Album Patriotic cards from wintorbos

7127. Greetings from Canada - Manitoba

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 16:39:16 +0000

This is a Valentine's Series card from the British Valentine company rather than the Canadian. The Manitoba shield opens out to reveal a long strip of miniature monochrome images (12 in all) showing scenes in Manitoba. These appear mostly to be common Valentine & Sons card images.

The poetic lines are from the opening of the second verse of "O Canada!" (now the national anthem).

6937. Canada - Nova Scotia

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:49:54 +0000

wintorbos has posted:

From Tuck's Canadian Coats of Arms series no. 2911. This is the old Nova Scotia flag.

Unused.

Arlington Hotel, Toronto

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:30:37 +0000

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Macfarlane 951, not recorded by Smith. Unused.

5586. Yukon [Fab Patchwork Card]

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:32:18 +0000

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My second type of Fab card -- the (presumably) rare 'Yukon' patch. These were made so that the patch could be detached and used in craft projects. An ingenious concept.

Canada [Oilette]

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:05:41 +0000

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Tuck Oilette no. 2552, postd at Toronto on September 23, 1914 to Mr. R. Barkley, Ballarat Street, Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Ireland: "205 Keele St., Toronto, Dear R. Just a PC to let you see I am alive + well but very homesick. Drop me a line + let me know how you are getting along + give me all the news. "Are you going to the war" isn't it awful. Write soon. A. L. McI." [not sure about the "I"]

From the Land of the Maple

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:09:32 +0000

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A nice Valentine & Sons patriotic, posted Sept. 2, 1912 at Vancouver, B.C. to Miss Maggie Warnock, Avondale Cottage, Aughlich Cookstown, Co Tyrone, Ireland: "My Dear Margaret, Many thanks for card I received safely, tell Mother I got her letter saying she had sent parcel, + I will write as soon as I get same, it is rather awkward trying to write with so many ups + downs so excuse scribble. Love from us Both to you all. Your Loving Sister + Brother May + John xxxx"

Harbor, Toronto, Canada

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:32:58 +0000

wintorbos has posted:

Nerlich card, unused, no. 1713.

Armorial Bearings of Canada.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:58:24 +0000

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Unused Tuck Oilette, "Canadian Postcard no. 2552."

Interesting because it shows no armorial bearing for Alberta, even though Saskatchewan is included (and the two provinces joined Confederation on the same day in 1905, so there never were 8 provinces as is suggested here -- just 7, then 9.)

Old Chipman House, St. John, N.B., Built in 1789, where King Edward VII. stayed in 1860.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 10 May 2014 22:51:31 +0000

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New Brunswick patriotic.

On the reverse is the notation "Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1904 by the New Brunswick Tourist Association at the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa."

Greetings

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:13:39 +0000

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Not postally used but addressed to Miss Lurie Glidden: "Hello Lurie, You're looking fine. How is all the cats. Write soon and let me know how everything is going. I will write you a long letter if you answer this. from John McMurray."

Birn Brothers, London, Series No. # 1906. Made in England.

Harvesting in Canada (A Birthday Greeting)

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:13:55 +0000

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Another Birn Brothers card, this one unused and with no number.

Flags the help the Motherland

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:43:31 +0000

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I liked the look of this World War I patriotic.

Wolfe's Monument, Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada.

nobody@ipernity.com (wintorbos) — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:44:12 +0000

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Postmarked at Quebec, August 28, 1909, a Warwick Bros. & Rutter card (no. 466) with the intricate Warwick back. Writer notes "This city is full of charm" -- addressed to Mrs. Oscar Beebe, Orient Point, Long Island, New York.