Steamer 'Selkirk' Victoria BC Cattle (Cattle Point Oak Bay ?) with Place Viger Hotel Montreal on back Scarce RPPC Postcard SP24

Real photo postcard showing the paddle steamer Selkirk, marked “Victoria B.C.” on its stern, beside waterfront cattle pens. The suggested Cattle Point, Oak Bay identification has not been verified from the photograph.

Scene Details:

• Sternwheel vessel Selkirk alongside a dock, with people visible on deck.
• Cattle in wooden holding pens in the foreground, with workers at the waterfront.
• Open water and a distant shoreline behind the vessel.

Postal Markings:

• Reverse has an illustrated Place Viger Hotel, Montreal, P.Q. address design.
• Canadian one-cent King George V stamp with a British Columbia circular cancellation; the town and date are not fully legible.
• Addressed in handwriting to Mr. G. H. Smith, Chilliwack, B.C.; no message is visible on the photographed reverse.

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