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Post by jamesw on Oct 27, 2019 20:17:18 GMT
Purchased this little item yesterday, for my Niagara collection. Post marked at Port Dalhousie which is a small community on the shore of Lake Ontario, now part of St. Catharines, on November 17 1948. Two KGVI on what looks like a glove tag. Label on reverse reads D.B. Glove Mfg. Co. Ltd, Ayer's Cliff Que. and seems to be addressed to Chown Limited Kingston, Ont.  Any thoughts what this may be about? Did someone in Port Dalhousie stick a couple of stamps on a pair of gloves and drop them the post to Kingston? |
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Post by rjan55 on Oct 27, 2019 21:40:21 GMT
Pure guess, but perhaps a glove left behind was being returned to the addressee.
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 27, 2019 22:13:05 GMT
No , surely not a glove!
This is probably a linen reinforced envelope or package wrapper. Tough protective waterproof “paper” for a parcel long predates any plastic or polythene in 1940s.
Linen envelopes have have been used in registered mail since Victorian times . This is similar.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 27, 2019 23:13:26 GMT
Interesting thought vikingeck. Would a glove manufacturer have produced this sort of envelope? there's definitely a glove makers name on it.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 28, 2019 3:40:11 GMT
Perhaps what you have is the remnant of a mail tag. A quick search didn't turn up too much commercial usage, most of what I found was either COD tags or bank tags (some of those with huge face values for the day, there must have been some big insurance charges on them). A mail tag would be useful for a lumpy package, something sent in a bag (like a pair of gloves) rather than a box. Here's an example image of a commercial mail tag (a cheaper cardstock piece) nabbed from David Semsrott Stamps.  Ryan |
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 28, 2019 10:14:55 GMT
That is what I think it is also , but not made of stock card but tough cloth impregnated paper. Remember the labels on the little bags you used to use to send film off for processing the Kodak etc, ? They had to be tough , possibly similar if sending samples of material  |
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Post by de61 on Oct 28, 2019 13:56:21 GMT
I agree with those who think it is a mailing bag tag. Research showed that Chown Limited was a hardware store in Kingston, Ontario, so it probably was from a mailing bag that contained a glove order from D.B. Manufacturing. As a glove manufacturer, it would have had the materials and ability to create its own mailing bags and tags, as well.
Although mailing bags are not in common use today, you can still buy them and use them for mailing. Uline products still sells them in the U.S.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 29, 2019 23:15:56 GMT
Ok, I've had another look at this and I think vikingeck has it. But what I've got here is definitely a label. It's straight cut on bottom and sides with the rough cut at top. And since it had info (stamps etc) on both sides, I'm pretty sure it's not part of the bag itself. A quick google search turned up these older examples.   On these the label is cloth as well. And I think we can be certain the bags were manufactured by the glove company in Quebec. Thanks all! As usual the brain power of this forum amazes me! |
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 30, 2019 8:10:35 GMT
Not so much “brain power” jamesw , more the ageing memories of a bunch of seniors. Vive le troisieme age, I’m not dead yet . |
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