Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canadian business postcard indicating the hand written addressee on one side and the message on the reverse with the sender’s information; predominantly on the front top is the Canadian postal card information printed in sepia brown; on the front there is a …
Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canadian business postcard indicating the hand written addressee on one side and the message on the reverse with the sender’s information; predominantly on the front top is the Canadian postal card information printed in sepia brown; on the front there is a hand cancelled stamp in black ink and a preprinted image of woman’s profile possibly Queen Mary; the recipients name is hand written in black ink; the reverse is pre-printed with senders information and details about the message; hand written details in black ink with a message regarding an order of garden seeds; card has been punctured with a triangular hole near right edge.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
Printed on front: "CANADA POST CARD // THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE // CANADA POSTAGE // ONE CENT"; handwritten on front: J. D. B. Fraser Son // Pictou // N. S."; printed on message side: " INCORPORATED 1879. // D. M. FERRY & CO., // SEEDSMEN. // Windsor, Ont., Feby 21 1894 // Dear Sir: // In compliance with your order we have this day FORWARDED // YOU, care of R. D. Stiles Pictou // 1 box of Garden Seeds, an itemized retail invoice of which you will find // on inside box cover. // If at any time you find you have not a sufficient supply, please order such // as you may need and we will forward by mail, post-paid. // If seeds do not reach you in due time please notify us, giving date of this // notice, and we will forward tracer for same. Yours respectfully, // D. M. FERRY & CO.”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Business Correspondence and Invoices Binder pg.
Dimension Notes
Length 12.8 cm x Width 7.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper yellowed, edges show minor wear, 1.0 cm diameter ink blot on face, minor stain on revese side, puncture
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Belongs to set of 36 postcards from 1890s addressed to J. D. B. Fraser & Son, Druggists in Pictou, Nova Scotia.