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WP1992R WPG - (FREE PRESS 1885 SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL - REVERSE)

WP1992R WPG - (FREE PRESS 1885 SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL - REVERSE)
POSTCARD

Date: Posted April 28, 1885 to the Free Library in Berlin [Kitchener], Ontario.

Publisher / Photographer: Government issue.

Notation: This card is is a Subscription Renewal Notice - showing a one-year rate of $2.00 and a half-year rate of $1.25.

Interestingly, to renew, subscribers were asked to simply drop this card in an envelope, along with the required funds, and send it the Free Press.

The Free Press was launched November 30, 1872, by William Fisher Luxton and John A. Kenny. Its original offices were in a "shack" at 555 Main Street.

Here is a picture of the reverse side. (Click on it to enlarge.)
WP1992 WPG - (FREE PRESS 1885 SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL - FRONT)

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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
Great early local card.
7 years ago.

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