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Postmarked at Belmont, Man., Aprl 21, 1913 to Mrs Lewis Grant, Byng P.O., Ont. (Haldimand County), both with split-ring cancellations. "April 20th Dear Mother, I am getting better of my cold. How have you been since I left only had a card. I sent you a packeg [sic] those pieces are very scarce have a pin made of them write as soon as you can and send the cronicle [sic] L.F. G. care of W. J. Barber, Brandon." No publisher indicated.

Posted at Hamiota, Man., May 4, 1907 to Miss Anna McKay, Egmondville, Ont. (split ring receiver). "Dear friend. Just a card to let you know we are all well and like our new home very much. The roads are grand + it is getting quite springlike. Am in town to-day + thought I would drop you a card. Kindly give my best wishes to the rest and I will write more fully after I get more to tell you. Your loving friend. Flora Mc, Hamiota." C.S. Co. no. 18

Knowles & Co. Souvenir Post Card #922, with an unusual back. Addressed to Miss Ella E. Kinsey, Port Elgin, Ont. and posted on May 2, 1906 at Brandon. Nice Port Elgin split-ring cancel on front.

Split-ring Montreal cancel, appears to date from February 1877. Addressed to Mr. A. Mackey, Aurora, Ont.

Back of the Saw Works card, with the company emblem and information. A very early illustrated advertising card.

One of W. G. MacFarlane's "Santa Claus Series", no 108. This was a U.S. series that MacFarlane sold in Canada.

Posted on Sept. 15, 1909 at Montreal to Miss Lucy Leahy, St. Anicet, Huntingdon Co., Quebec, with a brief note from Mary. This is one of Tuck's "University Girls Series" no. 2627.

Another camp used by Canadians. This one was in Hampshire. The card is by F. Frith & Co., Ltd., Reigate and is number 67949. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshott_Camp

Shorncliffe Camp in Kent was one of the main training sites for Canadian troops. This poem gives a sense of their mood before crossing the Channel.

A great action shot ... appears to be Canadian as it is a "Made in Canada" postcard back.

Nice c. 1945 image of the Peace River Bridge on the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia.

Postcard showing the interior of the Anglican church at Aklavik, N.W.T., in the Mackenzie delta. The town was subsequently moved and became Inuvik.

Cardinal Bégin -- see the very interesting biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography: www.biographi.ca/en/bio/begin_louis_nazaire_15F.html (Version française : www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/begin_louis_nazaire_15F.html )

Posted at Moose Creek, which is somewhere in eastern Ontario, on April 18, 1907 (split-ring) to Mlle Ernestine Lalonde, The Lake, Ont. from "F.L." Unusual "Private Post Card" back.

Stedman Bros., Brantford and Winnipeg. A.S. 4780 -- unused. Great image, showing many business signs and a barber pole.

Unused, printed in Great Britain. No publisher indicated but looks similar to a Valentine & Sons design.

Valentine & Sons, no. 601,171, posted April 3, 1913 to Mrs. J. M. Shafer, Three Rivers, Mich., U.S.A.: "Dear Mother, Will reach Winnipeg about five + will be glad. It hard on the train so long. Passed lake Superior this morn. It is all frozen up at Port Arthur + Fort William both. Just went through a great long tunnel, all dark. Will write soon. Isobel + Ross." Note the "Islands for Sale" sign on the side of the building.

W. G. MacFarlane, no. I.113. Unused.