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Bidboard # 1929
Lot # 193
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $180.00
Current Bid: $180
Canada Covers

BC British Columbia. Kootenays - Phoenix BC, a striking duo of items on collection page of BC postal historian Tracy Cooper. The first item, sent from Phoenix June 1st 1911 via registered mail (5c postage + 5c registration) to Switzerland with the business corner card of Morrin, Thompson & Company – Grovers and Hardware Merchants. The second item is an unused RPPC (real photo postcard) showing the town of Phoenix at its height. Phoenix BC was a booming mining community from the 1890’s to 1918. With the end of WWI, the copper prices plummeted putting much of the town who survived off the work the mine provided. The community exited the town by the thousands, leaving behind their home and many of their belongings, making Phoenix BC the largest ghost-town Canada had ever seen. A great lot for the BC postal historian. Estimate =