Here's an item that was delivered on Christmas Day in 1846, sent from Weymouth to Marlborough.
Still on a Christmas theme, in 1898 Canada issued the first Christmas stamp - here it is on a special commemorative cover, postmarked Berlin, Ontario. The envelope was produced "According to Act of Parliament" to commemorate the inauguration of Imperial Penny Postage.
In May 1916 Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener (this was just after Great Britain's Minister of War, Lord Kitchener, was killed in action off the Orkney Islands) as the original name was seen by some as unpatriotic during WW I. The change of name did not have the support of the wider community but they were not given the opportunity in the referendum to reject a change of name. Less than 900 people voted in the referendum out of a population of over 15,000.
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