Today in Postal History
This patriotic private post card was sent from St. John,
New
Brunswick.
St. John is on the south side of New Brunswick on the Bay
of Fundy,
home of the most prodigious
tides in the world.
The destination was Moncton, New Brunswick, about 140 km
northeast of St. John.
What is so wonderful about this card is the patriotic
illustration of Britannia.
This card was issued near the height of Victorian patriotic xenophobia.
Rule Britannia!
was an unofficial national anthem.
The card is franked with an 1898 1 c. blue-green Queen
Victoria (SG 151).
There is a St. John, NB CDS which was struck leaving a
partial second rim.
Pastnotes
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