Rushed to an auction at my favourite local auction house last night after work. They usually sell on the weekend, but I guess the owner wants the coming long weekend off.
Their online listing promised wonderful things. NOT.
But I did find one item that no one else was interested in, so I walked away with it.
A first day cover book filled mostly with Canadian postal cards, all sent to the Globe newspaper (now the Globe and Mail). Most (41 of them) are UX14 Queen Vics. A couple are preprinted reply cards, most blank. All have orders or cancellations for newspaper subscriptions.
There are also 9 UX16 Queen Vic jubilee postal cards, one UX17 older Queen Vic and two KGV UX33d. Also two US postal cards UX12 Th. Jefferson requesting papers be rerouted to new USA addresses.
Here is a sampling...
A nice array of postmarks, some of course not very clear. But lots of circle squares and a couple of rather unclear RPOs. All of the UX14 and 16s were postmarked in 1897, as were the US Jeffersons.
I figure someone who worked at the Globe hung on to these. At first when I saw their condition I was concerned about mold, because there is a lot of dirt and 'black' on them. Then I realized it was ink. Obviously! These were addressed to a newspaper, some to The Globe Printing.
These be workin' cards!
Posted 07/31/2013 9:45 pm
. I thought I would show it here as collateral material. It shows the paper rates of the time - here for 1899.
