Fletcher Mnf’g. Co,
Soda Fountains, Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Supplies
440 & 442 Yonge Toronto
Private Post-Card
Malt Extract, Almond Paste, Vanilla, True Fruit Syrups
postmarked Dec 25, 1900
with Carlton Street Toronto postmark
on a pair of 1¢ QV Numeral stamps
sent to The Eastlaine Co., Newbury, England
Below, the reverse of the card
In Kenneth Rowe’s 1981 publication The Postal History of the Canadian Contingents, Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902, published by The Vincent G. Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, he notes this design, shown as Figure 48, was “a typical example of a commercial patriotic design of the period”.
The card is also available in a variant to this design, pictured below. This card has been postally used on March 29, 1899.
Below, the reverse.
