Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canadian business postcard indicating the typed addressee on one side and the typed message on the reverse with the sender’s information; predominantly on the front top is the Canadian postal card information printed in gray; on the front there is one hand c…
Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canadian business postcard indicating the typed addressee on one side and the typed message on the reverse with the sender’s information; predominantly on the front top is the Canadian postal card information printed in gray; on the front there is one hand cancelled stamp in black ink and a preprinted image of woman’s profile possibly Queen Mary; the recipients name is typed in black ink; the reverse has typed message regarding an order sent; card has been punctured with a triangular hole.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
Printed on face: "CANADA POST CARD // THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE // CANADA POSTAGE // ONE CENT //Mess. J. D. B. Fraser & Sons, // Pictou, N. S.”; printed on reverse: "Halifax, March 10th 1894. // Mess. J. D. B. Fraser & Sons, // Dear Sirs, - We sent you yester // day, 1 tube Rose Madder as or- // dered. The Rose Pink we could // not get anywhere in the city. // We do not keep them ourselves // and we cannot find that anybody // but Reardon does. keep them. // We will send you the invoice // later. We have not yet got // the price from them, although // we have asked them several // times. // Very truly yours, // Simson Bros”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Business Correspondence and Invoices Binder pg.
Dimension Notes
Length 13.9 cm x Width 8.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper yellowed, edges show minor wear, 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.