Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canada Post business postcard indicating the handwritten addressee on one side and handwritten message on the reverse; predominantly on the front top is the Canada Post card information printed in gray; on the front there are two hand cancelled stamp in blac…
Rectangular cream card stock pre-printed Canada Post business postcard indicating the handwritten addressee on one side and handwritten message on the reverse; predominantly on the front top is the Canada Post card information printed in gray; on the front there are two hand cancelled stamp in black ink and a preprinted image of woman’s profile possibly Queen Mary; recipients name is handwritten in black ink; reverse has handwritten message regarding ordering a large quantity of phosphate X. L.; card has been punctured with a round hole; card sent from J. B. MacKay, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, to J. D. B. Fraser & Son, Druggists, in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
Dates
"May 3, 1894"
May 3, 1894
Date Remarks
Date noted on item
Material
paper: cream
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on front postcard: "CANADA POST CARD // THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE" stamped in black ink on address side of postcard: "CANADA POSTAGE // ONE CENT"; stamped on address side: "Stellerton May 2nd // 94 // N. S. / PIC (illegible) // MY // 94;" handwritten with black ink on address side of postcard: " J. D. B. Fraser & Son // Pictou // N.S.;" handwritten in black ink on message side of postcard: "Stellarton, May 3rd '94 // Gentlemen. - // Your favor of the 3 M (illegible) // You may put one in // the nitrate if payment // about Aug will be // satisfactory and I will // take 2 1/2 tons of Bradley's // X. L. @ $40.00 // I think it // just a matter of a few years // when then will be // carloads of Superphosphate // used annually. I have // recommended the X. L. // to quite a number of our // farmers. Yours Respectly // J. B. MacKay"
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, shows minor wear and surface shows grime; several faint brown stains on both sides
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.