General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

39.3 cm

Width

18.5 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WW11 (1939-45)

Canada

Unknown

Function

PROMOTE AIR MAIL SERVICES & PARTIOTISM FOR WAR EFFORT

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SIGNIFICANT LETTERING: "THIS WAS THE SPIRIT...THAT PIONEERED CANADA'S WINGS/AIR MAIL/SPEED THE WINGS OF VICTORY...-USE AIR MAIL/WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AND/WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/can be purchased at any/Canadian Post Office/Please pass this folder along to your mailing clerks": LETTERING IN LOGO: "CPO/AIR MAIL"; " "Bush flying" over uncharted airways, proved the possibilities of the aeroplane in overcoming the difficulties and delays of transportation, and showed the way for our great modern air transport systems./ Today, alert manufacturers are taking advantage of the speed of AI[R] MAIL to accelerate Canada's war effort. Specifications, orders, instructions, everything that is needed to complete business transactions can be at its destination, in writing, within 24 hours by AIR MAIL./ Flying with the speed of the wind, at more than 3 miles a minute, night and day on regular schedules, AIR MAIL covers Canada from Coast to Coast, and from North to South, and connects with other lines providing service on this Continent and overseas./ Use this great time-saving service to speed your business. If you are engaged in war production, it will eliminate delays in correspondence, secure prompt attention for your letters. Even if you are not engaged in war production, AIR MAIL always commands attention. Use it for every possible advantage in your business. Time is more precious today than ever before./ Use your regular envelopes, mark them "AIR MAIL", affix 6[cents] postage for the first ounce, 5 [cents] for each additional ounce, and drop them in any mail box./ Ask your local Postmaster for information on AIR MAIL rates to the United states, and other parts of the world./ AIR MAIL letters command attention, get prompt reply. Start using AIR MAIL today./ Canadians proved in the first Great War that they are good flyers. Their magnificent record of achievement did much to make Canada "air-minded"./ The returned flyers pioneered air transportation in Canada. Their vision, courage and flying skill carried the first planes over the trackless lakes and forests of the North./ Flying often by the "feel o' the ship", they brought passengers, supplies, and news of the outside world to other pioneers who were developing the rich resources of new parts of the Dominion. "

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE; TEXT RED & BLUE; ILLUSTRATIONS RED, BLUE & BROWN

Decoration

4 ILLUSTRATIONS: 2 OF C. 1920'S AIRPLANES IN NORTHERN OR REMOTE LOCATIONS; 1 C.1940 AIRPLANE; 1 TREE; CANADIAN POST OFFICE LOGO (CPO/AIR MAIL IN CIRCULAR FIELD SURMOUNTED BY TUDOR CROWN BETWEEN OUTSTRETCHED WINGS) APPEARS TWICE