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OBJECT TYPE: CANADA/DISPLAY/FRAMED
DATE: 1988
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1351.001

MANUFACTURER: Canada Post Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper; glass; wood frame; steel hanging hardware

Dimensions

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

Length: 85.0 cm
Width: 76.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 3.0 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Canada Post
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: the new National Aviation Museum facility opened June 17, 1988
Canada: Unknown
Function: display; commemorates opening of National Aviation Museum building
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on HS-2L stamp image reads: "17/Postes/Postage/Curtiss HS-2L/Canada/(C)1979"; lettering on centrally located caption reads: "PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM/ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ITS NEW FACILITY/COMPLIMENTS OF CANADA POST CORPORATION/JUNE 17, 1988/PRESENTE AU MUSEE NATIONAL DE L'AVIATION/A L'OCCASION DE L'OUVERTURE DE SON NOUVEAU SITE/AVEC LES HOMMAGES DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DES POSTES/LE 17 JUIN 1988"; lettering on adhesive label on back reads: "EASY-FRAME/1723 BANK ST., OTTAWA,ONTARIO/K1V 7Z4 (613) 523-1112"; lettering on adhesive label on back reads: "The contents of this frame/have been matted with/archival quality Alphamat./Alphamat tm/Le carton a passe-partout/Alphamat mc de qualite archivistique/a ete utilise pour la/presentation de cette oeuvre."
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: multi-coloured stamps; brown & white enlarged image of stamp; caption field is white with black lettering; brown matte with white trim; two-tone brown frame
Decoration: display field contains collection of 37 mounted Canadian stamps featuring aviation related themes; enlarged image of stamp featuring Curtiss HS-2L flying boat

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Canada Post Corp., Stamp collection, postage, 1988, Artifact no. 1988.1351, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1351.001/

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