Award-winning Author, Philatelic Society of Lancaster County member and good friend Rick Barrett shares a presentation entitled “My Grandfather was a Postmaster”.
For years there has been a fascinating story that in the 1920s, Grandpa Barrett was a postmaster in a tiny fishing and hunting town in Ontario, Canada. Yet after years of wondering, several interesting documents confirming his appointment finally surfaced in some family estate materials.
Grandson Rick Barrett shares these remarkable official documents, along with a number of very interesting philatelic items and other visuals and talk of family-related postal history.
What a captivating and enjoyable personal tale which combined ancestry with stamp collecting. Enjoy!
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