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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 83533, member: 1824&quot;]Here&#039;s a section that will interest the Canadian members of the board.It is about the postal notes &amp; postal orders which</p><p>have been issued in Canada.The postal notes were issued in all provinces,except Newfoundland,which was not part of Canada prior to 1949.The Canadian postal notes are collected by the province of issue.Here is a link to a picture</p><p>of an 80c. one from Ontario;</p><p><a href="http://www.bnaps.org/tutor/B_postalnote1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bnaps.org/tutor/B_postalnote1.jpg" rel="nofollow">www.bnaps.org/tutor/B_postalnote1.jpg</a> .</p><p>As you can see from the picture,it is inscribed in both English &amp; Quebecois (French).Note the crude portrait of King George V at top left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 1949,the following British Field Post Offices have opened in Canada;</p><p><br /></p><p>B.F.P.O. 14. - Suffield (Alberta).</p><p><br /></p><p>B.F.P.O. 51. - Wainwright (Alberta).</p><p><br /></p><p>B.F.P.O. 9. - Goose Bay (Newfoundland).</p><p><br /></p><p>&amp; B.F.P.O. 487. - Ottawa (Canadian Federal Capital Territory).</p><p><br /></p><p>All B.F.P.O.&#039;s issue British postal orders.I know that the 2 B.F.P.O.&#039;s in Alberta are still open,but I am not sure about the bottom 2 listed B.F.P.O.&#039;s.If anyone has any information,could you please leave a posting?</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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