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Mama Mei teasing her keepers by climbing a tree, then receiving a handful of biscuits as a reward for being so cute
1. Registration Fee - a) To October 31, 1963 - 20 cents was the minimum fee providing up to $25 indemnity. b) From November 1, 1963 - 35 cents was the minimum fee providing up to $25 indemnity.
2. Special Delivery Fee - a) To October 31, 1963 - The special delivery fee was 10 cents. b) From November 1, 1963 - The special delivery fee was increased from 10 cents to 25 cents.
Special delivery is a service providing expedited delivery of mail. Special delivery is also sometimes called express mail, or as of today called Xpresspost. LINK to a newspaper article - Inauguration of Special Delivery Service (1 July 1898) - www.newspapers.com/clip/120335750/special-delivery-serice/
5 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee + 10 cents = 35 cents - LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2010/07/cameo-period-rat...
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 29 July 1946. It really wasn't O'Brian Bay, but actually Sullivan Bay, 15 miles from O'Brian. It is known as O'Brian Bay because the floating settlement was towed by tug to Sullivan Bay from its former position and somehow the Post Office hasn't got around to changing the name. (The Post Office finally made the name change - 23 September 1947)
The O'BRIAN BAY Post Office was opened - 1 April 1924, it was situated on Kinnaird Island (significance of name not recorded); closed temporarily - 1 January 1945; reopened - 15 June 1945 - it changed name to SULLIVAN BAY Post Office - 23 September 1947, still situated on Kinnaird Island; relocated to North Boughton Island c. 1956. T. J. Sullivan was an Irish-born settler in the area.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the O'BRIAN BAY Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... and the SULLIVAN BAY Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...
- sent from - / SULLIVAN BAY / AM / AU 22 / 62 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF B).
- sent by registered mail - / SULLIVAN BAY, / B.C. / No. (4113) / - registered boxed marking in black ink.
- arrived at - / VANCOUVER / 24 / 22 VIII / 62 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp.
- arrived at - / VANCOUVER / 8 / 23 VIII / 62 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp - (special delivery section ?)
Addressed to: Liquor Control Board / 230 East Hastings Street / Vancouver, B.C. /
1. Registration Fee - a) To October 31, 1963 - 20 cents was the minimum fee providing up to $25 indemnity. b) From November 1, 1963 - 35 cents was the minimum fee providing up to $25 indemnity.
2. Special Delivery Fee - a) To October 31, 1963 - The special delivery fee was 10 cents. b) From November 1, 1963 - The special delivery fee was increased from 10 cents to 25 cents.
Special delivery is a service providing expedited delivery of mail. Special delivery is also sometimes called express mail, or as of today called Xpresspost. LINK to a newspaper article - Inauguration of Special Delivery Service (1 July 1898) - www.newspapers.com/clip/120335750/special-delivery-serice/
5 cents forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee providing up to $25 indemnity. + 25 cents special delivery fee = 65 cents - LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2010/07/cameo-period-rat...
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JEDWAY was on the west coast of Moresby Island and had a two-fold existence. The first Jedway was established August 15, 1909 and closed May 31, 1931. In 1962 the town was re-opened as a mine site, and the post office existed from November 13, 1962 to June 1968, In many of the companies, the post office was located in the office and had limited hours. - this article was taken from - B.C. POST OFFICES Part 2: Queen Charlotte Islands - The Guideline, Journal of the VIPS, September 1984, page 3-5 - by Lester Small
In 1962 a major open-pit iron-ore mine began operations near Jedway. A large camp was established on the east side of Harriet Harbour, and a second Jedway post office opened. It closed in 1968 after the ore was depleted. All the buildings at the site were removed. This article was written by - Andrew Scott
The JEDWAY Post Office opened (first opening) - 15 August 1909 and closed - 31 May 1931 - (second opening) - 13 November 1962 - the Post Office permanently closed after business hours on - 28 June 1968. All mail addressed to Jedway, B.C. after the closing date was forwarded to Sandspit, B.C. for delivery.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who worked at the JEDWAY Post Office (both openings) - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
Pioneer Miner Dies in Queen Charlotte Islands - PRINCE RUPERT, March 28, 1931 - The passing of Ike Thompson, who died at Jedway, Queen Charlotte Islands, removes a pioneer mining man and one who was widely known not only in Western Canada, but also In the Western States. Born in Hants County, Nova Scotia, 61 years ago, Mr. Thompson as a young man went to Colorado. There he engaged in mining and followed this industry in Idaho and Montana, subsequently moving to British Columbia in 1892. He was through the Atlin and Klondike rush and later located In Northern B.C. In recent years he served as mining recorder and postmaster at Jedway. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Thompson, a well-known pioneer In the B. C., Yukon and Alaska mining camps; one brother and two sisters in Alberta and one brother at the old home in Nova Scotia. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-ike-... and - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for...
LINK to a newspaper article - Ike Thompson's house at Jedway - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-ike-thompsons-hou...
Ike Thompson
(b. February 1870 in Hant County, Nova Scotia - d. 6 March 1931 at age 61 in Jedway, British Columbia) - he was the Postmaster at Jedway, British Columbia from - 1 May 1917 until his death - 6 March 1931.
His wife - Sarah R. M. (nee ?) Thompson
(b. January 1872 in Ontario - d. 23 September 1932 at age 58 (60) in Prince Rupert, British Columbia) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/125093302/ and - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/125093373/
- sent from - / JEDWAY / PM / 11 V / 64 / B.C. / - cds cancel (RF D).
- sent by registered Special Delivery - / R / JEDWAY, B.C. / No. (168) / - registered boxed marking in black ink.
- arrived at - / VANCOUVER / 8 / 13 V / 64 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp
- sent by - Mr. and Mrs. C. Flanagan / Jedway, Q. C. Is. / B.C.
Calvin James Michael Flanagan
His wife - Sharon Gail (nee Miller) Flanagan
Addressed to: Liquor Control Board of BC / 230 East Hastings Street / Vancouver, BC
I took these two Photographs of a Sedan Delivery Truck during our tour of the World of the Coca Cola Museum. It had the name "Reginald Lee S.A" and "BUENOS AIRES" on the Driver's Door. This 1939 Chevrolet Panel Van (aka: Truck) was specially ordered by the Reginald Lee Family for to use for Deliveries in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On top of the roof, there is another sign in Spanish "BIEN HELADA" which in English means "WELL FROZEN".
Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886. The Coca Cola Museum fronts on a small park near the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel where we stayed during our visit to Atlanta. The World of Coca Cola Museum is located at 121 Baker Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
In June 2018, my wife & I attended a Family Wedding at the Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street in Atlanta, Georgia. One end the hallway on the on the 13 Floor (they call it Floor PH) gave me a Great View of the CSX Tracks, while the other end of the hallway gave me a great view of the Skyview Ferris Wheel across the street from Centennial Olympic Park.
Since we were in Atlanta for several days, I had some time to visit the Coca Cola Museum, which was a short 2 blocks away from our Hotel.
There was no formal international agreement on special delivery services between Canada and the United States until 1923. Prior to this date a variety of uses can be found. In this earlier period, special delivery stamps were commonly accepted by both countries on a reciprocal bases. This example with the US 10 cent "Special Delivery" stamp was mailed at Vancouver for Sacramento, California on - 13 May 1908.
US stamp Special Delivery (#E6) - Cycling Messenger (1902) 10¢ - by 1902, that sprinting express delivery mail carrier must have been getting very tired, so, maybe out of sympathy, the U.S. Post Office Department gave him a bicycle to use! Special delivery stamps indicated that the person had paid an extra fee to make sure that once the mail arrived at the post office, it would be immediately delivered to the addressee between 7am and midnight. United States Special Delivery stamps always begin with the letter "E".
To December 31, 1923 - If special delivery service was required for a letter addressed to the United States, the letter had to be franked with a U.S. 10 cent special delivery stamp or 10 cents U.S. postage in addition to the Canadian postage.
January 1, 1924 - Special delivery service to the United States could now be provided with Canadian stamps. The fee was 20 cents.
Vancouver, Canada to Sacramento, California, USA - 13 May 1908 / 17 May 1908
U.S. special delivery stamp (10 cent) affixed and cancelled at Vancouver, B.C. on 13 May 1908. Special Delivery service was provided at Sacramento, California.
- sent from - / VANCOUVER, B.C. / MAY 13 / 1908 / - machine cancel
- via - / PORT. & SAN FRAN. R.P.O. / TR 11 / MAY / 15 / 1908 / N.D. / RMS / - rpo duplex transit backstamp (Portland & San Francisco)
S.D. = Southern Division
N.D. = Northern Division
in 1903 the dividing line was in Ashland, Oregon
RMS = Railway Mail Service
PTS = Postal Transportation Service
George B. Armstrong, the assistant postmaster of Chicago, next took up the idea, and a mail sorting car went into service Aug. 28, 1864, on the Chicago and North Western Railway on the run from Chicago to Clinton, Iowa. Using the technology of the day, railway mail service became the quickest way to deliver a letter from point A to point B. The popularity of the service grew rapidly, and in less than 10 years, 57 railroads were operating mail cars over more than 15,000 miles of track in the United States. The service peaked in 1915, with railways operating more than 1,700 railway mail service routes with more than 20,000 clerks on about 4,000 cars operating over more than 216,000 miles of track. Typical railway mail service duplex cancelers used in the United States had the route endpoints, or an abbreviation for them, at the top of the postmark, the letters "R.P.O." for "railway post office" at the bottom of the postmark and the letters "RMS" for "Railway Mail Service" between the bars of the killer part of the marking. On Nov. 1, 1949, the name of the Railway Mail Service was changed to Postal Transportation Service. New cancelers supplied after that date had "PTS" between the killer bars, but "RMS" cancelers remained in use after the name change.
Mail moved by rail fell into three classifications.
(1) - Closed-pouch mail was sorted and postmarked at a post office and shipped as freight. It was not processed by the RPO.
(2) - Initial-terminal mail delivered to the RPO at the beginning point of the line was sorted and postmarked en route by the RPO. Processed mail was bagged and off-loaded at the appropriate stations along the line or passed on at the end of the run for forwarding.
(3) - Between-terminals mail was picked up at stations after the train began its run. This mail was sorted, postmarked, and if appropriate, off-loaded while the train was en route. At stations where the train did not stop, mail pouches were hooked at speed from small cranes. On some trains, passengers could mail letters or postcards by dropping them through a special slot in the mail car.
After the high-water mark of 1915, the Railway Mail Service began to decline. Mail cars were usually attached to passenger trains. As railway passenger volume declined, railroads terminated mail service on less-traveled lines. In 1942, there were still about 1,000 railway mail routes. On April 30, 1971, seven of the last eight railway mail routes were terminated. The last remaining railway post office, a high-speed mail-only train between New York City and Washington, D.C., made its last run June 30, 1977. LINK to the complete article - www.linns.com/news/postal-updates-page/stamp-collecting-b...
Addressed to: Mrs. E.L. Ransdall (Personal) / care - Mr. Bert. Wright / 717 L. Street / Sacramento, California
Note: 717 L. Street in Sacramento was a lodging house / rooming house with several rooms (14 rooms). It was built in the 1880's. In July of 1908 it was purchased by Mrs. Regan. LINKS - www.newspapers.com/clip/119945516/717-l-street/ and www.newspapers.com/clip/119945489/717-l-street/
- arrived at - / SACRAMENTO, CAL. / MAY 17 / 7 AM / 1908 / REC'D . / - cds arrival backstamp
This cover has a - MT. HOOD HOTEL / CHARLES A. BELL, Proprietor / HOOD RIVER, OREGON - corner card (lined out)
The original Mt. Hood Hotel dates back to 1888 the year the town of Hood River was founded. Strategically adjacent to the railroad depot, the hotel formed the social center of Hood River. It was where explorers and settlers alike gathered together to discuss business, eat, drink, and rest. As word spread throughout the country of the region’s successful fruit industry and scenic beauty, the town began to flourish. Finally in 1912, the Mt. Hood Hotel expanded with an Annex which is now today’s Hood River Hotel. LINK to the complete article with excellent photos - hoodriverhotel.com/history/
Charles Alonzo Bell
(b. 28 April 1860 in Taymouth, New Brunswick, Canada - d. 15 April 1925 at age 64 in Hood River, Oregon, USA)
CHARLES A. BELL - No citizen of the Hood River Valley was more widely or more favorably known than was the late Charles A. Bell, who attained a large measure of success in his operation of the Mt. Hood Hotel, at Hood River. A man of initiative ability, progressive ideas and sound business methods, he was also big hearted and generous, his kindly disposition and cordial manner winning for him a warm place in the hearts of all who knew him. Mr. Bell was born at Taymouth, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1860, and was a son of George and Jane (Norman) Bell, both of whom died in that country. Mr. Bell was educated in the public schools of his native town and followed the logging business in Canada until 1878, when he came to the United States, locating near Duluth, Minnesota. He followed the same line of work in that vicinity until 1886, when he was sent to Idaho by the North Powder Lumber Company to break a big log jam in a river, which he successfully accomplished. He was an expert river man and logger and was highly regarded by the companies for which he worked. In 1890 he came to Hood River with the Oregon Lumber Company, being in charge of a large train of oxen and camp equipment, and during the following years, as foreman of the logging camp, he logged off several thousand acres of timber on and around Mt. Hood, as well as across the river in Skamania county, Washington. About 1893 Mr. Bell bought the Mt. Hood Hotel, in Hood River, which he ran until 1901, when he sold it to C. L. Gilbert and returned to the Oregon Lumber Company as camp foreman. He remained with that concern until 1907, when he again bought the Mt. Hood Hotel, running it as it was until 1912, when he made extensive improvements, building a fine annex of forty rooms, the new part being of brick and modern in every respect. The hotel now contains eighty-five rooms and is well equipped for the proper accommodation of its guests. Mr. Bell continued to give his close attention to the operation of the hotel up to the time of his death, which occurred April 15, 1925, and he was more than ordinarily successful in its management.
Mr. Bell was married in 1889, at Pendleton, Oregon, to Miss Roselle Young, who was born at Taymouth, New Brunswick, Canada, and who died in 1896, leaving a son, Fred H., who was educated in the grade and high schools of Hood River and Hill Military Academy at Portland. When the United States entered the World war he enlisted for service in the artillery of the Forty-first Division, of Idaho Volunteers, was sent overseas in 1917 and served in France until the close of the war, after which he spent six months with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He is a member of Hood River post of the American Legion of which he was commander in 1921, as well as the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias at Hood River. On November 19, 1907, Mr. Bell was married to Miss Ola M. Stryker, who was born in Brownsville, Linn county, Oregon, and is a daughter of Dr. David S. and Celia M. Stryker. Her father, who had received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Scudder Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, came to Oregon in 1862, making the journey across the plains with ox teams and covered wagon, and wintered at Boise, Idaho. He brought with him mining machinery and the equipment for a gristmill, all of which he sold in Boise, and in 1864 came on to Linn county, Oregon. Locating first at Brownsville, he practiced medicine there for several years and in 1871 located at Dayton, Washington, being there during the Indian troubles. Later he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he continued the practice of his profession to the time of his death, which occurred in 1899. His wife passed away in 1883. To them were born six children, as follows: Dr. Stanton, who was a prominent physician in Portland, was accidentally killed while climbing Mt. Hood, July 17, 1927; Mrs. Ola M. Bell; Dr. George, who lives in California; Guy, of Portland, Oregon; Ray, who is a practicing dentist in Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. George Wissinger, of Milwaukie, Oregon. All of these children were educated in Willamette University, at Salem. Dr. Stryker was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Bell and her stepson, Fred H. Bell, are continuing the operation of the Mt. Hood Hotel, which ranks among the leading hotels of this part of the state and has become a favorite stopping place for the many tourists who annually visit this section of the country. LINK - genealogytrails.com/ore/hood river/bios.html
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