Note générale :
Ross W. Irwin also donated publications to the Canadian Postal Archives library.
Historique de la conservation :
179 postal covers and other philatelic records and two cm of textual records (accession 1994-017 DAP) were acquired from Ross W. Irwin by the National Postal museum (NPM accession number unknown) in 1975 or 1976. They were later acquired by the Canadian Postal Archives., Six Pitney Bowes metered mail covers (accession 1992-169 DAP) were acquired from Ross W. Irwin by the National Postal Museum (NPM accession number unknown), possibly in 1979. They were later acquired by the Canadian Postal Archives (and initially included in accession 1989-565 DAP)., Most of the records of the fonds including postal covers, postal markings, prints, bank seals and textual records were given by Ross W. Irwin to Library and Archives Canada (acquisition 2007-00728-2) in 2007. Addition materials were giving by Ross Irwin in 2010 (acquisition 2010-00171-0) which contain research notes, meter stamps covers and postal markings of Newfoundland.
Note philatélique :
Besides the 71 seals, objects include 4 pairs of seals and 8 strips of seals.
Données concernant les émissions philatéliques :
Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain : various denominations.
Note sur l'emplacement des documents connexes :
Research materials collected by Ross W. Irwin on local history and genealogy are located at Trent University Archives.
Other associated materials mostly related to agricultural engineering are located at the University of Guelph Archival and Special Collections.