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Issue No 81 contains an index of significant references to post offices covering Volumes 1 (1992) to 20 (2011).

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BC Postal History Monograph No 4a
British Columbia Postal History Newsletter Index for Issues 1 - 120
Morris Beattie
File size: 0.6 MB

This index was distributed with the British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 1, Mar. 2022.

BC Postal History Monograph No 1
The Lost Children Revisited
Tracy Cooper
File size: 0.2 MB

Brief History of Activities of the Vancouver Postal Censorship Station 1939-1945
Compiled by G. H. Clarke, District Director of Postal Services
File size: 1.1 MB

This document was assembled in September 1945. It provides a contemporary summary of all the numerous activities of the Censorship Station, as well as a history of censored mail through Vancouver during World War II.

It is Supplement #2 to the British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, and was distributed with the Vol. 24, No. 4, Dec. 2015, issue.

B.C. Postal History Monograph #3
British Columbia Post Offices - Topping and Robinson
1991 Edition
Rarity Factor E Update
Tracy Cooper
File size: 0.1 MB

Distributed with British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 1, Mar. 2016.

Andy Morod and the Nootka Sound Region
Gray Scrimgeour
File size: 1.7 MB

British Columbia Postal History Newsletter Supplement No. 4. Distributed with the Mar. 2019 issue of the newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 1.

B.C. Postal History Monograph #5
A Correspondence from End of Track, B.C.
Brian Copeland
File size: 0.9 MB

In newsletter #107 (September 2018, pp. 1077-1081), Tracy Cooper wrote about the End of Track story. At the time, eight BC End of Track postmarks had been reported. Recently, six additional envelopes bearing End of Track strikes dated from July through September 1885 have surfaced. Four contained letters that add to the overall story. This monograph discusses these letters and additional relevant material.

This monograph was distributed with the British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 1, Mar. 2022.

B.C. Postal History Monograph #6
The Maitland-Dougall Family of Duncan, BC
Bruce Pollock
File size: 2.7 MB

Presents the story of a remarkable family in the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia: James St. Leger Maitland-Dugall, his wife Winifred (née McKinstry Watson), and their two sons, William and Hamish. Many of the covers illustrating the monograph are ex Gerald Wellburn.

This monograph was distributed with the British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 2, June 2022.

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B.C. Postal History Monograph #7
Mails of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company (Limited)
Morris Beattie
File size: 3.7 MB

The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company (CPN), together with several competing companies, played a significant role in the development of mail services in northern British Columbia over the period from 1883 until 1901, at which time it was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. During its period of operation, the shipping line carried mail on both an informal (without markings) and formal (with markings) basis.

This monograph summarizes the background to the development of north coast mail services and the formation of the CPN. It discusses the vessels owned by that company and their probable involvement in mail delivery, and examines examples of any known postal markings used by CPN vessels.

The monograph was distributed with the British Columbia Postal History Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2023.