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 receipt of shipment and ordering another product; card has been punctured with a round hole; card sent from J. B. McKay, to J. D. B. Fraser & Son, 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 17, 1894"
May 17, 1894
Date Remarks
Printed on item
Material
paper: cream
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on address side: "CANADA POST CARD // THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE // CANADA POSTAGE // ONE CENT // Stellerton May // 94 // N. S. // J. D. B. Fraser & Son // Pictou" stamped message side of post card: "Pictou N. S. // MY 18 // 94"; handwritten on message side: "Stellarton. May 17th '94 // Gentlemen, // Yours of yesterday to hand. // Thanks for the shipment. Trust your schooner // may arrive very soon. // I promised Robt. Sutherland of Hopemill Stn // tonite and ask you if you would put him // in a barrel of X. L. till Sept. He wants to try // it on potatoes // he is all right . I told him it would // cost him probably L5.25 per bbl. If you send it // address - Robt Sutherland. White Hill. Hopemill P. O. // Yours very truly // 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; smudged ink on a word
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Part of set of 36 postcards from 1890s addressed to J. D. B. Fraser & Son, Druggists in Pictou, Nova Scotia.