[Janet MacD]

This season’s sessions for the Kingston Seniors Association got underway on September 8 at the new location, St. Andrew’s By the Lake United Church, in Reddendale. The guest speaker was Jim Gould, who provided a thorough and informative talk about US Pre-cancels. He illustrated his talk by passing around colourful album pages which displayed a range of stamps with a wide variety of lettering and bar styles. He mentioned some of the alternative uses for the stamps, including revenue.

Thanks to Jim’s presentation, when I saw the back of this postcard at the Eastern Ontario Vintage Paper Sale, I knew better than to pass on it because I already own two copies. I don’t know if it was mailed from Wolfe Island, but there was insufficient postage. When it reached Watertown, New York, a pre-cancel was attached to record payment of the 2 cents postage due.

I am looking forward to showing this to the class!