A colour-printed view captioned Deep Cove, Aspotogan Mt., Chester Bay, N.S., showing a rough plank-and-dirt shore road with a rustic wooden railing running along a rocky cliff above the cove, birch and spruce trees on the slope, and wooded headlands closing in around the calm blue water.The back is a Valentine Souvenir Post Card design with the vertical imprints The Valentine & Sons\' Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal and Toronto, Printed in Great Britain, and On the Line of the Halifax and South-Western Railway. It bears a green 1-cent 1908 Quebec Tercentenary stamp showing Cartier and Champlain, tied by a circular postmark of 1908, and is addressed to South Boston, Massachusetts, with a short message written along the left side.Period: circa 1907.Publisher / series: The Valentine & Sons\' Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal and Toronto, printed in Great Britain, for the Halifax and South-Western Railway, no. 103,803Postally used: Yes, circular postmark of 1908 with Canada 1-cent 1908 Quebec Tercentenary stampCondition: Good; light toning, slight corner wear and a small corner bump at the upper left of the front.Manuscript text (summary): A short note asking the recipient whether this looks like anything at home, mentioning a splendid trip and that both are feeling fine, signed with a first name.Reference : 20261004-14-08741-32/100
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