Valentine 600,000+ numbered series

Message across the entire back: "Aug. 29th, 1913. Many happy returns on your birthday. From Annie and Horace. Montreal, P.Q., Canada." Valentine & Sons card 600,152.

Unused, no. 600,156.

Another birthday card dated Aug. 29, 1913. Here it is revealed that the birthday person is Annie's mother. There are separate messages from Horace and Annie. The one from Horace reads: "Thank you very much for the trainload of views from Rotherham. Hope to see them again some-day. Sincerely, from Horace, Montreal, Canada." So the views from Canada are meant to repay the mother's kindness in having sent over views of the young couple's home town in England (Yorkshire). Valentine & Sons no. 600,145.

Unused card. Number difficult to read but appears to be 600,153.

Unused Valentine & Sons card, no. 600,131.

Another card from Annie to her mother, this one revealing her mother's name and location: "Mrs. Wadkin, Maltby, Rotherham". Annie thanks her mother for the gloves. Valentine & Sons card no. 600,132.

Valentine & Sons no. 600,143, showing Mount Wapta and with a photo credit to William Notman & Son. Unused.

Valentine & Sons, no. 601,171, posted April 3, 1913 to Mrs. J. M. Shafer, Three Rivers, Mich., U.S.A.: "Dear Mother, Will reach Winnipeg about five + will be glad. It hard on the train so long. Passed lake Superior this morn. It is all frozen up at Port Arthur + Fort William both. Just went through a great long tunnel, all dark. Will write soon. Isobel + Ross." Note the "Islands for Sale" sign on the side of the building.

Unused, printed in Great Britain. No publisher indicated but looks similar to a Valentine & Sons design.