British Columbia / B.C. Postal History / Registered Cover - 20 / 25 March 1930 - RUTLAND, B.C. (split ring / broken circle cancel / postmark) to Jamestown, California, USA via Kelowna, B.C. & RPO's

2 cents Domestic / USA Postage - was 2 cents for each ounce - 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1931
10 cents Registration fee - 15 July 1920 to 1 April 1951

2 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee = 12 cents
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RUTLAND is a neighbourhood of the City of Kelowna in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast edge of the city's core. Nearby neighbourhoods include Dilworth, Belgo, Black Mountain, Toovey Heights, Hall Road, Ellison, Central City, and Southeast Kelowna. Rutland was established when John "Hope" Rutland built an irrigation system allowing farming in the region. It was an unincorporated town until it was merged with the nearby city of Kelowna in 1973 by an act of the provincial legislature. RUTLAND is named for an early settler, John "Hope" Matthew Rutland. Rutland, who had previously lived at Australian, near Quesnel, farmed wheat, planted the first commercial orchards, and installed the first large irrigation system in the area. In the 1900s he sold his land to a syndicate which subdivided the land and adjacent land and named the district after him.

The RUTLAND Post Office was established - October 1, 1908 - became KELOWNA Postal Station RUTLAND - 2 November 1970.

LINK to a list of Postmasters who served at the RUTLAND Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

sent from - / RUTLAND / MR 20 / 30 / B.C. / - split ring - this split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 29 January 1927 - (RF C).

- sent by registered mail - / R / RUTLAND, B.C. / ORIGINAL NO. / (271) / - registered boxed marking in bluish ink.

- via - / KELOWNA / MR 20 / 30 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp

- via - / ?? & ?? R.P.O. / N / MR 21 / 30 / • / - rpo transit backstamp

- via - / % C. & V. R.P.O. % / 3 / MR 21 / 30 / B.C. / - rpo transit cancel - (Ludlow W-30l. / ornament no. 138 / RF 150) - used from 1905 to 1965.

- arrived at - / JAMESTOWN, CAL. / MAR / 25 / 3 PM / 1930 / REC'D / - cds arrival backstamp

sent by - A.W. Gray, Rutland, P.O. / Kelowna, B.C.

Arthur Wilfred Gray
(b. 19 July 1895 in Winnipeg, Manitoba - d. 26 March 1977 at age 81 in Kelowna, British Columbia) - occupations - farmer, rancher and real estate (A.W. Gray Real Estate & Insurance Agencies) - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/27...

(The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • July 3, 1961) - LINK to newspaper article - Real Estate Man Jailed for Theft - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-real-estate-...

(The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • October 7, 1961) - LINK to newspaper article - 1-Year Sentence Appeal Dismissed - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-1-year-sente...

His wife - Ellen Nancie (nee Money) Gray
(b. 7 October 1900 in Norfolk, England - 3 June 1975 at age 74 in Vancouver, British Columbia / Kelowna, British Columbia) - they were married - 14 December 1921 at Rutland, British Columbia - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/97... - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/87...

Addressed to - Henry C. Swift / Jamestown / California / U.S.A.

Henry Charles Swift
(b. 11 July 1873 in Toronto, Ontario - d. 1 March 1960 at age 86 in Tuolumne County, California, USA) - wholsterer / upholstery Shop - he operated a local furniture store until his retirement in 1947 - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-re...

His wife - Eunice P. Prickett
(b. 7 November 1873 in Nebraska, United States – d. 9 April 1955 at age 81 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States) - they were married - 3 March 1891 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States - LINKS to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-re... and - www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-re...

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