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| (died 23 Feb. 1972, aged 76), businessman, philatelist. Native of Hanover, Germany. George Eppstadt came to Canada in 1914, and settled in Maxville in 1919. His first businesses there were swept away by a fire on 17 March 1921 (//Glengarry News// 18 March 1921). This was not, it should be noted, the same as the fire that destroyed the Duperron properties and much of the Maxville business area in May. Quickly re-establishing himself, Eppstadt operated a convenience store and restaurant (in his later years the store only) in Maxville for many years. In his //Glengarry News// obituary he was described as “the genial merchant at Maxville’s main intersection for more than half a century” and “perhaps the best known individual in Maxville.” For the restaurant, see also Mrs Ishikawa. | (died 23 Feb. 1972, aged 76), businessman, philatelist. Native of Hanover, Germany. George Eppstadt came to Canada in 1914, and settled in Maxville in 1919. His first businesses there were swept away by a fire on 17 March 1921 (//Glengarry News// 18 March 1921). This was not, it should be noted, the same as the fire that destroyed the Duperron properties and much of the Maxville business area in May. Quickly re-establishing himself, Eppstadt operated a convenience store and restaurant (in his later years the store only) in Maxville for many years. In his //Glengarry News// obituary he was described as “the genial merchant at Maxville’s main intersection for more than half a century” and “perhaps the best known individual in Maxville.” For the restaurant, see also [[ishikawa_mary_catherine|Mrs Ishikawa]]. |
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| <tab>Widely known as a stamp and coin collector, in Canadian philatelic history, George Eppstadt has the distinction of having produced a printed first day cover in 1927 for the Confederation commemorative stamps. His cover and one produced by a stamp company in Montreal were the first Canadian commercially cacheted first day covers. “Among collectors, the Eppstadt Maxville cover is a 20th-century philatelic classic.” (David G. Anderson) | <tab>Widely known as a stamp and coin collector, in Canadian philatelic history, George Eppstadt has the distinction of having produced a printed first day cover in 1927 for the Confederation commemorative stamps. His cover and one produced by a stamp company in Montreal were the first Canadian commercially cacheted first day covers. “Among collectors, the Eppstadt Maxville cover is a 20th-century philatelic classic.” (David G. Anderson) |
