Latties Brook (alternatively "Lattie's Brook") is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Hants County. It is located north west of Burton Lake in Central Nova Scotia. It was once included in the area known as Five-Mile River. The population in 1956 was 98.

- from "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (1908)" - LATTIE'S BROOK, a post village in Hants County, N.S.. on Five Mile River, 16 miles from Shubenacadie, on the I.C.R. It contains 2 churches, 1 store and 4 saw mills. The population in 1908 was 100.

The Post Office at Latties Brook opened - 1 March 1875 - it closed - 22 May 1970.

Mail route - Latties Brook and Burton Railway Station

/ LATTIES BROOK / X 4 / ?? c. 1954 / N.S. / - cds cancel - this cds hammer was proofed - 25 June 1952 - (#3772). This cds hammer was only in use for about 5 years - as new cds hammer was proofed - 9 August 1957 - (#3773).

/ X145 / - small straight line MOON marking from LATTIES BROOK (Hants County), Nova Scotia (purple 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)

This postcard was issued by deBeaubien Pontiac of Mill Valley CA. it was sent and postmarked on Aug. 24, 1954.

Postmarked Bournemouth, 1911.

The Cantil Post Office. Open from 1914 to 1972. Pink and green Protomachine while the full moon burned in for 136 seconds. Ig

Formerly part of the massive Mount Pleasant Royal Mail Sorting Office, now a luxury development with pillarbox-shaped vents

Postmarked February 24, 1908

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).

Postmarked Feb 14 1912

Printed in Germany

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.

postmarked 1957

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...

Postmarked 1923, this shows the first "Wellington" racetrack

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.

Postmarked 29 September, 1931.

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.

From a private collection.

A close-up section of this postcard image can be seen here.

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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.

postmarked 1961

Country: USA

Stamps 1 - 10: 8 Cents U.S. Postal Service (Scott # 1489 - 1498)

Postmark City & Date: Galveston, Texas, May 1, 1873 [sic] (actually 1973)

Fancy Cancel: none

Happy Birthday to the Postal Service!

Today, the day that I am posting this, is the birthday of the United States Postal Service. On July 26, 1775, the Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its postmaster general.

A hand-coloured postcard published by Sakaeva & Co., Kobe, postmarked Meiji 41 (1908).

Postmarked March 25, 1937

This particular postcard has a postmark of 1905, which is about when the Heraldic Series of postcards were first issued. They seem to have been discontinued around 1915.

Featured here is the Municpal Coat-of-Arms for the Borough of Southend-On-Sea, Essex. This style of crest was only used until the end of 1913. The Latin motto translates in to "for the determined nothing is difficult". That motto is still used by Southend High School for Boys today.

postmarked 1975

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.

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...

Message on back of Canada Post Card reads - Maccan / June 23 1881 / Dear Sir, I again apply for the price Per Bag that you will deliver us fine Salt an board Cars at Sackville and if it is fit for dairy use. Please answer by return Mail, as our Grange meets on Saturday evening & oblige. H.J. Harrison / Secy Grange 769

James Henry Harrison was born in 1830 in Maccan, Nova Scotia, his father, Edward, was 29 and his mother, Jane, was 20. He married Augusta Aurelia Harrison on July 5, 1864, in his hometown. They had six children during their marriage. He died on January 16, 1921, in Maccan, Nova Scotia, at the age of 91.

(Grange meeting was mentioned in the message on this postcard) - The Grange is a family, community organization with its roots in agriculture. Founded in 1867, the Grange was formed as a national organization with a local focus. Our members are given the opportunity to learn and grow to their full potential as citizens and leaders.

Links to - Grange meetings: What happens there, anyway? - capitalcitygrange.org/grange-meetings-what-happens-there-...

sebastopolgrange.org/grange-officer-descriptions/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grange_of_the_Order_of_Pat...

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.

Newalla is an unincorporated community in rural eastern Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States. Newalla is an adaption of the Osage name for the Canadian River. The post office was opened June 22, 1904.

Taghum, originally Williams Siding, is an unincorporated community and railway point on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. "Taghum" means "six" in the Chinook Jargon and is a reference to the rough distance in mile from the wharf at the city of Nelson, British Columbia. Taghum was founded by prospector M. Monaghan from Minnesota in 1888, who pre-empted 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a siding at this location. A lumbermill originally located at Lebahdo in the nearby Slocan Valley, owned by John Bell and A.G. Lambert, was moved here by 1909. LINK - Rare Taghum-area postmark nets $116 -

www.nelsonstar.com/news/rare-taghum-area-postmark-nets-116/

(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.

Balfour was pre–empted in 1889 as a townsite by Charles Wesley Busk. One source claims that it was named by Busk after Lord Balfour, the British statesmen and future prime minister, whose family had mining interests in the area. (However, muddying the question of just who was the eponym is the fact that there was a D.B. Balfour living there between 1892 and 95.) Busk named three streets after himself: Charles, Wesley, and Busk. Other streets took the names of his family members. An addition to Balfour in 1910 was known as Riverside, although this name did not last. When the ferry terminal moved to Balfour from Fraser’s Landing, the latter name also vanished from common use (although the name survived as Fraser Narrows), and the area became more or less part of Balfour.

Fry Creek - Named by 1897 for prospector and trapper Richard (Dick) Fry, who arrived at Kootenay Lake 30 years earlier during a short-lived gold rush to 49 Creek. Sometimes misspelled Frye Creek.

This article was written by - Greg Nesteroff on Jun. 9, 2013 for the Nelson Star newspaper - Blewett was once Belford - There’s a street sign in Blewett that reads Bedford Road. It almost certainly should say Belford Road. There’s a street sign in Blewett, the residential area adjacent to Nelson, that reads Bedford Road. It almost certainly should say Belford Road, the name by which Blewett was formerly known. The Belford post office opened on October 1, 1911 but its etymology is a mystery. No one by that name lived there, though it may have been christened by someone from Belford, Northumberland, England. The prime suspect is Collingwood Gray (1867-1955), a Bonnington Falls fruit rancher who immigrated to Canada from Belford in 1909. In Granite Road Memories, Mabel Atkinson (nee Sharpe) recalled the community was already known as Belford when her family arrived from England in May 1910, but the earliest reference yet discovered in the Nelson Daily News is dated January 4, 1913. During the latter year, the Belford school opened on land donated by postmaster A.J. Laviolette. The post office closed on December 31, 1918 following Laviolette’s death, but reopened in an adjacent lot on May 1, 1923. It was then called Blewett, honouring storekeeper and postmaster William John Blewett (1870-1953). In the Daily News of May 1, 1953, historian R.G. Joy described Blewett as a Cornish blacksmith who sharpened steel in the early days of the Silver King mine and also worked at mines in Rossland and elsewhere. “He told me that he prospected in Montana and Idaho. He founded Blewett and later supervised the delivery of His Majesty’s mail from the store … His store burned down later [so] he went home to Cornwall for a time for he was heir to a shoe store; he sold this and was in good financial standing for some time after … Old-time miners gave him the title BABPM; maybe it stood for Blewett, a Blacksmith and Post Master.” Blewett died in Rossland at 83. Belford was perpetuated only through the school, which burned down on January 3, 1960 — thanks in part to its name. According to the Daily News, due to a misheard phone call, “Fire department and school officials rushed to Balfour instead of Belford. Chairman R.A. Phillips remarked that the two names could easily have been confused. By the time the fire department realized its mistake, and reached Belford, the school was a smouldering ruin.” LINK to the complete article - www.nelsonstar.com/community/blewett-was-once-belford/

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - BELFORD - a post office, mining and farming settlement 6 miles west of Nelson, Trail Provincial Electoral District; nearest railway, C. P. R, at Taghum, 2 miles; nearest telegraph, C. P. R. and G. N. R. at Nelson. Presbyterian and Methodist Churches. Mining, good timber, and country adapted to mixed farming and fruit-growing, having abundant water available. The population in 1918 was 60.

The Belford Post Office was established - 1 October 1911 and closed - 31 December 1918.

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

sent from - / NEWALLA / SEP / 7 / PM / 1913 / OKLA. / 4-bar cancel

not found in Spokane, Wash - forwarded from - / SPOKANE, WASH / NOV 11 / 2 - PM / 1913 / - machine cancel

via - / NELSON, B.C. / NOV 18 / 1130 AM / 1913 / - machine

redirected to Taghum, B.C. (Williams Siding, B.C.) - / WILLIAMS SIDING / NO 19 / 13 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1906 - (RF E / now RF E2).

redirected to Balfour, B.C. (49 Creek area) - mistakenly sent to - / BELFORD / NO 21 / 13 / B.C / - split ring - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 2 September 1911 - (RF E / now is RF E1).

Message on postcard reads: 9 / 7 / 13 - Dear Bro - Where have you drifted to - Why don't you ans my letter. W. B. K. - Newalla, Oklahoma

Addressed to: R. H. Kemp / Spokane, Washington / c/o Elks Club - redirected to - Taghum (Williams Siding), British Columbia - redirected to - Balfour (49 Creek), British Columbia (sent to Belford, B.C.)

Randall Hitchcock Kemp

Birth - 1852 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA

Death - 13 Nov 1914 (aged 62) in Oak Bay, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

NOTE: His middle-name is also seen as Harold.

His occupation were a Mineralogist / Geologist / Journalist

Famous Author - Randall Hitchcock Kemp - US field mineralogist from 1890 or earlier on expeditions in Pacific Rim states of America, and author of A Half-Breed Dance and Other Far Western Stories: Mining Camp, Indian and Hudson's Bay Tales Based on the Experiences of the Author (coll 1909), which contains two tales of interest: "Underneath Spokane" features a virtual Hollow Earth of underground caverns; and in the Lost World described in "The Enchanted Valley" are found sports of Evolution and the Fountain of Youth. LINK to his book - archive.org/details/halfbreeddancean00kemprich/mode/2up

The funeral of the late Randall Hitchcock Kemp, whose death occurred yesterday morning at the residence, 2230 Bowker Avenue, will take place on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The deceased, who was a pioneer resident of the Nelson and Slocan Districts, was a native of Wellsburg, West Viginia, and 62 years of age at the time of his death. A mining engineer by profession, he was well known in the Province. It was only recently that he took up his residence in the City, where he is survived by a grown-up family.

His mother: Amanda (nee Lodge) Kemp (1830 – Deceased)

His father: Jessie Kemp (1830 – Deceased)

His first wife: Harriett Amanda Matthews

(b. 19 March 1862 in Mankota, Minnesota, United States – d. 30 March 1935 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States) - they were married - 10 Mar 1878 in Beaverhead County, Montana

His second wife: Leonora Richards (b. in Havana, Cuba - Deceased) she was living in Spokane, Washington at the time of the marriage. They were married in Kaslo, B.C. on 7 August 1896.

Tzouhalem is located 2 1/2 miles east of Duncan. It was named after one of the fiercest of the war chiefs of the Cowichans. Link to a photo of the Tzouhalem Hotel (1880-1953) near Duncan, B.C. - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/uploads/r/null/f/9/...

"Tzuhalem (not Tzouhalem)" (settlement) adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911. Spelling changed back to Tzouhalem (community) 27 April 2000 being the long-established, preferred local spelling,

Walter Stephen Morley was the Postmaster at Tzouhalem from - 1 May 1903 until his death - 25 July 1921 - the Post Office was located in his General Store.

Walter Stephen Morley (Walterus de Morle)

b. 2 October 1845 in Leeds, England

d. 25 July 1921 at Tzouhalem, B.C.

Occupation - Bricklayer and Builder

Walter and his wife Elizabeth immigrated to Canada c. 1887

They were married - 16 April 1882 in Newington, England

His wife - Elizabeth "Band" Morley

b. 12 April 1859 in Durham, England

On the 1911 census - they had Walter's two brothers living with them -

Austin Morley (b. 1855 – Deceased ) Link - www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKG1-9CX

Myles Morley (b. 18 December 1861 – d. 16 August 1937 in Sechelt, B.C.) Link - www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ15-7CV

The Tzouhalem Post Office was opened - 1 May 1903; closed 31 August 1921.

/ TZOUHALEM / AU 7 / 16 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1903 when the Post Office opened - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads - Tzouhalem / August 6. 1916 - My Dear Aunt and Cousin - Just a few lines to let you know I'm O.K. Will not be down until the end of the week - hope this finds you all O.K. Had a letter from home answering Aunts letter with thanks to all - Yours - Dennis

Postcard was addressed to - Mrs. A. Morley / 662 Pine Street / Victoria, B.C.

Postmarked 2001.

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

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - BIRCH ISLAND - a post office and station on the C. N. R., in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District. Farming and mining.

CNPR station so-named because of an island in the river, covered with birch trees.

The Birch Island Post Office opened - 1 May 1917 and closed - 19 September 1986.

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

sent from - / BIRCH ISLAND / FE 16 / 24 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 2 April 1917 - (RF C).

via - / ECKVILLE / PM / FE 18 / 24 / ALTA. / - cds transit backstamp

sent by - John L. Robinson / McMurphy / B.C.

Addressed to: Mr. Nils Aarrestad / Gilby, Alberta

Nils Semson Aarrestad

Gender: Male

Birth: December 5, 1888 in Norway

Death: 1978 (89)

He immigrated to Canada in 1910. In 1911 his occupation was listed as a farmer.

The Gilby, Alberta Post Office was established - 15 July 1909 and closed - 14 January 1930.

/ GILBY / FE 18 / 24 / ALTA. / - split ring arrival backstamp

Gilby, Alberta is west of Medicine Lodge Hills and northeast of Blueberry Hills. Gilby has an elevation of 950 meters. In late autumn of 1902, with temperatures in the minus 25 degree F range, three Estonian settlers, Henry Kingsep, Henry Kinna and August Posti, left Sylvan Lake to establish a new Estonian settlement in the Medicine River Valley. The first few days were spent building basic shelters to get them through the fast-approaching winter. Other Estonians arrived during the next few years and a sizeable Estonian community of several dozen families set down roots.

Link to a postcard view of Gilby, Alberta - lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wLXgyNZJaBE/VGZqTRKMeNI/AAAAAA...

Mike Sestrap, an Estonian settler who had been a tailor in the old country, opened a store and post office in Gilby in 1910. Like so many other such enterprises in rural Alberta, it also served as a social centre for the scattered farming community, By 1911 there was sufficient grain growing for John Kinna to build the area's first water driven flour rmill. However. grain growing did not become a major economic enterprise until World War One generated record grain prices.

Gilby (Kalmu) Cemetery - Gilby (Kalmu) Cemetery was established by Estonian pioneers in 1914 on land donated by Jaak Kinna. In June 1914, members of the Estonian community met to form the Kalmu Cemetery Company.

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.

Postmarked December 18, 1909.

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1957

postmarked 1968

(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...

postmarked 1942

postmarked 1962

postmarked 1961

Postmark - Rwandaise

FRASER AVENUE - This office opened in December 1910 and remained in operation until 1985. It has moved address several times over its long life although several of these address changes appear to be the result of street block renumbering. In 1910 it was located at 4105 Fraser Avenue but by 1915 this had become 4128 Fraser and then 4114 Fraser. The first cancel used here was a split ring type shown in fig 137. Like its counterpart from Janes Road, it shows no association with Vancouver. It had a relatively short life; from 1910 to 1914. Some collectors have suggested there is a duplex cancel from Fraser Avenue from this same period. I have seen two copies of this ‘duplex’ – one is shown in fig 138. They both have a very large gap between the cds and killer and crucially the gap is very different between the two examples. The cds portion of the ‘duplex’ is identical to the split ring cancel in fig 137 and I am inclined to believe that there is no actual duplex cancel; rather this split ring cancel was often used in association with a separate killer. In December 1913, a full circle cancel was proofed showing Fraser Avenue to be a sub-office of Vancouver. This type is shown in fig 139. This coincided with a change in the post office name in early 1914 when it became Vancouver S.O. Fraser Avenue. LINK to the complete article showing all the examples mentioned in this article - www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-2009-01-v031n01-w311.pdf

The FRASER AVENUE Post Office was established - 1 December 1910 - it became Vancouver Sub Office Fraser Avenue - 5 February 1914 and closed in 1985.

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

sent from - / FRASER AVENUE / JAN 30 / (1912) / (B.C.) / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 23 November 1910 - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads: Sunday January 28th, 1912 - Dearest Mother - Dorothy (Elsie's young daughter) is down with M (measles). Don't you think I'm a lucky kid, had a letter from Millie & L. on Wednesday - hope you get this for Valentine's Day. Love & Kisses - Elsie

Gertrude Elsie (nee Bailey) Nelson (b. October 1886 in Woodley, Berkshire, England - d. )

Her Spouse - Regimental Sergeant Major David Nelson (b. 18 October 1871 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland - d. 1955 in Reading, Berkshire, England) - see his military information at the bottom of this page.

The Nelson family along with her brother Harry Bailey immigrated to Canada in 1911 - they were living at 1417 - 11th Ave in Vancouver, B.C. and then moved to 4951 Windsor, Vancouver, B.C. - her husband was an immigration inspector before he enlisted for World War I on 23 September 1914 at Vancouver, B.C. LINK to the 1911 Canadian Census showing the Nelson Family - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=&i...

Addressed to her mother: Mrs. Bailey / Claremont (Coleford Road) / Frimley Green / Surrey / England

Her mother - Fanny (nee Hicketts) Bailey

Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey, England. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust.

Frimley Green is a village and ward of 580 acres (2.3 km2) in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately 29 mi (47 km) southwest of central London. It is 1 mi (1.6 km) south of the town of Frimley.

From the 1911 England and Wales Census

Joshua Bailey / Head / Male / 60 / b. 1851 in Earley, Berkshire - his occupation was a Blacksmith

Fanny Bailey / Wife / Female / 61 / Sonning, Berkshire

Maud Alice Bailey / Daughter / Female / 27 / Woodley, Berkshire

Elsie Gertrude (nee Bailey) Nelson / Daughter / Female / 25 / Woodley, Berkshire

Harry Bailey / Son / Male / 23 / Woodley, Berkshire

Isabel Nelson / Grandchild / Female / 4 / Dover, Kent

Dorothy Nelson / Grandchild / Female / 2 / Scotland Resident, Edinburgh

They had two other children: from the 1891 England Census

Laura Bailey / Daughter / Female / 14 / Berkshire, England

Sidney Bailey / Son / Male / 10 / Berkshire, England

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)

Batu Lintang postmark

postmarked 1956

Postmarked 27 June, 1907, this postcard was adressed to Miss J. Gordon, High Street, Stranraer.

The message reads, "Thanks for lovely PPC I suppose you have a walk up there pretty often Jetty? I hope you are behaving yourself. Send a PPC soon. Kind regards, J. Davidson".

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.