Unpaid 7 cancelled Postal Cover, 1860

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Creator

Unknown

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Envelopes

Description

A scanned image of a valentines cover, dated February 12, 1860. Envelope has an UNPAID 7 cancel stamp on the top right corner in blue ink. Envelope also has a second single circle Whitby postal stamp that reads "Whitby Feb 12 1860 C.W." in blue ink.

Notes

Unpaid stamps indicated that the postage for a letter parcel, had not been paid. It would then be the responsibility of the recipient to pay the postage. By looking at the design on the envelope, it looks like this letter may have been a valentine, leaving the unsuspecting lover to pay for the postage. The recipient also had the option of refusing the letter, in which case the carrier would not be paid and the letter not delivered.

Inscriptions

Miss H. Silverthorne. Cooksville C.W.

Date of Original

12 February 1860

Subject(s)

Post offices
Postal service
Whitby (Ont. : Township)--History

Local identifier

F38_006_040

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287

Donor

Anonymous Donor.

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