(2024-02-26) Beresford, NB
What a lovely butterfly cancel. I hadn't known of the rarity of the Maritime ringlet prior to writing this post, so it's fun to learn a bit more about the pictorial cancel. I am interested to know why the envelope was cancelled with a generic Canada Post cancel even though the date within the pictorial cancel is current.
BERESFORD MAIN PO
767 PRINCIPALE ST
BERESFORD NB, E8K 1H0
A version of this cancel appears to have been released in 2005, though this version has been scaled slightly differently and there are now long lines between the "Postes Canada . Canada Post" text and "Beresford NB" text, whereas the 2005 version shows only dots (would have perhaps been smaller).
Interesting facts!
> The "Satyre fauve des Maritimes" ("Coenonympha nipisiquit" or "the maritime ringlet") is a rare species of butterfly found only in Canada, and only in a very limited area within Québec and New Brunswick
> It is the only insect on the list of threatened or endangered wildlife in Québec
> In October 2022, Beresford unveiled a statue of the Maritime Ringlet
Read more & References!
> (In English) "Coenonympha nipisiquit." (Undated). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenonympha_nipisiquit.
> (In French) "Satyre fauve des Maritimes." (Undated). In Wikipedia. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyre_fauve_des_Maritimes.
> "Satyre fauve des Maritimes." (2024, Mar 04). In Gouvernement de Québec. https://www.quebec.ca/agriculture-environnement-et-ressources-naturelles/faune/animaux-sauvages-quebec/liste-des-especes-fauniques/satyre-fauve-maritimes.
> "The Maritime Ringlet." (Undated). In Ville de Belle-Baie, Secteur Beresford. https://beresford.ca/en/the-maritime-ringlet/.
> "Maritime Ringlet Butterfly Statue Unveiled in Beresford." (2022, Oct 27). In Ville de Belle-Baie, Secteur Beresford. https://beresford.ca/en/maritime-ringlet-butterfly-statue-unveiled-in-beresford/.
