Mourning Envelope, 1855
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Description
- Mourning Postal cover from Whitby to Barrie, ONT. Cover has Threepenny Beaver postage stamp. Cover also displays double broken circle "WHITBY Apr 12 1855" stamp in blue ink on front side . On reverse side, double broken circle "BARRIE 13 AP 1855" in black ink. The envelope has a black border and was sealed with black wax.
- Notes
- Mourning stationary was popularly used to signify that a person was experiencing loss or mourning, most notably in the Victorian Era.
- Date of Original
- 12 April 1855
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- F38_005_199
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Donor
- Anonymous Donor
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Mourning Envelope, 1855. Whitby Archives F38_005_119.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from original envelope
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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