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Four Seasons Cover With Moosonee Pm

 
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Posted 04/06/2016   6:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jjmclell to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Does anybody have any explanation for how the cover below could've gotten postmarked in Moosonee, Ontario? I'm assuming the cover is from the Four Seasons hotel in Toronto, but it's addressed to someone in Toronto, not Moosonee. The only thing I can think of is that someone in Moosonee had a pre-stamped envelope from the Four Seasons hotel and used it to send something to Toronto.


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Posted 04/06/2016   6:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGB to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Back in the day, even simple hotels and motels offered free stationary. Folks would often place it in their bags and use it later in their travels or even from home.

P.S. Why do you think the enveloped was pre-stamped?
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Posted 04/06/2016   6:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jjmclell to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I don't know why I suggested it was pre-stamped other than because it was so squarely applied. A bit of a stretch though I guess.

Thanks for the explanation. It's a nice piece of stationary...very thick paper stock.
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Edited by jjmclell - 04/06/2016 6:53 pm
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Posted 04/06/2016   7:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGB to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I wouldn't be surprised if the Four Seasons did apply postage for their guests.

I stayed in one once and was very surprised by the luxury.
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Posted 04/06/2016   8:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Battlestamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It actually has nothing to do with the hotel, but Canada issued a set of stamps called The Four Seasons. The Canada Post also issued a theme pack for the stamps and that envelope was part of the package - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canada-THE-...AOSwpDdVTUZa

Someone just used the envelope for other purposes.
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Posted 04/06/2016   9:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGB to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, I had no idea. I really like the original stamps!
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Posted 04/07/2016   7:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add CanadaStamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
One of Canada's nicest sets IMHO. And as pointed out - someone used an FDC cachet cover for a regular piece of mail. Common.

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Posted 04/14/2016   7:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jjmclell to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Haha, that's funny. I was so fixated on it being an envelope from the hotel of the same name...

Great to know the truth!
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