 in Vancouver, B.C.) - he was also the manager of Kitsumkallum Timber Company Ltd. in Remo, B.C.

Arthur Young Wilson, retired lumberman, who had lived in British Columbia since 1907, died on Sunday at his home, 649 Bute Street. He was in his eightieth year. His wife, a daughter, Mary, in Washington, D.C., and one brother, Judge F. W. Wilson, survive. Mr. Wilson was a native of Ontario.

His wife - Amelia (nee Lawrason) Wilson

(b. 25 January 1874 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA - d. 19 August 1946 at age 72 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ec...

Dies of Injuries - Mrs. Amelia Wilson, of 610 Jervis, died in the General Hospital Monday of injuries suffered when she fell down the steps at the Court House, August 7, 1946. LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/103701161/obituary-for-amelia-wil...

sent from - / REMO / AP 25 / 32 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 3 October 1913 - (RF C) - also a second REMO split ring strike dated - 26 April 1932.

Addressed to: Miss Netta Clark, / Prince Rupert, / B.C. / Arctic Studio (the Arctic Studio was a flower shop in Prince Rupert - LINK to an advertisement) - www.newspapers.com/clip/103672402/the-interior-news/

Janet "Netta" Auld Hay (nee Clark) Sinclair

(b. 1910 - d. 23 October 1989 at age 79 in Canfield, Ontario) - they were married 31 July 1935 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2c... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/103671148/times-colonist/

Her husband - Reginald William Sinclair

(b. 16 November 1891 in New Westminster, B.C. - d. 1 August 1981 at age 89 in Victoria, British Columbia) - manager of the J.H. Todd & Company - he was with the company for 46 years. J.H. Todd & company were the famous fish packing company. LINK to his birth certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8b... - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6b... LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/103672043/obituary-for-reginald-s...

His first wife was - Margaret Norah (nee Marrs) Sinclair

- they were married - 3 April 1925 in Prince Rupert, B.C. and divorced - 31 May 1929 in Victoria, B.C. - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c0...

SCENIC VIEW / MALAHAT, Vancouver Island, British Columbia is an unincorporated area in the Cowichan Valley, with municipal-type services delivered by the Cowichan Valley Regional District. What could be considered the hub of the community is a small collection of businesses that includes the Malahat Gas station (which also serves as the Malahat Post Office) and the Malahat Chalet and the Moon Water Lodge.

SCENIC VIEW Post Office was opened - 16 January 1937, renamed MALAHAT Post Office - 2 June 1942, in association with Malahat Ridge. Malahat Post Office relocated southward to Lot 51, 15 February 1965; community remains centered around original Post Office location.

LINKS to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SCENIC VIEW Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2... - and the MALAHAT Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=1...

- sent from - / MALAHAT / AM / FE 3 / 43 / B.C. / - cds cancel - uncommon postmark - (RF B).

Addressed to - City of Victoria / Water Works Dept.

Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 9 September 1939 - There we met Chief Malahat near the Scenic View Post Office. He stands proudly by the highway, eight feet of him, carved out of a solid log, sculptured by a First Nations, created with loving artistic care by one of his descendents. The old Chief bears a sign at his feet, Informing all, that if they wish good luck they should pose with him, shake his hand and take a snap shot. LINK to a newspaper drawing of Chief Malahat - www.newspapers.com/clip/110664230/chief-malahat/

Clipped from - Times Colonist newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 30 September 1958 - TOTEMS INTACT - The famed totem poles outside the Malahat chalet did not burn. But the wooden statue of Chief Malahat which guarded the doorway was totally destroyed. The well-known stone wishing well also remains. Mr. Smith placed the value of the building at $40,000, covered by insurance. Not covered were $15,000 worth of stock, mainly souvenirs, and $12,000 worth of fixtures and furniture. - LINK to a photo of the - Malahat Chalet Fire - www.newspapers.com/clip/110664749/malahat-chalet-fire/

Sent by - Robert G. Jackson

(b. 1877 in Yorkshire, England - d.)

(LINK to) - Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 17 October 1950 - City's only fault - Enthusiast Protests Park Ban on Horses - www.newspapers.com/clip/110659076/citys-only-fault-enthus...

Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 21 October 1950 - 25 Families In Malahat Area Seekinq Phones - The B.C. Telephone Co has been asked to provide service to a community of 25 families located in the vicinity of the 17-mile post on the Malahat. The request has been submitted by Robert Jackson, 1765 Hollywood Crescent, who owns 30 acres in the area. Mr. Jackson, in a letter to the telephone company, said several accidents have occurred on the Malahat in recent years in which people have died. He went so far as to say some of these people might have been saved if there had been telephones handy to summon quick medical aid.

(LINK to) - Clipped from - Times Colonist newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 8 December 1951 - Robert G. Jackson out of Jail - Police Happy - www.newspapers.com/clip/110661034/robert-g-jackson-out-of...

Clipped from - Times Colonist newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 7 January 1995 - The house at 1765 Hollywood Crescent - called Innisfree - evokes Snow White's cartoon abode. Its rounded door is one of the friendliest, most satisfying entrances in town. "I think the man who built it lived in Innisfree, Alberta," says Rev. William Taylor, who lives in the house with his wife, Frances. LINK to a newspaper photo of the rounded door - www.newspapers.com/clip/110653100/inisfree-1765-hollywood... The INNSFREE house was built c. 1933 by Thomas Stubbs a building contractor. LINK to a newspaper photo of the house taken in 1973 - www.newspapers.com/clip/110659741/1765-hollywood-crescent...

Postmarked July 21, 1917. Mailed to Troy, PA. Postcard published by Baker Bros., Elmira, N.Y.

Melrose is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's in Guysborough County. Located on the once famous for her Atlantic salmon St. Mary's River where the East and West branches meet at Silver's Pool. Because of the nature of the hills along the river at this pool one can find a stand of old growth untouched white pine and hemlock that rivals the beauty of Stanley Park. Melrose proper borders the Cumminger and Glenelg Lakes as well as the Gulch (a valley between Melrose proper and the Cochrane Hills). It with the neighbouring communities of Aspen and Glenelg constitute what is known locally as "the loop". Historically a farming and logging community it at one time had a grist mill and tannery, the neighbouring Crow's Nest Gold Mine, as well as the 11 Mile House stage coach stop and local post office. Since its heyday in the late 19th century it has declined in population.

The Melrose Post office opened in 1864 - and closed - 10 March 1961. The "Melrose St Marys" postmark refers to Melrose (Guysborough).

/ MELROSE / MY 5 / 98 / N.S. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1885 - "RF C"

Addressed to: Mr. Alex Manson / North Lochaber / Antogonish County / Nova Scotia

- it has a partial cds backstamp - / LOCHABER / MY 6 / 98 / N.S. /