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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Hartland, NB, CAN - "The World's Longest Covered Bridge" Cancel


 (2024-02-23) Hartland, NB

Absolutely in love with this stamp-cancel combination and the application of the cancel looks amazing! (I also made some "maxicard-like" postcards - check them out here)

HARTLAND STN MAIN
27 ORSER ST
HARTLAND NB, E7P 1A0

This cancel was released in 2023.

Fun facts!
> The bridge is 390.75 m (1281.99 ft) long
> The bridge had a Google Doodle dedicated to it on the day of it's 111th anniversary, July 4, 2012
> The bridge was named a Provincial Heritage Place in 1999
> The stamp is part of the Historic Covered Bridges collection from Canada Post in 2019

Read more!
> "Hartland Covered Bridge." (Undated). In Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartland_Covered_Bridge.
> "Inauguration of Hartland Bridge." (2012, July 4). In Google Doodleshttps://doodles.google/doodle/inauguration-of-hartland-bridge/.
> "Hartland Covered Bridge National Historic Site of Canada." (Undated). In Parks Canada
Directory of Federal Heritage Designationshttps://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=181
> "World’s Longest Covered Bridge." (2013, Aug 25). In MyNewBrunswickhttps://mynewbrunswick.ca/worlds-longest-covered-bridge/.
> "Canadian Stamp Stories: Historic Covered Bridges." (2019, June 17). In Canada Post | Postes Canadahttps://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/collectibles/stamp-stories/2019-06-17-historic-covered-bridges

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