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Post by jamesw on Dec 28, 2015 4:48:05 GMT
Spent part of today putting covers into their new home (i.e. album). While working on this nondescript 1954 mailed postal stationary, I read the letter which was still inside. The writer, R. Babb (or Richard Babbs on his address label on the back) writes to his friend in Niagara Falls NY about the stamps he has sent, and prices. So that got me thinking he might have been a dealer. A google search turned up an article in a 1957 edition of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. Makes for an interesting page I think. I'll let you read the two paragraphs about Mr. Babb.
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Dec 28, 2015 5:18:27 GMT
Wow! you guys are so amazing with page making on the computer. Super stuff James, I envy your ability. These sort of pages will be highly prized in the future. Cyclone Hurricane Hazel (Killed 81 people in Toronto, so the name Hazel has been retired) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_HazelNote: the "S" in USA is backwards
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Post by jamesw on Dec 28, 2015 12:46:55 GMT
aw shucks, thanks Rod.
Ya, Hurricane Hazel was before my time, but I still remember my parents talking about it like it was yesterday. It was a pretty big deal up here.
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Post by jimjung on Dec 28, 2015 17:08:01 GMT
I was born in downtown Toronto a year after Hurricane Hazel. Most of the damage was in the West End as the Humber River overflowed its' banks. Homes that were built near or beside the Humber river were destroyed and these neighborhoods suffered the most. A terrible tragedy.
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