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Valentine & Sons card no. 105,146. Posted at Winnipeg Canada Station 3 on Feb. 27, 1910. "Dear Myrtle: Have been waiting for a card for a long time. I have sent two since I heard from you last. Lill got your card today and was glad to hear from you. I suppose you are busy now. I am that busy that I do not know what I'm doing. I suppose there is quite a few people in Bolingbroke now. I guess I can't get any more on this card. From Pim." To Miss Myrtle Norris, Bolingbroke, Ont., Canada

Unused Valentine & Sons card, no. 105,142.

Valentine & Sons card, no. 105,154. Posted May 19, 1912 at Winnipeg to Miss Elsie Lenoble (?), Allentown, Penna., U.S.A. "Winnipeg, Man., Canada May 18/1912 In here 9 15 a.m. leave for Battleford, Sask, Canada at 11 PM tonight. Madison."

Unused Valentine & Sons card, no. 111,995 (so not from the same series as the others -- a rather late Valentine actually).

One of four fancy inlaid collotypes published by the Curtis, Defoe Co. Ltd. of Haileybury. Printed in Germany. Unused. C. D. 5551.

One of four fancy inlaid collotypes published by the Curtis, Defoe Co. Ltd. of Haileybury. Printed in Germany. Unused. C. D. 5552.

One of four fancy inlaid collotypes published by the Curtis, Defoe Co. Ltd. of Haileybury. Printed in Germany. Unused. C. D. 5555.

One of four fancy inlaid collotypes published by the Curtis, Defoe Co. Ltd. of Haileybury. Printed in Germany. Unused. C.D. 5553.

The back is kind of interesting. I have not seen the signature line before, nor have I seen the instruction about "any other writing" on a Valentine card. I guess it's because the card is heavier. In any event, the sender E. S. H. has figured it all out and done it right. Addressee: Mrs E. H. Maltison, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Posted Oct. 17, 1913.

This is a Valentine's Series card from the British Valentine company rather than the Canadian. The Manitoba shield opens out to reveal a long strip of miniature monochrome images (12 in all) showing scenes in Manitoba. These appear mostly to be common Valentine & Sons card images. The poetic lines are from the opening of the second verse of "O Canada!" (now the national anthem).