In 2011,  I was privileged to acquire a quantity of oak rail from the Bluenose II Company Store and angelique from the Lunenburg Shipyard Alliance that was restoring the Bluenose II in Lunenburg.

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    I used this wood in designing pens to commemorate the Bluenose schooners. The black presentation case holds a variety of historically important collectable silver coins and stamps. The 1982 stamp issue contains the image of the Bluenose that was on the first commemorative stamp issued in 1929. This stamp is considered one of Canada’s most beautiful stamps.

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        We sometimes question, " Is this wood the real thing?" As a Nova Scotian and 8th generation descendant of the 1751 settlers of Lunenburg, I certify that this wood has come from both of these vessels. I have included a signed history of the Bluenose ships and a letter of Provenance with an historical review of the vessels .

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