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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2890.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 10.6 cm
- Width
- 24.2 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Postmarked April 22, 1944 and April 24, 1944
- Canada
-
Postmarked in Montreal. - Function
-
Correspondance to the service department at Pratt Whitney. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- First Canada post stamp reads: "CANADA/ POSTES POSTAGE/ 5 CENTS 5"/ Second stamp reads: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 10 CENTS 10"/ Circular post mark on stamp are illegible/ Third stamp reads: "CANADA/ 20 POSTES CENTS POSTAGE 20"/ Blue print below stamps reads: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark reads: "[Ill.] CANADA [ill.]/ 10 MY 1/ 44"/ Cachet reads: "PRATT WHITNEY USA/ DEPENDABLE ENGINES [navy blue circular postmark with an eagle in the centre]/ Return address above reads: "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/ 400 So. Main Street/ East Hartford, Connecticut [address is struck out by a serires of "#""/ Typewritten above: "Joseph E. Mc Cormack/ 4790 Cote des Neiges, Apt. 32 Montreal/ Rep."/ Typewritten address: "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/ E. Hartford 8/ Connecticut/ U.S.A."/ Typewritten below: "Attention: Service Dept."/ Purple rectangular cachet reads: "R/ MONTREAL, A.M.F./ No. 0013 [number in blue]"/ Two identical circular postmarks on back of cover reads: "[Illegible]/ 10/ MY 1/ 44" / Purple circular postmark reads: "HARTFORD, CONN./ EAST HARTFORD BR./ MAY/ 2/ 1944"/ Purple circular postmark reads: "MONTREAL CANADA/ 832/ MAY/ 1"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Cream coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a navy blue cachet.
- Decoration
- Pratt & Whitney cachet
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1944, Artifact no. 1992.2890, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2890.001/
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