This exhibit describes the evolution of postal services in Vancouver from the earliest pioneer days into the later 19th century. By Gray Scrimgeour
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This exhibit details the history of the US Foreign Airmail Route Number 2 (FAM-2) between Seattle and Victoria. The first service commenced October 15, 1920 and ended in 1937. By Gray Scrimgeour.
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The following article by Edgar Fawcett appeared in the Victoria Daily Times, 9 May 1908 Old timers and new timers look at the accompanying cut of an envelope! It was received from England in 1863 by my father. The three stamps on it show a value of 34c – one shilling, one four pence and
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For those who are not already aware, here’s something else I collect, courtesy airmail of Canada. Finding commercially used examples (philatelic CTO examples also exist) can, to varying degrees, be difficult but I have managed to compile an interesting group over the years. Here are four examples from my collection: Queen Charlotte Airlines, “Ginger” Coote
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To commemorate the centenary of the founding of Fort Victoria in 1943, Gerald Wellburn designed a pictorial slogan postmark, which cancelled regular letter mail in Victoria from March 15, 1943 until March 31. Below is a local letter mailed on the second day of the slogan’s use. The cover is addressed to Mrs. A.D. Muskett,
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First published in February 2019 as BC Postal History Newsletter Supplement No. 4 This is a report of 100 covers with letters written by Andy Morod to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickinson of Bamfield, British Columbia. Morod mailed most of the covers at post offices in the Nootka Sound area: Nootka, Ceepeecee, and Zeballos. These
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From Victoria, British Columbia, we can see many mountains – but to the East on a clear day the dominant giant is Mount Baker. Rising nearly 8000 feet in the State of Washington (Figure 1), Mount Baker was first illustrated in 1790 on a Spanish map – then named La Gran Montana Carmelo. The indigenous
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