Nova Scotia Postal History - 25 October 1954 - X587 / WILMOT STATION (Annapolis County), N.S. (straight-line MOON cancel / postmark / marking) on piece

            Wilmot is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. It is located on the Annapolis River, approximately three miles west of the Annapolis - Kings County line. The community was settled by Loyalist Timothy Ruggles. The community is named after Montague Wilmot. The population of Wilmot in 1956 was 615.

- from "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (1908)" - WILMOT, a post settlement in Annapolis County, N.S., on the Annapolis River close to the Bay of Fundy, and a station (1 1/4 miles distant) on the Dominion Atlantic RR., 4 miles east of Middleton. It has 1 general store, besides express and telegraph offices. Situated in the Annapolis Valley, fruit raising and farming are the chief industries. The population in 1908 was about 150.

Wilmot became Wilmot Station on 30 April 1923. 
Mail route - Wilmot Station and Railway Station
Post Office located in a Private building

/ X587 / - small straight line MOON marking from Wilmot Station (Annapolis County), Nova Scotia (red ink) - unknown when this was proofed.

These small straight-line markings / postmarks had the post office's MOON number - these straight-line MOON cancels are rarely seen on stamps or covers, and only infrequently on receipts or other documents. M.O.O.N. (Money Order Office Number)

Taken on: October 9, 2018

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