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Much of the area
surrounding Kaulbach Island and Mahone Bay was settled
originally by Hessian soldiers who were pensioned off
following the American War of Independence, and many of
the island's inhabitants are their descendents. The
island's owners, an American couple, were authorized to
issue local stamps to prepay the cost of carriage service
that operated between Kaulbach Island and Chester, Nova
Scotia, including an irregular service to the town of
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The bottom of each sheet
of Kaulbach Island stamps contains the following
instruction: Not valid for the carriage of mail by the
Canada Post Office. To be used only in the Kaulbach
Island Local Carriage Service and may be placed only on
the back of envelopes. Use Canadian postal stamps on all
mail for posting in Canada. |
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The stamps promote Canada
as well as Nova Scotia's South Shore Lighthouse
Route. First day cover cancellations were all made on the
back of envelopes and featured the words "KAULBACH
ISLAND/N.S." in an outer circle, with
"L.C.S." (for Local Carriage Service) in an
inner circle. To the right of the circles are the words
"FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" in a four line killer
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