Collection search - Proprietors of Kaulbach Island, Ltd. fonds [philatelic record]

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Proprietors of Kaulbach Island, Ltd. fonds [philatelic record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1842-1974.

Reference:

R983-0-X-E

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

143890

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Proprietors of Kaulbach Island, Ltd. fonds
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Date(s):

1842-1974.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

8 sheets (204 labels) se-tenant.
19 postal covers.

Language of material:

English

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Proprietors of Kaulbach Island fonds [philatelic records]

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The fonds consists of labels and first day covers issued by the Kaulbach Island Local Carriage Service and a cover collection created by the Proprietors of Kaulbach Island.

The labels and first day covers, were issued between 1971 and 1974. The issues represented include: Birds (1971 - sheet only), Canadian paintings - Cullen, O'Brien, Beaument, Krieghoff (1972), Canadian paintings - Todd, Raphael, Davies, Berczy (1973), Birds with "BOSTON SHOW / 1974" overprint (1974 - first day cover only), and Animals (1974).

The cover collection consists of 11 stamped and stampless covers bearing various postmarks dating from 1842 to 1927. Notable addressees include: William H. Seward, William Lawson Grant, and Henry J. Morgan.

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Proprietors of Kaulbach Island

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Proprietors of Kaulbach Island : The Proprietors of Kaulbach Island, Ltd. purchased Kaulbach Island (N.S.) in 1967 and operated a small rural retreat for vacationers on the island. From 1971 to 1984, the Kaulbach Island Local Carriage Service offered mail delivery to and from the island to the mainland. The service was approved by the Canada Post Office. Between 1974 and 1984 the Kaulbach Island Local Carriage Service issued 13 newsletters. In 1984, the owners, responding to concerns over ecological damage to the island, closed the island to visitors and ended the Local Carriage Service. Strike, courier and local post of the Elizabethan Era / Earle L. Covert, M.D. [editor] ; forward by William C. Walton. -- Second edition. -- Hay River : Territorial quick print, 1992.

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Source of title:

Title based on correspondence with the Proprietors.

Custodial history:

Originally acquired by the National Postal Museum (Canada Post Corporation). Transferred to the Canadian Postal Archives in 1988 (National Archives of Canada).

Philatelic issue data:

Kaulbach Island : 9 cents, 18 cents.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1989-565 DAP
1998-01751-6
1998-01897-0
POE 97-325 (1988-04-01)
POE 97-480 (1988-04-01)

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1989-565 DAP
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