After a very busy spring and early summer, we're taking a bit of time off in August. We will having two bidboards of an extended two-week duration back to back. We'll still be in touch by email and there will always be a bidboard on view. Feel free to call and leave a phone message also. We'll get back to you as soon as we can no matter what the medium. There will be no bidboard closing on August 13th or August 27th. The closing dates for the two-week sales will be August 20th and September 3rd. The August 6th sale is a regular one-week sale. At the end of August we'll be in the Maritimes. We'll be travelling in Newfoundland and we'll also be dropping in at the BNAPS show in Halifax.

Here are some links to the history of the E & N as well as the locomotives they use and booking info if you would like to take a trip.

• http://www.viarail.ca/trains/en_trai_roch_vico.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_and_N_Railway
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car
• http://www.budd-rdc.org/
• http://www.islandcorridorfoundation.ca/

Our customer, Bob Wootton, who lives in Ottawa was quite surprised to see pictures of his grand nephews on our last newsletter. They were participating in the PARMA Medieval recreation that we reported on last week. Here you see Devon in red and Tristan in blue. This same customer also has a local (Victoria) ancestor in the person of Henry Wootton. Here's some more info:

Henry Wootton, a former sea-captain, was acting as Victoria's Harbour Master when he was also appointed as Postmaster on the 23rd October 1861. About a week later the Victoria Post Office was moved from Government Street to the Harbour Master's offive on the west side of Wharf Street near Broughton Street.

Wootton was actually in charge of postal activities on Vancouver Island until the amalgamation of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866. In the united colony he acted as a sort of Deputy Postmaster-General for the island. He was paid $500 per annum for his postal duties and continued as Harbour Master. In 1862 John L. Buckley was appointed assistant to the Postmaster at $1,455 per annum.

After Confederation, Wootton was confirmed as Postmaster at an annual salary of $2000. He died 25 December 1875 and he was replaced by Robert Wallace.

The Post Office was moved from the Harbour Master's Office late in 1862 further north on the west side of Wharf Street, near Bastion. In 1867 it was again moved, to the old location on Government Street.

We have a brand new quiz every other issue. Everyone who emails in the correct answer will receive $1.00 credit towards the next purchase they make at Weeda Stamps. Here’s the question. What is a Cadborosaurus?

We received ten correct answers to last week's stamp identification quiz. That means a $10.00 donation to Salvation Army.