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 payment; card has been punctured with a triangular hole; reverse has handwritten red wax crayon.
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 // TORONTO // 7 PM // 94 // CANADA // “ Standard " // PICTOU, // N. S."; on reverse: "CANADIAN OFFICE // OF // S. G. DETCHON // TORONTO, Apr. 5th 1894"; typed message: "Dear Sir, - // There is $7.50 due you from Fraser & Co. // on account of South American Nervine purchased // November 17th. Please collect and pass to our // credit. // Very truly yours, // S. G. DETCHON."
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, minor stain, 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.