British Columbia

MacFarlane no. 119, showing the Parliament Building at Victoria, B.C. with a message dated May 17, 1904: "Dearest E--- where I am now staying is just by the Parliament buildings where the X is. I have only heard from you once since I have been back. Have you addressed your letters properly? Am sending letter tomorrow. Best wishes and love, T. S. (?) P." Nice example of the first numbered series by W. G. MacFarlane of Toronto.

Showing the backs of the MacFarlane first series (that I've been collecting ... slowly). This is an undivided back, mailed May 18, 1904 to Miss Elsie Shark (?), 29 Winifred Grove, Clapham Common, London.

MacFarlane no. 115. Undivided back postmarked August 17, 1904 and sent to Miss Lida Browne c/o M. R. A. Ltd., King Street, St. John, New Brunswick. While the postmark reads simply "Bowden, Alta.", the sender has added "N. W. T." as would have been accurate until the next September when Alberta became a province.

Number 260 in the MacFarlane series, this undivided Private Mailing Card was postmarked at Macleod (?), Alberta on February 25, 1904 and mailed to Mrs. R. W. Young, Dumgree, Blenheim, New Zealand. "Would it hurt you to write a *little oftener*"?

Unused divided back card by Thomson Stationery Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C. Numbered c-179.

Valentine & Sons no. 600,143, showing Mount Wapta and with a photo credit to William Notman & Son. Unused.

Unused Valentine & Sons card no. 101,606.

Not posted. Letter as follows: "Dear Alice, I am glad that you like the P. Cards. I will find a nice one for Lil + Harry when I go to town. I am still engineer of the Hoist + expect to get quite a cheque for this month. Yours with Love, Charlie."

This one is quite convincing as a "colour photograph", even though it's really monochrome with colour subsequently applied.