This exhibit begins by tracing the development of the standard postal devices employed in Nova Scotia before the use of adhesive postage stamps. Below is a brief survey of pre-adhesive markings shown with particular emphasis on the distribution of standard types of postal devices. Included is the earliest letter from Nova Scotia bearing a postmark.

	Earliest reported usage from Nova Scotia bearing a postmark (154K)		Halifax Postmarks (133K)		Halifax Shipletter Marking (114K)		Halifax Postmarks (95K)
	Halifax Postmarks (134K)		Halifax (145K)		Straight Line Postmarks (139K)		1824 Style Postmarks: Antigonish / Arichat (150K)
	1824 Style Postmarks: Digby / Lunenburg (187K)		1824 Way Office Style Postmarks: Guysboro (169K)		1841 Style Crown Postmarks: Guysborough (140K)		1841 Style Postmark, Crown Removed: New Glascow (94K)
	1845 Style Crown Paid Handstamp: St. Margarets Bay (86K)		1845 Style Crown Paid Handstamp: Amherst (141K)		Ship Letter Handstamp: Sydney C.B. / Annapolis (127K)		Halifax 1793 Transit (138K)
	Halifax 1848 Tombstone Paid to Canada West (105K)		Pictou 1853 Express Mail Route to New York (128K)