Re: [CBQ] 1870s Freight Advertising

["Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

There are 2 birds, so maybe two = to -- I rather like the idea!

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Larry Stoll larry.stoll@cbqrr.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:13 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] 1870s Freight Advertising

 

 

Is it maybe part of a bigger sentence, "Time to mark and ship our freight via CB&Q RR"?

Larry Stoll

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Rick rkeil6721@hotmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Maybe its saying  the service is so fast that even the birds save time by riding versus flying

Ricky Keil

Papillion, NE

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:25 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] 1870s Freight Advertising

 

July 13, 2016

 

Hol - "Time Flies" is my guess, too. Makes sense to me. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

 

In a message dated 7/12/2016 4:30:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner included below]

The attached image shows a stamp issued in sheets to shippers and potential shippers during the 1870s.  If anybody can figure out the significance of the two birds atop the boxcar, with the word "TIME" above them, I'd love to hear from you.  My only guess is "time flies" and that doesn't seem to relate to the message, "

Hol

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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>

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