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The Cantil Post Office. Open from 1914 to 1972. Pink and green Protomachine while the full moon burned in for 136 seconds. Ig
Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 141,397 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside Metro Vancouver. Abbotsford-Mission has the third highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver CMA. It is home to Tradex, the University of the Fraser Valley, and Abbotsford International Airport.
There is some controversy over the origin of the Abbotsford name. The most commonly cited origin is that Maclure named the land "Abbotsford" after family friend Henry Braithwaite Abbott, the western superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Until 1922 the name was spelled Abbottsford. Maclure's sons later stated that the property had actually been named for Sir Walter Scott's home, Abbotsford, and pronounced it with the accent on ford, while in his later years Maclure himself claimed that the naming had been "a combination of two ideas". The Akriggs say that Maclure in an 1844 letter said that when the town was laid out in 1844, the town was named for Henry Abbott, general superintendent of the CPR and brother of Sir John Abbott, prime minister.
The ABBOTTSFORD Post Office was established - 1 January 1892 - the spelling changed to ABBOTSFORD - 1 November 1922.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the ABBOTTSFORD / ABBOTSFORD Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / ABBOTTSFORD / DE 22 / 16 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF D).
- sent to - / ENDERBY / DE 25 / 16 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp (RF B).
- redirected to - / ARMSTRONG / DE 27 / 16 / B.C. / - partial split ring arrival backstamp - (RF A).
Addressed to: Mrs. John Worthington / Enderby / B.C. / redirected to Armstrong B.C. /
- she was most likely related to Hugh Harry Worthington who lived both in Enderby and Armstrong, B.C. during his lifetime.
Hugh Harry Worthington
(b. 26 February 1872 in England – 16 February 1948 in New Westminster, B.C.)
- sent by - Wo Hing / Lillooet, B.C. / Canada - he was most likely vacationing at Alta Lake, B.C.
Wo Hing was a prominent Chinese citizen of Lillooet who owned the largest store on Main Street and raised pork at his ranch on West Pavilion Road. A Chinatown sprang up in Lillooet behind his store at the entrance to Fraserview Street opposite Downton Park on Main Street. By the 1930s, most of the merchants on Main Street were Chinese but the boom and bust economy of Lillooet did not translate into a continuous presence here. LINK to the complete article - visitlillooet.ca/discover-lillooet/u9uqs4m8tsfzrjg6b0thl3...
Another well-known Lillooet chinese was Wo Hing, who owned the China ranch on West Pavilion. He also owned a store in Lillooet where he sold the pork that he raised on the ranch. His well-cared for pigs were taken in summer to the range at the foot of a nearby mountain. Today its official name is Hog Mountain. Wo Hing's store was one of Lillooet's establishments on the main street, and it backed onto an alley. LINK to the complete article - jessiesnewsarticles.blogspot.com/2008/10/after-many-reque...
ALTA LAKE was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - ALTA LAKE - a post office 1 mile from Mons Station, on the P. G. E. Railway, 37 miles northeast of Squamish, in North Vancouver Provincial Electoral District. Squamish is the nearest Dominion Government Telegraph office and the business centre. The population in 1918 was 40. Local resources: Logging, mining, and excellent fishing.
The ALTA LAKE Post Office was established - 1 February 1915; closed - 2 November 1964. Re-opened - 1 February 1966. Renamed Whistler Post Office - 1 April 1976.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the ALTA LAKE Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
Mrs. Myrtle Philip was the first Postmistress at ALTA LAKE - she served from - 1 February 1915 to - 4 May 1948.
Myrtle Frances (nee Tapley) Philip
(b. 19 March 1891 in Brooksville, Maine, USA - d. 15 August 1986 at age 95 in Squamish, British Columbia) - she helped run the Rainbow Lodge at Alta Lake with her husband, kept a general store and was postmistress for 33 years. - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/81...
Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 16 August 1986 - Whistler pioneer dies at age 95 - Whistler pioneer and 44-year school board veteran Myrtle Philip died Friday at Squamish of a stroke. She was 95, said her nephew, David Esworthy. Mrs. Philip arrived in the Whistler area with her husband Alex in 1911, when she was 20. Until she was forced to move into a Squamish nursing home several years ago, she lived her entire life at Alta Lake. Along with her husband, who died in 1968, she built the Rainbow Lodge at Alta Lake. They completed it in 1914, about the time the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (the current BC Rail) was built through the area. The first trains had no dining cars, and Myrtle Philip provided meals for passengers and crews at Rainbow Lodge, said Esworthy. During the summer months, the Philips entertained about 100 guests at the lodge, reached via a ferry to Squamish, then by railroad to Alta Lake. "There must be thousands of people in the Vancouver area who still remember holidays there," Esworthy said. In 1929, she organized a drive to build the first area school. She became chairman of the school board and hired a teacher for $75 a month, $10 above the rate for city teachers. - She remained on the school board until she was 83, retiring in 1974. An elementary school at Whistler was named after her in 1976.
Her husband - Alexander Philip
(b. 1 March 1882 in Scotland - d. 10 October 1968 at age 86 in Vancouver, B.C. / Alta Lake, British Columbia) - Resort Owner / Rainbow Lodge at Alta Lake. LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/16...
Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 12 October 1968 - Resort Man, Novelist Dies - Alexander Philip, pioneer resort operator at Alta Lake, died Thursday in Vancouver, aged 86. Born in Scotland, Mr. Philip came to B.C. from Maine and operated a cafe on Columbia Ave. until he and his wife, Myrtle, trekked into Alta Lake by the Pemberton Trail. He went into the resort business at Alta Lake in 1914. The log buildings he built then still stand and form part of Rainbow Lodge, which he sold when he retired in 1948. He had three novels published and made a movie of one of them, Crimson West. He is survived by his wife.
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- sent from - / ALTA LAKE / SP 1 / 37 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 2 August 1926 - (RF C) - split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 16 January 1915.
- sent registered - / R / ALTA LAKE, B.C. / No. (347) / - registration boxed marking in blue ink - Proofed - June 1935.
- via - / S. & Q. R.P.O. / 2 / SP 1 / 37 / B.C. / - (Squamish & Quesnel) RPO backstamp - W-152 (RF 120) - Proof Date - 2 December 1920 / ERD - 17 February 1922 / LRD - 12 August 1953 / Indicia - N, S, 1, 2, 4.
- via - / VANCOUVER / SP 1 / 37 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp
- there are 2 different types of CANTON arrival backstamps.
Addressed to: Sang Chong / Canton / China
MUNROE POST OFFICE - the district, six miles east of Chilliwack, has been known by several names. A rivulet, left by the changing bed of the Fraser River, was called Camp Slough sine it was here the the First Nations made camp during their search for food. Later, the waterway became known as Camp River although the district continued to be called Camp Slough. When considering a name for the Post Office, some people found the latter name offensive and when the Post Office opened, it was called MUNROE after pioneer Gilbert Munro. This gentleman came to the Cariboo goldfields in 1861 from Dundas County, Ontario, and on to the Fraser Valley in 1877. In 1905 grandson, Charles W. Munroe, was a sitting Member of the Provincial Parliament and in 1910 was Postmaster at Rosedale.
The MUNROE Post Office opoened - 1 April 1905 in the home of Charles Braithwaite on Camp River Road. Braithwaite (1856-1910), his wife, Georgina Green (1852-1910) and two daughters came to Camp Slough from the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. Prior to that he farmed at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba and had been active in the Manitoba wing of the "Patrons of Industry", a quasi-political movement which had its roots in the USA. Mails were exchanged at Chilliwack. Between 1905 and 1910 the hauling contract was held by Albert Martin. From 1910 to 1914 C. McCormick provided the service.
Charles Braithwaite served as Postmaster until - 5 February 1908. A nephew, Charles R. Braithwaite, was Postmster at Rosedale from 1911 to 1917. On - 2 March 1908 the Post Office relocated to the north side of the slough into the home of Charles Somers Sr. (1861-1924) and his wife Emma. This family originated in England and arrived at MUNRO in 1894. Somers resigned as Postmaster - 24 December 1909. For many years thereafter he and his wife managed the Rosedale Hotel.
Alexander Colin (Sandy) Munro (1860-1923) was the youngest son of Gilbert and Coroline Munro. On - 1 March 1910 the Post Office was moved to the Munro home located just west of the Community Hall on Camp River Road.Sandy married Sarah Branchflower. Seven children were born to this family. Sandy Munro served as Postmaster until - 31 August 1914. Chilliwack Rural Route 2 was estended to the district at this time and MUNRO Post Office closed.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the MUNRO Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- sent from - / VANCOUVER, CAN / OCT 2 / 12 - M / 1907 / - machine cancel
- arrived at - / MUNRO / OC 4 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1905 - (RF D).
Message on postcard reads: 17 October 1907 - Flo & I are ???? away for a good long look at Cheam Peak. M. M. Ryder
Flora Isabella "Flossie" (nee Ryder) Gillanders
(b. 17 September 1883 in Chilliwack, BC, Canada – d. 6 February 1937 at age 53 in Spokane, Washington, USA)
Her father was - John Ferris Ryder
(b. 20 October 1832 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada – d. 8 June 1916 at age 83 in Chilliwack, BC, Canada / Cheam, B.C.)
FRASER VALLEY LOSES PIONEER - Mr. John Ferris Ryder - Lived for Over Half a Century in British Columbia. LINKS to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/99964547/the-chilliwack-progress/ and www.newspapers.com/clip/99964050/vancouver-daily-world/ and www.newspapers.com/clip/99964466/the-province/
Her cousin - Mary Matilda (nee Ryder) Wright
(b. 29 July 1881 in British Columbia – d. 1965)
Addressed to: Miss Flake Harding / Munroe / B.C.
Flake Isabel (nee Harding) Moss
(b. 18 October 1888 in Balmoral, Manitoba - d. 20 May 1983 at age 94 in Vancouver, B.C. / Chilliwack, British Columbia)
Clipped from - The Chilliwack Progress newspaper - Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada - 1 November 1978 - One of Camp River's earlier residents celebrated her 90th birthday October 22 with an open house at Camp River Hall. Family and friends honored Flake Moss, whose father was one of the charter members of the first hall. Mrs. Moss was born on October 18, 1888 in Balmoral, Manitoba. Two years later she came to Camp River with her family, the Hardings. The family members were always active in the work of the hall. Mrs. Moss recalls living through the flood of 1894 which resulted in much damage. The first hall was built in 1908, and was the first community hall in the Chilliwack valley. When the new hall was built in 1975, Mrs. Moss turned the first sod. Both Mrs. Moss and her husband, George, were active in dramatic groups. Mr. Moss, a well known entertainer in the valley, died in 1950. The family had moved to town in 1944. At 90, Mrs. Moss still lives in her own home and tends her own garden. Mrs. Moss has two daughters, Joan Stoner of Vedder Crossing, and Doreen Burgess of Abbotsford. She also has six grandchildren, 12 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband - George Moss
(b. 26 January 1887 in Southwick, Sussex, England - d. 7 October 1950 at age 63 in Chilliwack, British Columbia) - they were married - 20 October 1913 in Camp River, B.C. / Chilliwack, B.C.
Formerly part of the massive Mount Pleasant Royal Mail Sorting Office, now a luxury development with pillarbox-shaped vents
Unidentified Horse & Buggy. Wells, Minn. RPPC.
1910 WELLS MINN. Postmark.
Sent to:
Miss Margaret Henry
2512 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, M.O.
Message:
Hello Marg.
Would you like to take a ride with me I am in need of a driver. We are all done stacking now. Say I miss you, you ought to have been here. Everybody is OK. so good bye.
Clair
[07801]
Sent from - / X284 / HALIFAX / SUB. NO. 4 / MAR 25 1955 / N.S. / - MOON cancel (red ink) - this MOON hammer was proofed - 2 December 1950.
Halifax Sub Office No. 4 Post Office opened - 15 May 1912
Location - 160 Spring Garden Road, City of Halifax - 1912-05-15
Location - 24 Spring Garden Road
Location - 29 Cobourg Road - 1917-07-25
Location - 416 Spring Garden Road - 1919-01-06
Location - 90 Spring Garden Road - 1946-03-18
The Post Office permanently closed - 1 March 1966 due to the opening of the Halifax South Postal Station.
Starting in most of Canada in January 1950, post offices began to get issued with a rectangular rubber cancel that incorporated the MOON (Money Order Office Numbers), town name, date and province within a box of about 30 mm x 28 mm. These cancels were in use until March 31, 1973. In theory MOON, MOTO and MOOD cancels were not to be used to cancel anything except paperwork and receipts, but by the 1960's MOON cancels were in wide use.
To - District P.O. Inspector / Main Post Office / Halifax
receiving cancel - / HALIFAX - N.S. / MAR 25 / 530 PM / 1955 / CANADA / BUY AND USE EASTER SEALS / - slogan postmark (Coutts #B-665 / used at Halifax from 1952 to 1956).
Victoria Sub No. 24 Post Office was established - 18 July 1928 and closed in 1986.
The Victoria Sub Post Office No. 24 was located in "Jones' Corner Shop" at 2000 Oak Bay Avenue, corner Foul Bay Road with John Jones serving as the Postmaster. He was Postmaster from - 18 July 1928 to 9 September 1935. It was a popular confectionery store during the 1930s. Jones' Corner Shop was the first business at this address.
Stuart Stark's wonderful book, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings: More Than Just Bricks And Boards, informs us that a house once stood on this corner lot at Oak Bay Avenue and Foul Bay Road. In 1930 it was moved around the corner (1547 Foul Bay Road) to allow for the construction of a commercial building which housed several retail stores.
Robin's Corner Shop (Confectionery & Post Office)
2000 Oak Bay Avenue (1936–1937 city directories)
Henderson's Corner Store (Confectionery & Post Office)
2000 Oak Bay Avenue (1938–1945 city directories / phone books)
Frost's Corner Store (Confectionery & Post Office)
2000 Oak Bay Avenue (1946–1970... phone books)
popular confectionery 1940s —1960s
LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the Victoria Sub Post Post Office No. 24 - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / VICTORIA, B.C. / PM / JAN 2 / 1935 / Sub No. 24 / - MOOD cancel in black ink.
- / R / Victoria, B.C. Sub No. 24 / No. (5539) / - registered marking in black ink.
transit - / VICTORIA • B.C. / 17 / JAN 2 / 35 / CANADA. / - cds backstamp
Arrival: / NEW YORK, N.Y. / 1 - 7 / 1935 / REG'Y. DIV. / - double oval backstamp in black ink
/ NEW YORK, N.Y. / 1 - 7 / 1935 / G.C. ANX.-REG. / - double oval backstamp in purple ink
Addressed to:
Mr. S. G. Rich / The Collectors Club / 30 East 42nd St., / New York City / N.Y. / USA
Stephen G. Rich
Past Vice President Years: 1958
Past Secretary Years: 1955-56
Past Treasurer Years: 1931-34
Board of Governors Class Years: 1928, 1931, 1934, 1954, 1957
The Collectors Club was founded in New York City in the summer of 1896 as a way to “gather… all the societies, all the auctions and all the philatelic interests of the city” according to the invitation to join. One hundred eager stamp collectors responded. Sixty-six were from the City and the rest from across the United States and as far away as Shanghai, China. While it was originally organized along the lines of other New York City Victorian clubs, the Club soon gained a national reputation among collectors because of the members’ intense interest and prominence in philately.
Sent by: EDGAR SCHOLES
1748 Davis St.
Victoria, B.C.
EDGAR FARRAND SCHOLES
(b. 19 April 1879 in Crumpsall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom – d. 11 March 1941 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
His wife: DORA LAW
(b. 1880 in Stretford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom – d. 5 October 1960 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
They were married - 21 June 1909 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
ALKALI LAKE is an unincorporated community in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located 40 kilometres south of the city of Williams Lake en route to Dog Creek and the Gang Ranch, at about 780 m (2560 ft) above sea level. The settlement, and the adjoining reserves of the Alkali Lake Indian Band, get their name from Alkali Lake, which gets its name from an outcrop of alkali on the hillside above it; the lake itself is not an alkali lake. The economy of the area is based on cattle ranching and small scale tourism, although in the past it was important as a way station on one of the various trails to the Cariboo goldfields farther north.
British Columbia’s oldest ranch was established in this attractive valley by a German-born settler named Otto Bowe, who, in 1858, built a ‘stopping house’ alongside the river trail that made its way through the Cariboo to the northern goldfields. Bowe married a daughter of the Alkali Band Indian Chief and had four children with her. Bowe’s 10,117 hectare (25,000 acre) ranch stayed in the family until 1908, when it was purchased by Englishman Charles N. Wynn-Johnson. He was the grandfather of Charles N. ‘Chunky’ Woodward, who later became the multimillionaire owner of B.C.’s iconic Woodward’s department store chain and a world-champion cutting-horse rider. At the peak of its operation, the Alkali Lake spread had more than 4,000 head of cattle and horses and employed dozens of working cowboys. LINK to the complete article - landwithoutlimits.com/places/cariboo-gold-rush-trail/alka...
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the ALKALI LAKE Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this letter entered the postal system at ALKALI LAKE the Postmaster was Friedrich Carl Zinn - he served from - 18 May 1956 until his death - 29 May 1965.
Friedrich Carl Zinn
(b. 18 June 1901 in Vienna, Austria - d. 29 May 1965 at age 64 in Alkali Lake, British Columbia) - he arrived in Canada in 1951 - occupations - Bookkeeper, Storekeeper & Postmaster - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8a...
His wife - Edith Margaret (nee Muthe) Zinn
(b. 1 December 1900 in Elbergeld, West Germany - d. 24 November 1981 at age 81 in West Vancouver, British Columbia) - occupation - secretary - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7a...
- sent from - / ALKALI LAKE / MR 7 / 63 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF B) - NOTE this is a favour cover...Sid (in his handwriting) sent it to himself...he must have collected BC postmarks.
Addressed to: Sid Bedwell / Salmon Arm / B.C.
Sidney Francke Bedwell
(b. 1931 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan - d. 1 August 2005 at age 74 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/120458737/obituary-for-sidney-fra...
Sid was born in Turtleford, Saskatchewan, raised on a farm at St. Walberg, he moved to Salmon Arm with his family in April of 1943. During his life in Salmon Arm, he devoted countless hours in helping others. His dedication to the community with volunteer work saw the Salmon Arm Community Association successful in the operation of the Salmar Theatre, was instrumental with the changing of the name to Salmar Community Association and construction of the Salmar Grand Cinemas. Sid was part of the planning committee, and worked with other volunteers on construction of the original Salmon Arm Arena in the mid 1950's. Being a man to detail provided many organizations his assistance in numerous capacities, to name a few, Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. Lodge, Secretary and director with the Salmar Community Association for 48 years, the Historical Society. His work in the Shuswap was equally important to the residents, for years he worked with R.A. Jamieson Plumbing and Heating, assisting his father with masonry work, years with the movie theatre, the original Salmar and the outdoor Drive In theatre, voter registration clerk which included a pilot project he championed for the Province of British Columbia, and was Returning Officer with the Provincial election. Sid will be remembered for his dedication to humanity, his countless hours of behind the scene work to make Salmon Arm a better place.
His father - Charles William Bedwell
(b. 13 June 1884 in Slough, England - d. 20 January 1980 at age 95 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) - his occupation - bricklayer - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7f...
His mother - Daisy Louise (nee Hall) Bedwell
(b. 9 October 1890 in Hornsey, Middlesex, England - d. 4 October 1989 at age 98 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b9...
British Columbia STAMP (#9) - 5c on 3d bright red - perf 14 x 14 - '28' numeral cancel (Burrard Inlet).
1869 Issue " 5. CENTS. 5" surcharge on 3p bright red "Seal of BC"
Burrard Inlet was the first name of what would become Vancouver. Wellburn’s notes state that the Burrard Post Office opened on July 2, 1869, a year before the town was named Granville.
For some reason, postal authorities decided to use numbers to cancel letters in colonial B.C., rather than make up stamps with a town’s name.
- from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 25 - Number 3 - Whole number 99 - September 2016 -The story of Vancouver’s first Post Office - written by Andrew Scott - Vancouver’s first Post Office was not located in Gastown, nor anywhere near today’s urban centre, but in the kitchen of a remote pioneer hotel at the end of the city’s first wagon road. Early postal patrons had to hike, ride or row to this spot, which was originally known as New Brighton. New Westminster residents—who had enjoyed postal service since 1859—could bounce out by daily stagecoach to two simple hostelries in order to refresh themselves in the ocean and at the bar or take a primitive ferry to Burrard Inlet’s nearby lumber mills. The office on the inlet was the only postal outlet in colonial times within Vancouver’s current boundaries. Maximilian Michaud, who bought the Brighton Hotel early in 1869 and changed its name to the Hastings, was appointed postmaster on June 1, 1869, according to Gerald Wellburn. (An official opening date of July 2, 1869, is often seen for this office, but an earlier cover is known) Michaud used a grid-lined hammer enclosing the number “28” to cancel the mail. While many individual BC colonial stamps are known with the “28” postmark, only a few covers have survived. After BC joined Confederation in 1871 the post office’s unofficial name, Burrard Inlet, was made official. The split-ring cancel, introduced in 1872, is quite scarce; most reported strikes are very light receiving marks on the backs of covers or cards. Another, completely different Burrard Inlet post office, located aboard a series of boats, served the outlying communities of Indian Arm between 1908 and 1970. Today, East Vancouver’s New Brighton Park occupies the site of Michaud’s old hotel; the Alberta Wheat Pool elevators loom nearby. The original Burrard Inlet post office was renamed Hastings in 1897. Most historians and collectors consider Granville, located near Gastown, to be the forerunner of the present-day Vancouver post office. Granville post office, however, located in the Hastings Mill store, at the foot of Dunlevy St, did not open until April 1, 1874, almost five years after Burrard Inlet. Another early post office in the area was Moodyville, which began service on the north shore of Burrard Inlet on March 1, 1874. The Hastings Mill was built in 1865 by Capt Edward Stamp; its name has caused confusion for postal history buffs, causing some to assume that the Hastings post office must have been at the Hastings Mill. But that is not the case. The original Burrard Inlet/Hastings site was known by the local native people as Khanamoot. An old trail led from the waterfront to Deer and Burnaby lakes, where the hunting and berry-picking were excellent, and onward to the Kwantlen settlements on the Fraser River. In 1863, Col Richard Moody of the Royal Engineers decided that the new colony of British Columbia needed a saltwater port and that the port should be connected to New Westminster, the capital, by a decent road. He chose Khanamoot as the most likely spot, established a large government reserve there and named it, in 1869, after Rear Adm George Fowler Hastings, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy’s Pacific Station, based at Esquimalt. Hastings had honoured the region with his presence in 1867. Hastings Mill and Hastings St, in turn, were named after the new government tract. The reserve became known as Hastings Townsite. The trail was upgraded and named Douglas Road, and the first subdivisions laid out. The townsite was richly timbered with giant cedars and firs, and several sawmills and shingle mills soon appeared. But residential and commercial development in the area was very slow, even after the CPR laid tracks right through the reserve en route to Gastown, and the province, in 1888, set aside 65 nearby hectares as Hastings Park, destined to become Vancouver’s main sports and recreation venue. The name of the Burrard Inlet post office was changed to Hastings on March 1, 1897. Mrs M Magee was the postmaster. The new office did not last long. It was closed on July 1, 1900, after accumulating a mere $89 in revenue over the course of its existence. LINK to the complete article - (pages 945 to 948) - bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2016-09-v025n03-w099.pdf
- from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 13 - Number 3 - Whole number 51 - October 2004 - VANCOUVER AREA POST OFFICES PRE 1900 - The item appearing in the last News Letter on the establishment of street letter box service at four location in Vancouver in 1888 produced considerable amount of comment. The early postal service in what is now the City of Vancouver began in Colonial time with the establishment of Colonial Post Office "28" (Burrard Inlet) on the 12 of July 1869 with Maximillian Michaud as Post Master. The post office was in the Brighton Hotel, renamed the Hastings Hotel in 1871, and located at the northern end of the Douglas Road from New Westminster. The Burrard Inlet Post Office was one of the first post offices established after British Columbia entered Confederation in 1871, although the exact date is confusing in the postal records. In 1880 George Black built the Brighton Hotel and in 1886 he became postmaster. He remained postmaster until 1886 when the post office was re-named Hastings after the Government Reserve known as the Hastings Townsite, established in 1889. The Hastings Post Office closed in 1900 as the result of "mismanagement". LINK to the complete article (pages 407 to 410) - bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2004-10-v013n03-w051.pdf
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 22 February 1925 - On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined the Dominion of Canada and all that remained of Colonial stamps were destroyed. Postal markings are a particularly interesting study in these colonies as they include the various rubber stamp colonial franks, the express markings and the puzzling numeral cancellations, these run from one to thirty-six, and their distribution is almost an unsolved problem; the No. 35 was the commonest cancellation, and was used In Victoria.
Locations of those where known used is as follows:
1 – New Westminster (BC)
2 – Douglas (BC) Later Port Douglas
3 – Hope (BC)
4 – Yale (BC)
7 – Lytton (BC)
8 – Clinton (BC)
9 – Seymour (BC) Later Seymour Arm
10 – William’s Creek (BC)
12 – Ashcroft (BC)
13 – Quesnel Mouth (BC) now called Quesnel
14 – French Creek (VI)
15 – Lillooet (BC)
16 – Lac La Hache (BC)
20 – Soda Creek (BC)
22 – Van Winkle (BC)
26 – Fort Langley (BC)
27 – Spences Bridge (BC)
28 – Burrard Inlet (BC) now Vancouver
33 – Ladner’s Landing (BC)
35 – Victoria (VI)
36 – Nanaimo (VI)
LINK to - Deveney Stamps - Stamp Gallery - Provincial Stamps from British Columbia with Postal markings - deveneystamps.com/collections/stamp-gallery-provincial-st...
LINK to - 34 different Colonial British Columbia numeral cancels - The basis of the Unitrade listing and the final page in Gerald Wellburn’s award winning collection and book - www.allnationsstampandcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05...
Blvd East and 77th St. North Bergen, NJ. This section of North Bergen is known as the Woodcliff section.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - CRAIGS CROSSING - a Post Office and station on the E. & N. Railway, 20 miles north of Nanaimo and 92 miles north of Victoria, in Alberni Provincial Electoral District. Nearest telegraph office, C. P. R. at Parksville Jet., distant 4 miles and nearest steamer landing-point at Beaver Creek, Union Steamship Co.'s boats, distant 2 miles. The population in 1918 was 55. Local resources: One sawmill, one shingle mill, logging and shingle-bolt camps in operation.
CRAIG'S CROSSING - James and Robert Craig arrived at Craig Bay in 1885 and in 1887 recorded their land claim. Besides sheep farming James was a busy teamster. He petitioned the provincial government to establish a wharf at Arbutus Point (now Madrona Point). It was completed in 1893 and known as Beaver Creek wharf. Coastal steamers came with supplies from Nanalmo and Victoria for the small settlement at Englishman's River. At one time there was also a hotel there but it burned down. The advent of the E. & N. Railway in 1910 curtailed the steamship travel up the coast. James Craig was very Involved In the extension of the railway from Nanalmo. His property became a construction camp, complete with blacksmith shop, equipment sheds and the office-home of the project engineer. Eventually a crossing and railway siding were built and became known as CRAIG'S CROSSING. Jim Kingsley recalls working there as a very young man. James Craig was also a local postmaster and road foreman. He earned the nickname "Couger" because of his prowess as a cougar bounty hunter. He and his two sons Duncan and Fred had such reputations as cougar hunters that they received calls for assistance from all over tt1e Island. His first car, bought in the 1920's was affectionately known as the cougar wagon. James' son Fred still lives on part of the old Craig property. - Compiled by Marjorie Leffler - LINK to the complete article - www.parksville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID584atID9714.pdf
CRAIG'S CROSSING Post Office opened - 1 March 1914, after the E&N Railway was built, and was in use until - 15 July1935. It was located on James Craig’s property at Craig’s Crossing. Pioneer James Craig, worked as the postmaster at this post office . The building was later used as the office at Craig’s On The Sea Auto Camp. The building was moved to Parksville Museum in 1985. LINKS to photos of the CRAIG'S CROSSING Post Office - parksvillemuseum.com/2019/02/07/craigs-post-office/ and parksvillemuseum.com/category/heritage-buildings/craigs-p...
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the CRAIG'S CROSSING Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
James "Cougar" Craig (Postmaster at CRAIG'S CROSSING)
(b. 26 May 1864 in Prince Edward Island - d. 19 April 1946 at age 82 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5d...
His wife - Gertrude Ellen (nee Busby) Craig
(b. 1874 - d. 2 July 1928 at age 54 at Craig's Crossing, British Columbia)
Clipped from - Nanaimo Daily News newspaper - Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada - 20 April 1946 - JAMES CRAIG, 82 TAKEN BY DEATH - One of the most interesting and colorful figures of this section of Vancouver Island died early this morning at Nanaimo Hospital. He was James Craig, 82, pioneer of Craig's Crossing and renowned as leading panther hunter of this entire section. He came to the Island in 1882, from Prince Edward Island, of which he was a native son. Considerably more than 150 Island cougar fell to the gun of this renowned hunter who was the originator of the use of the breed of Louisiana racoon hounds, for hunting the big "cats' here. With his brother Robert he worked westward with C.P.R. construction in the early days. At that time the western terminus was at Lytton. From that point he walked to Vancouver, then taking a canoe for the trip to Comox. This was in 1885, and the canoe with all supplies was lost upon the Comox Spit. Landing safely, however, the' Craig brothers tramped back down the Island and ultimately took up a homestead at what Is now Craig's Crossing. Mr. Craig was predeceased by his wife, the former Gertrude Busby, and his brother Robert died 18 years ago. With his two sons, Duncan and Fred, Mr. Craig became famous as a cougar hunter and Island guide. Besides his two sons he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Lochore of Craig's Crossing; Mrs. Harry Pack of Ocean Falls and one grandson, Bill Pack, of Ocean Falls. LINK to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/101887722/obituary-for-james-crai...
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - WELLINGTON - a post office, coal-mining town and farming settlement, 5 miles north of Nanaimo, on the E. & N. Railway and Island Highway. The population in 1918 was 400, mainly engaged in the coal mines.
The Post Office at Wellington, B.C. was established - 1 July 1878 and closed - August 1971.
- sent from - / WELLINGTON / MY 11 / 14 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1900 - (RF C).
- arrived at - / CRAIGS CROSSING / MY 11 / 14 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 6 February 1914 - (RF D).
Message on postcard reads: May 10, 1914 - I am still in Wellington and don't know when I am going out again. Hibberan (?) seams to be short of work this year - the same as last year. I am all fine now. I guess you are the same. Davie was down Friday and Willie and Harry pm Sunday. Well I would like to get started for this summer - all well your brother W.
Addressed to - Miss B. McDonald / Craig's Crossing / B.C.
SINCLAIR MILLS is a community located on the north bank of the Fraser River between McGregor and Longworth in central British Columbia. The town site of Sinclair Mills was named after F. N. Sinclair, a railroad construction engineer. The town site was noted for the quality of its worker housing facilities, saw mills and the fact that it was a rail way station. Per January 2010 there are only 19 Families living in actual Sinclair Mills. It is a quiet, rural community in the scenic Upper Fraser Valley, with a fantastic backdrop of the western foothills of the Rockies and also the Cariboo Mountains. The majority of the current inhabitants are either in farming, trapping, hunting and outfitting, or they are retired. Those who do work in other sectors, usually commute to work in the city of Prince George (app. 100 km) or its surrounding areas. All the surrounding small sawmills closed down in 1966 when the big companies bought up all the timber rights. Sinclair Mills is conveniently close to a bigger city and the international Prince George airport, but also remote enough to keep those happy who cherish old-fashioned, quiet, safe, neighbourly Canadian country life.
The SINCLAIR MILLS Post Office was established - 15 May 1926 and closed - 3 September 1970 - it re-opened - 1 August 1979.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who worked at the SINCLAIR MILLS Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=1...
sent from - / SINCLAIR MILLS, / JUN 20 / 33 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in purple ink - (RF C).
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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 30 mm 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.
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Addressed to: William Hesslein / 101A Tremont Street / Boston / Mass. / USA
WILLIAM G. HESSLEIN (1866-1932) - One of six children born of a Jewish family in New York. His father was Samuel A. Hesslein (1831-1904) and his mother Rosalie Hesslein. His father was born in Germany and moved to America in 1857. His father was a partner in Neuss, Hesslein & Co., formed between 1861 and 1863. His older brother Edgar Joseph Hesslein took over his father's share of the business after his father death. The family dry goods business was huge and imported and exported goods throughout the United States, South America and the Middle and Far East. He is purported to have been a veteran of the Union Army. He married Clara M. Hesslein in 1891. A decree of absolute divorced was granted by Judge Giegerich to Clara M. Hesslein from William Hesslein in March 1894. Soon after his divorce he began to sell coins. In his coin prices catalogs he prints "Established 1895." He joined the ANA in 1899 and is member no. 158, with his mailing address above the Drug Store formerly owned by William Elliot Woodward (1825-1892) at 101 Tremont Street in the Paddock Building, Boston. Apparently, he became a numismatic dealer and cataloger by 1895 and so it appears bought the remaining W. E. Woodward coin and numismatic stock off his son Harlow. He frequently corresponded with the Chapman Brothers beginning with his business at New Haven, Connecticut in 1902. He became a traveling salesman who sold druggist sundries. He carried coins in a grip-sack from city to city in the eastern United States. He typically wrapped brilliant uncirculated coins in toilet paper as an absorbent to prevent discoloration by oxidation. He consigned coins for Thomas Elder's first auction sale in 1905. His most notable sale was of the late Ralph Barker, about 1906. In addition to the Boston office he had a business office in the Malley Building, New Haven, Connecticut, at least from the beginning of 1902 to June 1913. On May 20, 1913 he won an 1873 $3 Gold piece for $76.00 at the auction held by the United States Coin Company, New York. After June 1913 his main office was above the William Elliot Woodward Drug Store at 101 Tremont Street in the Paddock Building, Boston. From July 1913 to December 1931 he ran weekly advertisements in the Boston Herald. He claimed to have conducted well over 140 auctions to 1931, which were numbered up to 144. If correct then he held 4 auctions per year on average during the 36 years he was in the coin business. During his final 7 years of business he held nearly 6 auctions per year. However, Adams rightly holds that 70 auctions purportedly conducted between 1916 and 1923 are pure fabrications in the numbering system to look more impressive to his market audience. He issued 30 fixed price lists. His last sale was held on December 4-5, 1931 with coins consigned from Charles L. Stuart, G. Arthur Cook et alia. He quietly died shortly after his final coin auction sale. Some believe he did not die at that time but quietly slipped out of sight as a petty crook. Adams has written: "history is cruel to the petty crook. If one robs or extorts on only a modest scale, there are no Boswells and there are no film rights. Such was the fate of William Hesslein; by absconding with but small money, he left no biography behind him . . ."
To read the complete article, see:
HESSLEIN, WILLIAM G. www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n18a25.html
1908 postmarked postcard view of the Baltimore & Ohio (B. & O.) Railway shops at Garrett, Indiana. The 1901 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set for Garrett includes the area occupied by the shops. Based on that map set, this view was looking southwest with the roundhouse at the left and the sand house at the right with the larger erecting shop and the black smith/machine shop in the background on the right. The building in the far background at the right edge of the postcard was probably the car repair shop. The roundhouse was located on the north side of Quincy Street, north-northeast of the Peters Street intersection. The photographer was standing at the north side of the rail yard and must have been standing near where Cowen Street would have been located had it crossed the tracks.
The 1885 DeKalb County history says the new rail line between Pittsburgh and Chicago began operating in 1875. The site where Garrett now sits was selected by the B. & O. for their repair shops because of its distance from Chicago. The city that grew up around the shops was named for B. & O. president, John W. Garrett, and it grew rapidly because of the jobs available at the new shops. The 1900 census listed the population as 3,910. In 1920, the population was 4,796.
In a nomination form for listing part of Garrett on the National Register of Historic Places, the applicant noted that B. & O. began shutting down the shops in the 1920s. Demolition of the structures began in the late 1950s and was completed in 1968. The 1875 roundhouse was the last structure to be demolished.
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PHSC Journal – Winter 2011 - PACOFI - One of the scarcest Haida Gwaii postal markings comes from the tiny fisheries depot of Pacofi, located on the east side of Moresby Island. The name was formed by taking the first two letters of each word of a corporate name: Pacific Coast Fisheries Ltd. The company built a cold-storage, ice and reduction plant at this site in 1909, but soon went out of business. Alvo von Alvensleben, rumoured to be a German spy, headed Pacific Coast Fisheries, and gossip circulated that Pacofi was a submarine base in disguise. A salmon saltery operated there from 1927 to 1936. The post office’s first period of operation began on Aug. 28, 1915, and ended on Dec. 1, 1919. A broken-circle postmark had apparently been proofed as early as Aug. 25, 1911, four years before the office opened. Only one strike from Pacofi’s first period is known—a poor, partial specimen on piece. B.C. Packers bought the Pacofi property in 1938 and built a cannery, which burnt down in 1943 and was rebuilt. A post office opened again and functioned from 1939 to 1949. The cannery closed for good in 1949 and most of the buildings were sold or razed, though one large structure remained intact for many years. A circular datestamp was in use at Pacofi during its second opening. Examples are scarce. No covers or cards are known from either period of operation. - This article was written by ANDREW SCOTT in 2011 / Early Postal History of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii.
LINK to a photo of the Pacofi Cannery complex in 1940, three years before it was destroyed by fire - tidestotins.ca/cannery/pacofi/
Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 2 July 1909 - LINK to a newspaper article - Pacofi to be Headquarters of Pacific Coast Fishing Company at Selwyn Inlet - www.newspapers.com/clip/112035890/pacofi-to-be-headquarte...
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PACOFI Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- sent from - / PACOFI / PM / AU 14 / 40 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF E / now is classified as RF E1).
Addressed to his mother: Mrs. H. D. Parizeau / 935 Richmond Ave. / Victoria, B.C.
Henri Delphe Parizeau
(b. 31 December 1877 in Montreal, Quebec - d. 26 July 1954 at age 76 in Victoria, B.C.) - his occupation - Official in charge of Federal Hydrographic Survey from 1899 to 1945.
His wife: Hilda (nee Hawkins)
(b. 16 January 1895 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England - d. 6 November 1980 at age 85 in Victoria, B.C.) - they were married - 22 November 1920 in Victoria, B.C.
They had one son - Paul Henry Delphe Parizeau
(b. 20 August 1921 in Port Arthur, Ontario - d. 19 May 2000 at age 78 in Victoria, B.C) - he was a Biologist - he did his MA in Zoology at the University of B.C. 1941 to 1943. (Paul was the the sender of this letter / his signature matches the example on his mothers death certificate)
His wife - Dr. Polina (nee Zdanowicz) Parizeau - she did her medical PHD at the University of Poland. They wee married - 26 January 1952 in Victoria, B.C.
LINK to - Clipped from - Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 15 Dec 1951 - Wedding of Paul Henry Delphe Parizeau and Polina Zdanowicz - www.newspapers.com/clip/80825024/times-colonist/ and Times Colonist - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 28 Jan 1952 - www.newspapers.com/clip/40808400/times-colonist/
LINK to an interesting article about Paul supplying schools and universities with biological specimens from his Biological Laboratory - The Vancouver Sun - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 17 Mar 1956 - www.newspapers.com/clip/80825113/the-vancouver-sun/
Obituary for Paul Henri Delpe PARIZEAU, born 20 August 1921 in Port Arthur, Ontario, died suddenly on 19 May 2000. Paul was the only child of Hilda (Hawkins) and Henri Parizeau. Resident of Victoria since 1921. Paul attended private schools, including Glenlyon as one of Its first students. Graduated from Victoria High, attended Victoria College, and obtained his B.A, (marine biology and zoology) and M.A. (marine biology) al U.B.C. Paul continued doctoral studies at U. of T. He contributed to the war effort working In the shipyard. Paul established Northwest Biological Laboratory in 1952, supplying schools and universities with biological specimens and scientific equipment. Although he undertook his business responsibilities with diligence and precision, his true passion was the fieldwork of collecting marine specimens with his wife, Poli; son, Steve; daughter, Denyse; and dedicated employees who came, in time, to number 20. Paul sold Northwest Laboratories to three senior employees in 1975. He continued his lifelong work by establishing Cormorant Biomarine (wholesale) Lab, continuing his work with a passion until his sudden passing, Paul was an avid philatelist and stamp exhibitor.
LINK to - Writing By The Steamer - 'Stories From The Early Mail Service Of Victoria' by Paul Parizeau (see all four parts) - www.vicstamps.com/displays/writing_by_the_steamer/paul1.htm
His wife Polina (nee ZDANOWICZ) PARIZEAU passed away in 2019 - LINK to her obituary - www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=p...
- Ex Jacobi collection... (signed)
Peter Jacobi began a career in the mining industry with summer jobs in Flin-Flon and Thompson, Manitoba. After graduation as he worked in the Dominican Republic and Saskatchewan before joining Cominco Ltd., where assignments took him to Pine Point, North West Territories, Kimberly and Trail, British Columbia and then to Vancouver. Now retired Pete lives with his wife, a retired teacher, in the White Rock area of Surrey, B.C. The Jacobi's spend a large part of each summer at their cabin in Montana. Pete took over as the Secretary of BNAPS after Alex Unwin's untimely death in February 2000. He also served as Chairman of VANPEX from 2001 to 2004. After assembling reasonable collections of the stamps of both Germany and Canada, Pete credits Bill Robinson for getting him hooked on covers, postmarks and postal history at a local stamp show in Castlegar in 1984.
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MORRISSEY MINES - (1 May 1903 to 1 October 1903) - The location of Morrissey Mines was approximately 10 miles southeast of Fernie, B.C. on the Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway which was built in 1901 by the Crow's Nest Southern Railway to access coal at Carbonado. Morrissey Mines was the location of a battery of coke ovens using coal from the mine at Carbonado, a little over a mile further on the railway. The location is named for James Morrissey, an early pioneer of the Crow's Nest pass region.
The MORRISSEY MINES Post Office (1) was established - 1 May 1903 - it became TONKIN - 1 October 1903 and then became CARBONADO - 1 July 1904 - it closed - 18 April 1906.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the MORRISSEY MINES (1), TONKIN and CARBONADO Post Offices - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- / MORRISSEY MINES / MY 18 / 03 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1903 - (RF E / now is classified as RF E1).
(The Morrissey Miner newspaper - 11 April 1903) - When are we to have our new Post Office! The way our mall Is handled after leaving the Morrissey office Is disgraceful. We understand W. J. Moore has been appointed Postmaster and ls only waiting for his supplies before opening up the office. Mr. Moore intends going In for a first class office as soon as the new town opens up, and as the townsite is only about 10 minutes walk from the mine we can all get our mail quicker and safer. Moore ls a straightforward man well liked by all, and as postmaster he will meet with the hearty approval of the people.
Willard James Moore served as Postmaster at MORRISSEY MINES (1), TONKIN and CARBONADO Post Offices from - 1 May 1903 to 14 April 1906.
Willard James Moore
(b. Nov 1870 in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA - d. 25 February 1916 at age 46 near South Slocan, British Columbia, Canada)
(25 February 1916) - WILLARD JAMES MOORE KILLED BY FREIGHT - Employee of West Kootenay Power A Light Company Struck by Train Near Slocan City, British Columbia. Willard James Moore, who has been in the employ of the West Kootenay Power & Light company at Bonnington Falls for the past four years was struck and instantly killed by a west-bound Canadian Pacific railway freight about one mile east of Slocan City at 5:30 yesterday morning. The occurrence was immediately reported to Provincial Chief Constable J. Black, who summoned Coroner W. O. Rose, and proceeded with him to the scene of the tragedy on a gasoline speeder. The body was brought into Nelson yesterday and an inquest will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when, the circumstances surrounding the death will be inquired into. Moore was 46 years of age and is survived by widow and an aged father.
BODY OF WILLARD MOORE SENT TO HIS FORMER HOME - The body of Willard J Moore, who was killed by a train at Slocan Junction on Feb. 25, 1916 was shipped yesterday to his old home at Richford, Vermont, for burial in charge of his widow and father.
His wife: Bertha Lucia (nee Olmstead) Moore
Birth - 25 August 1874 at Franklin, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Death - 17 July 1953 (aged 78) in Franklin, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
His father - Nathaniel Gilbert Moore
Birth - 11 Aug 1828 in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Death - 3 Aug 1920 (aged 91) in Franklin, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
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(The Morrissey Miner newspaper - 22 April 1904) - The Post Office inspector, John R. Greenfield, of Vancouver, was in town on Tuesday and let the contract for carrying the mail from the Junction to Morrissey Mines and Tonkin. Wm. Hazzard, for the consideration of $850 per annum, has agreed to convey the mail from the upper town and Morrissey to the Junction each evening, including Sunday, in time to catch the 5:45 express going east. He will await the arrival of the train and bring the western mail bags, together with the morning east mail, to the post-office here and on up to Tonkin the same evening. The eastern mail will not be put off at the Junction in the morning as formerly but will remain on the express until the train from the west, is met, when the bags will be transferred and come along with the western mail. The new service is to commence the first of May.
(The Nelson Tribune 13 June 1903 newspaper) - Kootenay Not at a Standstill. Notwithstanding the glowing reports coming from the south side of the international boundary line as to the prosperous condition of Washington and Idaho, Kootenay is not at a standstill. The new town of Morrissey Mines is jumping into prominence, as the following from The Despatch of that town shows: "To the casual visitor returning to Morrissey Mines after an absence of one month a scene of transformation is presented to the eye which is difficult to comprehend. On the first of May the only buildings existing here were the townsite office and the printing office, but behold the advance in one month. The music of hammer and saw have been heard from morning till night with the result that we now have a bright little town with from fifty to one hundred buildings under construction. Every day sees some new work commenced and every day brings new investors eager to purchase business or residential property and it is safe to say that before Morrissey Mines is a year old it will rival its sister town of Fernie. With an ever increasing output and a corresponding increase in the payroll one does not need to have prophetic vision to see the bright future in store for the new town. The great government reserve of 50,000 acres of the finest coal lands in the world, which is bound to be thrown open within the next few years, lies within a few miles of Morrissey Mines. The great Flathead country, which is known to be rich in oil and coal, is but eight miles to the south. On the west side are the new oil fields on which at least two companies will open and develop this industry during the next three months. With advantages such as the above nothing can retard the growth of Morrissey Mines".
Nelson, Aug. 8, 1903 - Some of the men working in the Morrissey mines seem to hold their lives cheaply. Gas exists, and the officials have often exhorted the miners not to take matches into the min.- So frequently was the complaint of this being done that the Company summoned 11 miners. Three were convicted, and sentenced to spend one month in jail.
(The Economist newspaper - 26 September 1903) - The substitution of the name Tonkin for the village at the mines relieves the confusion complained of formerly in the use of the name Morrissey. Now that the Post Office at that place will assume the new name, and the Post Office at this place will he called Morrisey Mines matters are beginning to adjust themselves rapidly to the varying conditions. The change, which takes place on October 1st, will be heartily welcomed by all our citizens.
(The Daily News newspaper - 29 September 1903) - The village at the Morrissey coal mines will henceforth be known as Tonkin, the Post Office there having been so christened by the government. This will put an end to a lot of needless confusion which has occurred between the town of Morrissey Mines and the other place of the same name. The change will take place on October 1st 1903.
(The Slocan Drill newspaper - 2 October 1903) - The Post Office address of Morrissey Mines has been changed to Tonkin.
(The Daily News newspaper - 3 November 1903) - Manager Tonkin of tho Coal company Is negotiating with the C. P. R. for a rate on Block between the mines at Coal creek and Morrlssey with a view of bringing slack from those mines to the ovens at this place for treatment. Tho company Is greatly handicapped at Coal Creek owing to the lack of cars for moving the coke.
(Ladysmith Daily Ledger newspaper - 19 November 1904) - FOURTEEN LOSE LIVES AT MORRISSEY - Blow Out at Coal Mine Causes Heavy Death - Every Man in Workings With One Exception Overcome by Gas - A heavy blowout of gas occurred in the main tunnel of No. I mine, at Morrissey mines, at noon yesterday, causing the death by asphyxiation of fourteen men. Eight of these were miners and the balance were timbermen and drivers. One man escaped in safety. His light had gone out and he was on his way to relight outside the mine, the gas overtook him near the exit,and, running forward, he fell outside almost overcome. He is still very ill. Those near the mouth of the pit heard a rumbling sound, and in a few minutes a volley of coal and dust burst from the pit mouth to a distance of fifty yards. All of those inside the mine, with one exception, were killed. A similar accident occurred this month a year ago in the very same spot, and was attended by lour fatalities. This was not an explosion, but a blow-out.
Parkers Cove, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, is a coastal community in Annapolis County on the Bay of Fundy. This settlement was named for the Parker family which settled on this part of the North Mountain in the early 1800's. The population in 1956 was 225.
Link to a photo - Homes overlooking fishing sheds at Parkers Cove, Nova Scotia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkers_Cove,_Nova_Scotia#/media/Fi...
The Postal Way Office at Parkers Cove was established - 1 July 1871 - it was upgraded to a Post Office - c. 1879 and closed - 11 September 1961 owing to the provision of rural mail delivery service via Granville Ferry RR No. 3.
Distributing point - Granville Ferry
Mail route - Delaps Cove and Granville Ferry
/ X697 / - small straight line MOON marking from PARKER'S COVE (Annapolis County), Nova Scotia (black ink) - unknown when this was proofed.
These small straight-line markings / postmarks had the post office's MOON number - these straight-line MOON cancels are rarely seen on stamps or covers, and only infrequently on receipts or other documents. M.O.O.N. (Money Order Office Number)
- from Charles Bruce Fergusson's "Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia" book - NINE MILE RIVER, (Hants County) - this rural area is located on the Nine Mile River in central Nova Scotia and takes its name from the River which is approximately nine miles in length. In 1797 it was described as a young colony of about 30 highland veterans. There was a new church in Nine Mile River settlement in July 1823. A school-house was provided for a Lower District Nine Mile River, and school commenced in November 1817. Farming and limited lumbering were the basic industries. The population in 1956 was Nine Mile River 185; Upper Nine Mile River was 201.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NINE MILE RIVER, a post village in Hants County, N.S., on a river of the same name, 7 miles from Elmsdale, on the I.C.R., 17 miles north of Windsor Jet. It contains 3 churches, 1 store, 2 hotels, and saw and grist mills. The population in 1908 was about 1,000.
- from 1919 "McAlpine's gazetteer of Nova Scotia" - NINE MILE RIVER, a post office, Hants County, 7 miles from Elmsdale station on C. N. R., the nearest express and telegraph; banks, Shubenacadie, 12 miles. Contains 1 saw mill, telephone and Presbyterian church. There are valuable plaster quarries in vicinity. Has telephone connection.
The Nine Mile River Postal Way Office was established in 1852 - it was upgraded to a Post Office - 1 August 1875 - and closed - 31 October 1959 owing to the provision of rural mail delivery service via Elmsdale RR No. 1.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who worked at the Nine Mile River Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / NINE • MILE • RIVER / OC 22 / 06 / N.S. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-2) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1895 - (RF D).
Message on postcard reads: Am having a great time. Do you ever sing "John Brown's Body" now (LINK to the song) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn3NddwFQ&t=118s Hope you are saving for that cake plate. Did you ever hear a piece called "The Maple Leaf" (LINK to the song) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOhk4Lk9aE It is awfully pretty especially when sung as a duet. What is going on down there? Give me some news next time. Have you had any skating yet? C.H.M.
Addressed to: Mr. Gordon Drillio / Moser River / Halifax County / Nova Scotia
Gordon Stewart Drillio (b. 17 April 1888 in Moser's River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia - d. 1974)
His wife - Margaret Aileen "Doyle" Drillio (b. 1892 - d. 1983) - they were married in 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Their son Edward Gordon Drillio was killed in WWII in Italy on the 23rd May 1944.
Taghum is an unincorporated community spanning both shores of the Kootenay River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The location, on BC Highway 6, is by road about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Castlegar, and 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Nelson. The earliest recorded mention of Taghum is 1906. The name from Chinook Jargon means six, which was the mileage distance east to the Nelson wharf, or west to Bonnington Falls. Around 1907, John Bell and A.G. Lambert moved their sawmill from Lebahdo (also Chinook Jargon) to Sproule Creek (immediately east of the Monaghan property), but no evidence exists that Bell, who later served as Nelson's mayor, conferred the name upon Taghum. The Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&KR) station was called Taghum at this time. On the north shore, immediately west of Taghum was Williams Siding, named after James Nicholas Williams, the inaugural postmaster in the area. A request in 1912 by the residents of both communities to change the post office name to Shrewsbury was unsuccessful, but it changed to Taghum in 1924.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - WILLIAMS SIDING - a post office and settlement on the C. P. Railway, 4 1/2 miles west of Nelson, on the Nelson-Rossland branch, Ymir Riding, and Trail Provincial Electoral District. Nelson is nearest telegraph office. Local resources: Cooper mining, fruit growing, ranching and lumbering.
LINKS to articles about Williams Siding - www.trailtimes.ca/opinion/place-names-taghum/ and www.nelsonstar.com/news/rare-taghum-area-postmark-nets-116/
The Williams Siding Post Office opened on Feb. 1, 1906, named after founding postmaster James Nicholas Williams (1861-1931). Bell and Lambert each subsequently took turns at postmaster, as did Joshua Marsden, who has a road named after him. The post office remained Williams Siding until 1924, when it was renamed Taghum - 1 May 1924. The Taghum Post Office closed in 1970.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the WILLIAMS SIDING / TAGHUM Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / TAGHUM / JAN 15 / 37 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 2 April 1924 - (RF C).
Addressed to: The Dr. A. W. Chase / Medicine Co. Ltd. / Oakville, Ontario, Canada
A study of almanacs advertising Dr. Chase's patent medicines, 1904–1959. Patent medicines flourished in the 19th century and advertisers started using almanacs to sell their products with vigour by the 1850s, making the almanac a rich source of information on self-medication for the historian.
Link to an article on Dr. Chase Medicine Company: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567798/
- sent by: Mrs. P. Nahirney / Taghum, B.C.
Annie (nee Petrashchuk) Nahirney
(b. 25 May 1885 in Czarnipotok, Bukowina, Ukraine – d. 27 September 1954 at age 69 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
Her husband: Peter Petro Nahirney
(b. 30 June 1885 in Bukowina, Ukraine, Soviet Union – d. 27 August 1980 at age 95 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - they were married c. 1910 - they had 6 children, three daughters and three sons.
Beaverdell is an unincorporated settlement in the Monashee Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, which lies to the east of the Okanagan Valley and north of the Boundary Country region. Beaverdell is located midway along the West Kettle River between Kelowna and Rock Creek along British Columbia Highway 33. Beaverdell was originally named Beaverton, but when its post office was amalgamated with that of nearby Rendell, the names of the two locations were combined into Beaverdell. Beaverdell is the namesake of the Beaverdell Range, which is on the settlement's east side and is the mountain spine lying between the West Kettle River and the Kettle River.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - BEAVERDELL, a post office and mining settlement in the southern section of Yale District, B.C., on the west fork of the Kettle River, 50 miles from Midway, a station on the C.P.R. - 9 miles south-west of Greenwood and west of Grand Forks (21 miles). It contains 3 mines, 1 store, 2 hotels, and 1 saw mill.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - BEAVERDELL - a station and post office on Kettle Valley Railway, 42 miles northwest of Midway, on west fork of Kettle River, in Greenwood Provincial Electoral District. Nearest telegraph, C. P. R. at Midway. Good auto roads. Mining, lumbering farming. The population in 1918 was 50.
The Beaverton Post Office opened - 1 November 1900. Renamed Beaverdell Post Office - 1 May 1905.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BEAVERDELL Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / BEAVERDELL / FEB 4 1937 / B.C. / - MOTO cancel
This style of this cancel Is called a MOTO (Money Order Town Only - sometimes Money Order Transfer Office), which Is a plain rectangular cancel with the town name, date and province name. These cancels were typically paired with a small straight-line cancel that had the post office's MOON number. MOTOs were issued In Canada primarily from 1927 - 1950. The small straight-line cancels are rarely seen on stamps or covers, and only infrequently on receipts or other documents.
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Sent by: Mrs. T.T. Henderson / Beaverdell / B.C. -
Edna Grace (nee Sharp) Henderson
(b. 6 September 1886 in New Athens, Harrison County, Ohio, USA - d. 16 November 1964 at age 78 in Kelowna, B.C.) - she had been living in Kelowna for about 15 years after the death of her husband.
Her husband - Thomas "Timothy" Trimble Henderson
(b. 27 February 1871 in Belmont County, Ohio, USA - d. 26 May 1945 at age 74 in Wallace Mountain "Road", Beaverdell, B.C.) - they were married - 13 February 1914 in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
They lived in Beaverdell, B.C. from 1930 to 1945 - during this period he worked as a farm helper and a miner / prospector.
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Addressed to: Mrs. E.W. Carpenter / Walworth, N.Y. / USA
Ambra Nettie (nee Burdette) Carpenter
(b. 7 January 1877 in Athens, Harrison County, Ohio – Deceased)
Her husband - Erwin Wells Carpenter
(b. 15 November 1874 in Onondaga County, New York – d. 2 March 1967 at age 92 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida)
Both Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Henderson were born in Athens, Harrison County, Ohio, USA.
AIRPORT POST OFFICE / Article written by - J. F. WILSDON (BNAPS 196) AND SON, JACK - These sorting and transfer units were established at junctions of major airlines and points where numerous transfer mails were handled. With the inaugeration of TCA service from coast to coast, offices were opened at Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Lethbridge, Windsor, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, all using type 3 postmarks on mail actually posted at these offices or as transit backstamps on registered airmail. It was found that for reasons of economy or efficiency, many of the offices were closed, so today there are field post offices at Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Moncton and Goose Bay. In July 1955 the title was changed from "A.M.F." to "AIRPORT" and postmark type 4 is now used. Of the offices, Vancouver and Goose Bay are the only ones providing full postal facilities. There is a limited delivery of mail made at Montreal, and both Toronto and Montreal sell stamps. The "A.M.F." or "AIRPORT" service in Canada is not under the Railway Mail Service, as in the United States, but is part of the Transportation Branch. The pertinent information of this article was supplied through the kindness of W. C. McEachern, Director of Administration of the Post Office Department at Ottawa, who lent a sympathetic ear to the request for data. LINK - (page 170) - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2013,%20No.%207...
The Vancouver A.M.F. Post Office was established - 1 June 1942 - it became the Vancouver - Airport Post office - 1 August 1955 - and then became the Vancouver Sub Airport - February 1958.
The Post Office was located in the Administration Building / Sea Island Airport
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the Vancouver A.M.F. Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
sent from - / VANCOUVER ■ A.M.F / 21 / OC 18 / 50 / B.C. / - cds cancel - Type 3 - (RF C) / (type 10bb) - small square blob and no period after the F (used from 1944 to 1950)
LINK to - AIR MAIL FACILITIES CANCELLATION TYPES (see pages 31 to 35 for examples) - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2034,%20No.%201...
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Addressed to - Gordon & Belyea Limited / (101 Powell Street) / Vancouver, B.C. /
Gordon & Belyea Limited Vancouver B.C. was a wholesale hardware and ship chandlery business. Link to a photo of this building - searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/8/1/813353/040...
Bratunac is a town and municipality located in the easternmost part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a population of 20,340 inhabitants, while the town of Bratunac has a population of 8,359 inhabitants. In 1961 the population was 1,410.
In 1381, the name Bratunac was mentioned for the first time because of the direct road from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia that passed through Bratunac. At the time, Bratunac was composed of five houses and had a population of roughly 30 people. In 1461, the region was conquered by the Ottomans under Mehmed II. Under Ottoman rule, it was transformed into a kasbah that included mosques, a madrasa, several mekteps, shadirvans, caravanserais, and other types of Islamic architecture. In 1878, as the Ottoman Empire fell into decline, Austro-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and ruled over Bratunac until its dissolution at the end of the WW1. In 1927, Bratunac became a municipality for the first time.
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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.
WALDO is a ghost town located in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. The town is situated near the ghost town of Krag, north of junction of Elk and Kootenay Rivers. Waldo was flooded and is now underwater.
WALDO is submerged by the waters of Lake Koocanusa, was the main lumber town on the "Crows Nest Southern" and was named after a local land owner, William Waldorf Waldo. Before the coming of the railroad, the place was known as “Crow’s Nest Landing,” where woodmen stacked cord upon cord of wood to feed the voracious fireboxes that heated the water to steam in the boilers of the riverboats that used to froth up and down the Kootenay River. Waldo hosted two lumbering companies: Baker Lumber Company that logged the Doab, and the Ross-Saskatoon Lumber Company, which mostly worked across on the western side of the River.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - WALDO, a post settlement in Kootenay District, B.C., 2 1/2 miles from Baynes Lake, on the Swinton & Fernie branch of the Great Northern Railway.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - WALDO - a post office and station on the C. P. Railway and G. N. Railway, 55 miles east of Cranbrook, and 12 south of Elko, in Cranbrook Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. and W. U. telegraph offices. Local resources: Lumbering.
The Post Office at WALDO, B.C. was established - 1 November 1906 and closed - 29 December 1967. Office permanently closed due to the provision of Rural Mail Delivery Service via Elko RR No. 1.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the WALDO Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- sent from - / WALDO, / PM / NOV 10 / 1934 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in purple ink - (RF C).
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 30 mm 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.
Addressed to: Attorney General Office / Government Buildings / Victoria / B.C.
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Charles Duncan McNab - Postmaster at WALDO, B.C. from - 20 April 1908 to - 14 January 1952. (?) should that be 1942?
(b. 3 May 1860 in Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada - d. May 1960 at age 99 / 100 in Calgary, Alberta)
Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 21 May 1960 - Lumberman's Rites Held At Calgary - Charles Duncan McNab, 99, pioneer East ; Kootenay lumber dealer, has died in Calgary. Mr. McNab came to Fernie, B.C., in 1897, working with the CPR on the original line through Crow's Nest Pass. He remained in Fernie and during the next 30 years owned and operated McNab Lumber, in Fernie, East Kootenay Lumber, at Jeffrey, and Baker Lumber at Waldo, B.C. Mr. McNab moved to Calgary in 1940, where he lived until his death. He was past president of the Lumbermen's. Association, a member of the Scottish Rite, Nelson, and an active member of the Liberal party. He was a native of Amprior, Ont. Mr. McNab is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Smith, Calgary; three sons, Hampton and Gordon, of Edmonton, and Donald, of Hinton, Alberta; seven grendchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral service Was held in Calgary.
His wife: Alice Maude (nee Johnston) McNab
Birth - 1872 in Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death - 30 Dec 1937 (aged 64–65) in Waldo, British Columbia, Canada
Postmarked - 11 May 1910.
Addressed to - Mrs Hinton, Mulberry Rd, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Message reads -
Dear Mother
Many thanks for your kind letter[.] I have never been pushed for time as I am at present[.] I am going to try to go and see Uncle Harry on Monday don't know yet[.] I am glad to here Dad is a little better. I will write a letter tomorrow[.]
from your L.S. [Loving Son]
E. W.
(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...
sent from - / ATLIN / DE 30 / 15 / B.C. / - cds cancel / postmark - (RF B).
ATLINTO LODGE
A.F. & A.M. (Ancient Free & Accepted Masons)
ATLIN, - B.C. - (corner card)
Camp (#3) was founded in Atlin in April, 1899. A hall was built on Third Street, where for a short time, the organization flourished. In less than a year, though, many of the founding members had left the area, and the Atlin "Camp" was defunct. The Atlin Arctic Brotherhood building and assets were sold, but elsewhere in the north, the organization remained active. The Lodge Meetings were held in the Ancient Order of United Workmen (A.O.U.W.) hall until the 6th of August 1908, after which date they were held in what was previously the Atlin Club building that had been purchased by the Lodge and altered to suit its purposes. The first meeting in the new premises was held on 3rd of September, 1908. The building is situated on the lake front, and commands a beautiful view of Atlin Lake and the mountains opposite and the Brethren have endeavored to furnish the inside of the building in some degree of harmony with outside surroundings, and in this have made a very creditable showing. LINK to the complete article - whitehorsefreemason.ca/history
LINK to a photo of the Atlinto Lodge - freemasonry.bcy.ca/lodgehalls/atlin.html
Addressed to: Dr. W.A. DeWolf Smith / Grand Secretary / New Westminster, B.C.
Pioneer Doctor DeWolf-Smith (October 6, 1859 - February 20 1947) Dead at 86
Special to the Vancouver Sun
NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 22, 1947 - New Westminster and the lower mainland lost a prominent figure in its cultural and civic life as well as a pioneering physicians when Dr. William Andrew DeWolf-Smith died Friday in Melrose Nursing Home. He was 86. Dr. DeWolf-Smith was born in New Brunswick of an old English family and came to New Westminster in 1888. His practice extended throughout the Fraser Valley. He was among the first to give up his horse and buggy for an automobile. He was one of the physicians who fought the smallpox plague among the Delta Indians and was one of the first medical health officers of New Westminster. For years he was attached to the B.C. Penitentiary. A talented musician and patron of the arts, he was manager of the old Opera House and president of the New Westminster Operatic Society. He was active in the New Westminster Tennis Club. In 1905 he was appointed grand historian and librarian of the Most Worshipful Grand Masonic Lodge in B.C. Dr. DeWolf-Smith lived in the early days in a palatial home at Marriville and Columbia, built of California redwood shipped by schooner and hauled from the waterfront by Indians. He had lived with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Southwick, Sardis, for the last few years. LINK to the complete article - freemasonry.bcy.ca/grand_masters/dewolf_smith_w/obituarie...
LINK to photo of Dr. W.A. Dewolf-Smith - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/dr-w-dewolf-smith-2
LINK to another photo of Dr. W.A. Dewolf-Smith - freemasonry.bcy.ca/grand_masters/dewolf_smith_w/dewolf_sm...
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.
- / IVANKOVO / * 24 III 61 11 * / a / Иванково / - cds cancel on small piece
Ivankovo / Иванково
Ivankovo is a village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County, Slavonia in Croatia. It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 miles) west of Vinkovci.
The total population is 8,006 (census 2011), in the following settlements:
Ivankovo, population 6,194
Prkovci, population 549
Retkovci, population 1,263
In the 2011 census, of the 8,006 inhabitants, 99.66% were Croats.
Albro Lake is situated in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia. Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lake of the same name. The lake was named after John Albro, who first settled in the area with a group of other residents from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Albro Lake became part of Dartmouth City in 1961.
The post office at Albro Lake opened 1 February 1932 and became Halifax Sub No. 27 - 1 April 1961.
/ X641 / - small straight line MOON marking from ALBRO LAKE (Halifax County), Nova Scotia (black ink) - unknown when this was proofed. (MOO - 1 April 1950)
These small straight-line markings / postmarks had the post office's MOON number - these straight-line MOON cancels are rarely seen on stamps or covers, and only infrequently on receipts or other documents. M.O.O.N. (Money Order Office Number)
This card was postmarked in Los Angeles, CA on July 13, 1949. It’s a linen finish card made by “C.T. Art Colortone.” The actual card has less contrast and depth than the edited image above. It was either see it with more depth or try to see the more washed out original.
1915 postmarked postcard view of Union Depot in Gary, Indiana. This facility served the L. S. & M. S. (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern) Railroad and the B. & O. (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad. It was located on the east side of Broadway Street, south of the L. S. & M. S. tracks (left side of this scene) and north of the B. & O. tracks. The photographer was standing near Broadway Street and facing east when he took this photograph. The concrete wall on the north side of the station was 16 feet high according to the Sanborn™ 1911 fire insurance map set for Gary. The embankment south of the station along the B. & O. Railroad was ten feet high. The cover for the walkway between the station and the tunnel under the B. & O. track was constructed of iron according to the map set. The building in the background was the freight depot.
This structure has been abandoned, but was still standing as of 2013.
From a private collection.
Copyright 2004-2016 by Hoosier Recollections. All rights reserved. This image is part of a creative package that includes the associated text, geodata and/or other information. Neither this package in its entirety nor any of the individual components may be downloaded, transmitted or reproduced without the prior written permission of Hoosier Recollections.
CRAIGELLACHIE is a locality in British Columbia, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit between Sicamous and Revelstoke. Craigellachie is the site of a tourist stop on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Revelstoke. It was named after the village of Craigellachie on the River Spey in Moray, Scotland, the ancestral home of Sir George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. At a critical time in the railway's development, Stephen travelled to Britain to raise desperately needed capital funding; when he succeeded, he telegraphed his associates in Canada quoting the familiar motto of Clan Grant: "Stand fast, Craigellachie!" The Canadian Craigellachie is most famous for being the site of the "Last Spike" of the CPR, driven by Sir Donald Smith, a director of the CPR, on November 7, 1885.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - CRAIGELLACHIE - a post office and station on the C. P. R. main line, 4 miles from Taft, Kamloops Provincial Electoral District. Nearest telegraph, C. P. R. at Taft. The population in 1918 was 50.
The CRAIGELLACHIE Post Office was opened - 1 February 1895; closed and relocated as Malakwa Post Office - 1 June 1903; CRAIGELLACHIE Post Office re-opened - 1 September 1912 and closed - 22 September 1970.
LINKS to a list of the Postmasters who served at the CRAIGELLACHIE Post Office (first opening) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; - (second opening) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;
- sent from - / CRAIGELLACHIE / JUN 30 / 65 / B.C / - split ring cancel (first opening) - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 6 July 1912 - (RF C) - "struck by favour".
Addressed to: G.R. Ramsey / 3223 S.E. 118th Ave. / Portland, Oregon / USA ?
Guy Reed Ramsey
(b. 15 August 1894 in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States – d. 28 April 1980 at age 85 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States)
Guy Reed Ramsey was born on 15 August 1894, in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States, his father, Ebenezer Carter Ramsey, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Addie Carter, was 28. He married Ida Catherine Schneider on 1 May 1933, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. He lived in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Ames, Story, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 28 April 1980, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
Going postal: Oregon man’s forgotten quest to document Washington history - By Feliks Banel - The priceless Washington history research of amateur post office historian Guy Reed Ramsey lives on in a series of books called "Postmarked Washington." While the future of the U.S. Post Office might seem a bit uncertain these days, the many stories of its long past as an important part of communities around Washington are pretty secure – if hard to find. And this is all because of an Oregon man who devoted his spare time to documenting the history of every single post office ever established in what’s now the Evergreen State, and to publishing a series of books called Postmarked Washington. What Ramsey compiled is like an almanac of post office history in Washington from the 1850s to the 1960s, with the dates they were established and the names of the early postmasters, plus context for why each community wanted a post office – in the form of a well-written narrative of what was going on in that area, and who the local leaders were when the post office was first granted by the federal government. Ramsey also took photos of current and former post offices, and created maps and diagrams to show where post offices had once stood. One unfortunate thing is that only some of what Ramsey compiled was ever published and made accessible. The comprehensive information for the whole state has never issued in a single volume. Instead, historical societies in individual counties and regions published the work in sections. Each one is called Postmarked Washington, but with a different subtitle reflecting the specific county or region. Many of those are now out-of-print, hard-to-find, and often, when found, very expensive. Read the complete article at this link - mynorthwest.com/2116651/ramsey-document-washington-post-o...?
Works by Guy Reed Ramsey
Postmarked Washington: Lewis and Cowlitz counties
Postmarked Washington, Pierce County
Postmarked Washington : Chelan, Douglas and Kittitas counties
Postmarked Washington: Pacific and Wahkiakum counties
Postmarked Washington: Lincoln and Adams counties
Postmarked Washington : Jefferson Clallam & Mason counties
Postmarked Iowa : A List of Discontinued and Renamed Post Offices