British Columbia / B.C. Postal History - 4 / 25 January 1894 - COMOX, B.C. (split ring / broken circle cancel / postmark) to Englefield Green, Surrey, England via Staines, England

            (from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - COMOX - a village and post office on Comox Harbour, Gulf of Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Nanaimo, and 3 miles east of Courtenay, the nearest railway point on the E. & N. Railway. Comox Provincial Electoral District. Also reached by C. P. R. steamers from Vancouver. Anglican, Presbyterian and R. C. Churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Logging, lumbering, cattle-raising, dairying and fishing.

Comox Post Office was opened - 1 July 1872 and closed - 10 May 1971 becoming Courtenay Postal Station Comox.

sent from - / COMOX / JA 4 / 94 / BRIT • COL. / - Brit. Col. split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A2-1) was proofed - 28 November 1883 - (RF C).

The first Canadian postmarks used in B.C.,  the Brit. Col. broken circle,  consisted of the town name with the  letters forming the upper part of the circle, and the abbreviation Brit. Col. (for British Columbia) forming the lower part of the circle, with short arcs occurring on both sides of the Brit. Col. The straight dateline is in the middle of the circle. The first office so far reported to have used the postmark is Victoria. Five to ten years later a  few towns received Brit. Col. postmarks in which the town name and abbreviation of the province were enclosed in a full circle. The diameters of the postmarks vary appreciably from 20 to 29 mm's, but the majority measure 20-22mm's. The Clinton, New Westminster and Yale postmarks, 29mm's in diameter, are the largest recorded.

via - / NANAIMO / ? / JA 5 / B.C. / - partial cds transit backstamp.
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Addressed to: Mrs Harvey / Englefield Green / Surrey / England

Alice Louisa Harvey (b. 1873 - d. 1948 at age 75) - she is buried  in the Municipal Cemetery, Englefield Green, Surrey, England. Her husband was William Charles Harvey (b. 1871 - d. 30 September 1935 at age 64) - he is buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Englefield Green, Surrey, England. 

Englefield Green is a large village in northern Surrey, England. It is home to Royal Holloway, University of London, the south eastern corner of Windsor Great Park, borders the town of Egham and more tightly-clustered village of Virginia Water. Its nearest main commercial hubs are Staines-upon-Thames 2.5 miles and Windsor 4 miles. The village grew from a hamlet in Egham in the 19th century, when much of it was sold off from the Great Park in the Crown Estate, and is mostly residential. There are pretty gardens as well as some Cycle paths. 

via - / STAINES / D / JA 25 / 94 / - cds transit backstamp

Staines-upon-Thames, formerly Staines, is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England, within the borough of Spelthorne. At or near the Roman settlement of Pontibus, it became Stanes and then Staines. The town lies within the historic county boundaries of Middlesex, being transferred to Surrey in 1965.

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