Oxen or cattle

Unused Valentine & Sons card, no. 100,391 and likely dating to about 1905 (as the reference to "Assiniboia" suggests).

A lively and orderly looking farm at Glencross (misspelled on the card), a post office that closed in 1909 but which is still on maps on 25W-8N about four miles southwest of the City of Winkler, Manitoba.

Mailed to Miss Jessie M. Oakes of Dundas, Ontario. Cancel is Moose Jaw & Calgary R.P.O., date indistinct but the Hamilton transfer (above) and Dundas receiver are both March 17, 1905. Back is undivided with the common "Private Post Card" in the arched banner, although with an unusual "Souvenir" printed above the banner.

Warwick Bros. & Rutter no. 2807 S, postmarked at Londonderry, N.S. on Nov. 20, 1908, with a very long message to Medford, Mass.

De Nobele card no. 24, showing the Stockyards. This was postmarked on April 30, 1906 at Winnipeg and addressed to Miss L. M. Wetherell, 28 Overton Road, Brixton, London, S.W., England: "A busy time, working hard as usual. " This image also appears on the WINNIPEG postcard with two images, the other being a rendering of the Merchants Bank on Main Street. www.flickr.com/photos/wintorbos/4056461703/in/photolist-7bsqJT

W. G. MacFarlane card no. I.501, mailed at Regina on December 18, 1906 to MIss Ruby Adam, c/o Adam + White, King's Lynn, England: "Hope you are well". Received at Peterborough, the original destination (it was readdressed) on January 3, 1907.

South Australia card, printed by Donald Taylor Collotype Co., Ltd and addressed to Thos. Webb Esq., Andover, Hampshire, England.

Stedman no. 687, recorded by Smith. Not postally used.

Another Government Agent card. I guess this is out in Alberta.