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OBJECT TYPE: AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0965.005

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Montreal, Que - Allbany, N.Y.
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 12
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.4 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: postmarked Oct. 1, 1928
Canada: Unknown
Function: air mail envelope commemorates first air mail flight between Montreal & Albany
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on postage stamp reads: "CANADA/5/CENTS/5"; lettering on post mark reads: "MONTREAL/1-PM/OC 1/28/CANADA"; type written lettering reads: VIA FIRST AIR MAIL FLIGHT/MONTREAL ALBANY/Col. J. Scott Williams,/c/o Walter Motor Truck Co., Inc.,/Queens Blvd., at 37th Street,/Long Island City, N.Y./U.S.A."; lettering on first flight ink stamp reads: "FIRST FLIGHT/AIR MAIL SERVICE/MONTREAL - ALBANY/CANADA USA/PREMIERE DEPECHE AERIENNE"; postal stamp on back reads: "ALBANY/OCT 1/[illeg.] PM/1928/N.Y."
Missing: N/A
Finish: red & white typewritten text; predom. brown postage stamp; black post mark; green first flight ink stamp on white envelope
Decoration: globe, winged figures & airplane in flight on postage stamp; globe between outstretched wings on first flight ink stamp

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1928, Artifact no. 1966.0965, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0965.005/

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