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 is one hand cancelled stamp in black…
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 is one 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 back ordered product; card has been punctured with a round hole; card sent from W.H. Hamilton, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to J. D. B. Fraser & Son, Druggists, in Pictou, Nova Scotia; address side of post card bears imprint of faded reverse several handwritten messages backwards in very light black ink, as if imprinted from another post card while teh ink was fresh pressed against it
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
Dates
"May 17, 1894"
May 17, 1894
Date Remarks
Date noted on item
Material
paper: cream
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed in black ink on address side of 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 in black ink on address side of postcard: " HALIFAX N. S. // 4 // MY 18 // 94 // CANADA;" handwritten in black ink on address side of postcard: " Mess. J. D. B. Fraser & Son // Pictou // N.S.;" stamped in black ink on message side of post card: " PICTOU N.S. // MY 18 // 94 // CANADA;" handwritten in black ink on message side of post card: " Halifax N. S. // 17/5/94 // Dear Sirs // I regret that all the // reports of the (illegible) are // out of print but just // as soon as we have // fresh supply I will mail // you a copy. Yours truly // W. H. Hau (illegible)"
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
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.