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A view of C.P.R.S.S. “Princess Victoria” entering Victoria Harbour, surrounded by embossed images of Canadian postage stamps.

Below, the reverse of the card, postally unused.
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A view of “Parliament Buildings, Victoria B.C.” surrounded by embossed images of Canadian postage stamps.

Other Patriotic Postcards by Ottmar Zieher

Ottmar Zieher of Munich, Germany printed a series of similar postcards for a range of countries around the world showing similar, but local postage stamps for use by local publishers.
Cards with this design featuring Canadian stamps have published by Ottmar Zieher directly and have also been published by Fr. Müller, San Francisco, as shown below.
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A view of an Ottmar Zieher card, surrounded by embossed images of Canadian postage stamps, published by Fr. Müller of San Francisco. This patriotic postcard shows reproductions of stamps from late in the reign of Queen Victoria and early in the reign of King Edward VII. It is one of two cards in a series published by Fr. Müller, San Francisco, California. The card is printed in Bavaria by Ottmar Zieher for Fr. Müller (as noted on the right margin of the card). On the left margin of the card is found the text: "Carte philtelique deposée. R.R.G.M 222 744 Ottmar Zieher, Munich (Bavière)."

The card above lacks a simulated postmark. Ottmar Zieher also printed cards with the postmark, both embossed and without embossing.
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This patriotic postcard shows reproductions of stamps from late in the reign of Queen Victoria and early in the reign of King Edward VII. The card is printed in Bavaria by Ottmar Zieher. On the left margin of the card is found the text: "Carte philtelique deposée. R.R.G.M 222 744 Ottmar Zieher, Munich (Bavière)." The Ottmar Zieher cards also carry a simulated postmark reading “Souvenir of Canada", both embossed in this case.
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This patriotic postcard shows reproductions of stamps from late in the reign of Queen Victoria and early in the reign of King Edward VII. The card is printed in Bavaria by Ottmar Zieher. On the left margin of the card is found the text: "Carte philtelique deposée. R.R.G.M 222 744 Ottmar Zieher, Munich (Bavière)." The Ottmar Zieher cards also carry a simulated postmark reading “Souvenir of Canada", without embossing in this case.