Hudson Bay Point Blanket Labels

By the end of the 1800s these posts were converting to retail shops.

Hudson bay point blanket labels. Second caption should be revised as follows. Our earliest is the red label between 1915 and 1920. The main determinants of value include age size colour pattern rarity and condition. Two examples of the many labels used by hbc over the past 115 years.

An illustrated history of the hudson s bay point blanket harold asked me to design his self published definitive work the collector s guide to point blankets of the hudson s bay company and other companies trading in north america. By the 19th century there was a string of hudson s bay company posts throughout canada. Shop hbc point blankets on thebay. The trademark a label above was used by hudson s bay company on its blankets around 1890 and the stacked label below was used from around 1934 1940.

Shop our amazing collection of hbc point blankets online and get free shipping on 99 orders in canada. The same label but using the more common red embroidery was used during the late1920s on their standard line of point blankets. Hbc point blanket label since april 2017. Vintage hudson s bay point blanket label.

Apr 28 2012 when buying hudson s bay point blankets this site will guide you in determining the age. Top in 1929 hudson s bay company used the gold variant of the seal a4 label on the first runs of their newly introduced line of pastel coloured point blankets. Genuine point blankets have become very collectible and could fetch prices up to thousands of dollars. An illustrated history of the hudson s bay point blanket.

In order to add this item to your shopping bag please remove items to. Label for canada s 150th anniversary applied to the special edition blankets. Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company. After finishing his first book for the hbc the blanket.

You have reached the maximum number of items allowed in your shopping bag. Made in england but iconically canadian.