Category: British Columbia History

Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wifeLot 94 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 90 in our auction Saturday...

Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill

Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill, ex Gerald Wellburn Lot 89 in our auction...

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...

H.B.C.-B.C. District Dease Post 25c Card Money #472

H.B.C.-B.C. District VF+ Dease Post 25c Card Money #472 $1500+Lot 199 in our auction Saturday 4th...

Edward Stamp signed 1864 copy agreement for British Columbia & Vancouver Island ex Wellburn

Edward Stamp signed 18 Nov 1864 5-page 16×13″ copy agreement for British Columbia & Vancouver...

Global News BC > The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy

The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy A museum – house in Vancouver’s oldest building...

Help Save Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum

134 years ago today survivors of Vancouver’s great fire of 1886 took refuge in...

Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to his wife

Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to his wifeLot 90 in our auction Saturday...

150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife

150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife describing his early surveys for the...

Antler Creek, BC promissory note, from the beginning of the Cariboo Gold Rush

862 Antler Creek, BC promissory note, ex Gerald Wellburn, from the beginning of the Cariboo Gold...

20 Oct 1872 150 Mile House Marcus Smith letter to wife

1872 Marcus Smith letter from 150 Mile House “if I succeed in getting through this will be immortalized and have my name to the pass forever”

Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wife

Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wifeLot 21 in our auction 11th...

Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring

Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring, appraisal $1525. Lot 95 in our auction Saturday...

Hasting’s Mill 1865/1868 6-page Edward Stamp Accounting Ledger, ex gerald Wellburn

Edward Stamp’s accounting journal from 1865 to 1869, listing out all his expenses for his English investors establishing lumber mills on Vancouver Island and the first main lumber mill in the Vancouver area Lot 108

News: 1865 ledger from Hastings Mill, John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun

Most people think Vancouver started in Gastown. But the early city actually sprang up a few blocks...

Province of B.C. BU Souvenir of 1905 Dominion Fair Medallion

Province of B.C. BU Souvenir of 1905 New Westminster Dominion Fair Medallion, spotLot 95 in our...

Victoria, V.I. SFR 3c Paid Wells Fargo Front, Thomas Trounce

Mr Trounce, Victoria, V.I SFR 3c Paid Wells Fargo Front w/ m/s note, fold Lot 68 in our auction...

Page 45 (last page), Hope, B.C. 29 May 1862 Capt. Grant Royal Engineers Third Bill of Exchange,Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Hope, B.C. 29 May 1862 Capt. Grant Royal Engineers Third Bill of Exchange, Page 45 (last page)...

Category: British Columbia History

Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides ...

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith le...

Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith le...

H.B.C.-B.C. District Dease Post 25c Card Money #47...

Edward Stamp signed 1864 copy agreement for Britis...

Global News BC > The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in f...

Help Save Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum

Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Le...

150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to h...

Antler Creek, BC promissory note, from the beginni...

20 Oct 1872 150 Mile House Marcus Smith letter to ...

Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

H.B.C.-B.C. District Dease Post 25c Card Money #472

Edward Stamp signed 1864 copy agreement for British Columbia & Vancouver Island ex Wellburn

Global News BC > The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy

Help Save Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum

Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to his wife

150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife

Antler Creek, BC promissory note, from the beginning of the Cariboo Gold Rush

20 Oct 1872 150 Mile House Marcus Smith letter to wife

Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wife

Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring

Hasting’s Mill 1865/1868 6-page Edward Stamp Accounting Ledger, ex gerald Wellburn

News: 1865 ledger from Hastings Mill, John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun

Province of B.C. BU Souvenir of 1905 Dominion Fair Medallion

Victoria, V.I. SFR 3c Paid Wells Fargo Front, Thomas Trounce

Page 45 (last page), Hope, B.C. 29 May 1862 Capt. Grant Royal Engineers Third Bill of Exchange,Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Page 44, Judge O’Reilly 1867 11c Walla Walla/New Westminster Cover, Fraser River Gold Rush collection

James Douglas Signed 1861 Peter O’Reilly Land Grant, page 43 of the Gerald E. Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 42, Fort Hope, B.C. 1860 Royal Engineers Tracing of Town Lots, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 41, Omagh 1862 three-colour franked O’Reilly Cover to Fort Hope, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

1858 Fraser River Gold Rush by Gerald Wellburn

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