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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 4th July 2020 Victoria Vancouver B.C. Feb 10th, 1873 My dear Annie I have not...

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 July 2020

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 Island Spar…Co, ex Wellburn Lot 86 in our auction Saturday 4th July 2020

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 – is in financial jeopardy.’The Old Hastings Mill Store’ survived the Great Fire of 1886 but the pandemic could force its closure. And as Jordan Armstrong reports at a...

Help Save Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum

134 years ago today survivors of Vancouver's great fire of 1886 took refuge in Hasting's Mill Store. The building survived and exists today as the Old Hasting's Mill Store Museum. Built in 1868 ...Times are difficult for Old Hastings Mill Store Museum at present. ...

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 30th May 2020 Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC 5th Dec. 1872 My dear Annie,I got here from the mainland about a week ago and next day received your letter of the 10th- We...

John A. Macdonald signed 1858 3-part Ejectment Summons

John A. Macdonald signed 1858 3-part Ejectment SummonsLot 1 in our auction Saturday 16th May 2020 "At the time of signing this document, Macdonald was the joint premier of the Province of Canada, and Premier of Canada West, as well as keeping, it appears, his post as...

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 Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, torn at fold. Lot 81 in our 9 May auction Marcus Smith biography here My dear Nannie,I have got back safe from my trip up 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 Rush sold for $600 in today's auction at All Nations Stamp and Coin Lot 93 sold for $600 in A1259 2nd May 2020

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”

Hugh Fraser 1842 Scotland FLS to William Fraser Tolmie HBC London

Hugh Fraser 1842 Scotland FLS to William Fraser Tolmie HBC London surgeon, Dr. Tolmie was a fur trader, scientist, and politician in Pacific Northwest

150 Mile House on Road to Soda Creek 5 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith letter

Lot 98 150 Mile House on Road to Soda Creek 5 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith letterin our auction Saturday 25th April 2020 Marcus Smith was an early Railway pioneer. See his biography and other fascinating letters here.

Soda Creek Fraser River, B.C. 2 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to wife

My Dear Annie.. Soda Creek Fraser River, B.C. 2 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to wife Lot 96 in our auction Saturday 18th April 2020 Realized $1,300 See the biography of Marcus Smith, Chief Railway engineer "This was the dreaded Chilcotin country inhabited by the...

Queen Victoria 4×5″ Signature on document piece

Queen Victoria 4×5″ Signature on document piece, usual fold, spotsLot 1 in our auction Saturday 18th April 2020

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 April 2020 See the biography of Marcus Smith, Chief Railway engineer

Ralph Edwards Jan 1969 instructional letter to his wife at Lonesome Lake

Ralph Edwards Jan 1969 instructional letter to his wife at Lonesome LakeLot 101 in our auction Saturday 4th April 2020 Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

1797 Prince Edward Halifax Dinner Invitation on Wellburn Page

1797 Prince Edward Halifax Dinner Invitation on Gerald Wellburn PageLot 125 in our auction Saturday 14th March 2020 HRH Prince Edward Duke of Kent and Strathearn was the 5th child of George III and the father of Queen Victoria. He came to Canada for the Constitutional...