New Publication Release
Country Post: Rural Postal Service in Canada, 1880 to 1945
by Chantal Amyot and John Willis
Mercury Series, Canadian Postal Museum, Paper No. 1
212 pages, 172 illustrations (104 b & w, 68 colour), 7 x 9.5"
ISBN 0-660-18998-4
September 2003
$39.95 (paper)
The rural post office was once a vibrant centre of socialization and communication in Canada. Its impact was both tangible and inescapable. Everyone who lived in a rural community was touched by it. The mail was a necessity for anyone conducting business, running a farm or raising a family, no matter how far they lived “out of town.”
Country Post strives to recreate the postal world of the period 1880 to 1945. Twenty-eight postmasters from all regions of Canada were interviewed for this study and their memories and insights provide a vivid picture of rural postal service. Their perspective is supported by a vast body of research presented in a readable and cogent text and complemented by over 200 pictures gathered from sources in every province of the country.
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