Category: British Columbia History

1868 10c Washington Covers to Victoria, V.I. duo, Page 33 of the Gerald E. Wellburn Fraser River...

Page 32, Wells Fargo 1860 Victoria receipt & 1852 Concord Coach Cover, Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Wells Fargo 1860 Victoria receipt & 1852 Concord Coach Cover, page 32 Gerald Wellburn Fraser...

Early Kitsilano property documents with links to Sam Greer found in box of books

John Mackie has written an article in the Vancouver Sun covering the property documents with links...

Sam Greer, Kitsilano

Sam Greer All Nations Stamp and Coin have sold material from Sam Greer’s estate including...

Henry Thomas Frost, Samuel Greer, Lot 1 Conveyance Document 20 Feb 1890

20 Feb 1890 Henry Thomas Frost, Sam Greer Lot 1 Conveyance Document Lot 99 in All Nations auction...

The Untold Story of Sam Greer’s Battle for Kitsilano by Laura Ishiguro

Here’s a riveting acount of the Sam Greer story by a local historian Laura Ishiguro. ...

Page 30, Wells Fargo 1862 uprated San Francisco Covers to Victoria, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Wells Fargo 1862 uprated San Francisco Covers to Victoria, Page 30 Gerald E. Wellburn Fraser River...

Page 23 – July 26 1857 10c U.S. Postal Stationery Cover & Letter to John Boyd

July 26 1857 10c U.S. Postal Stationery Cover & Letter to John Boyd, Page 23 of the Gerald...

Page 22 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection, Gayton 1864 1/- incoming Cover to Four Mile House, B.C.

Page 22 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection open 3 sides Gayton 1864 1/-...

Page 20, 17 Sep 1864 G.P.O., P.O. Paid Victoria folded letter to Clinton

September 1864 letter to Clinton on the Cariboo road Sep 1864 G.P.O., P.O. Paid Victoria folded...

Page 18, 28 Oct 1859 Killed by Bears letter from Port Pemberton to Fort Douglas

Page 18 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection, 28 Oct 1859 Killed by Bears letter from Port Pemberton to Fort Douglas Lot 68 in our Saturday auction on 13th April 2019

Page 17, 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush Gerald Wellburn Page

Lot 108 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush Gerald Wellburn Page 17 in All Nations’ auction 6th...

Samuel Brighouse signed, well worn Family Bible

Samuel Brighouse signed, well worn Family Bible. A remarkable personal possession from one of the Three Greenhorns, a founder of Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia.

Page 16, incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger

Page 16 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger, Lot 100 in All Nations’ auction Saturday 23rd March 2019

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate, offered in All Nations’ 23 March...

Page 15 Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope

Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope, page 15 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

H.B.C./B.C. District Dease Post $5 card money – last of find

Hudson’s Bay Company, B.C. District, Dease Post $5 scrip. This is the very last of the Sydney Hodgkinson find. Lot 195 in this week’s 1200th auction on 9th March 2019.

1860 James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Wellburn

1860 Governor James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Gerald Wellburn, Lot 126 in this week’s 1200th auction 9th march 2019 #bchistory

The Sydney Hodgkinson Find

Card scripts (or card tokens) from the H.B.C. Tradings Posts in Northern B.C. were collected by Sydney Hodgkinson and brought in to All Nations by his family.

Sydney Hodgkinson worked as an accountant with the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1908 to 1935.