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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0770.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Calgary to Winnipeg
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 23.8 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
- Unknown
- Period
- Postmarked March 3, 1930
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Its historical significance has made this cover a collectible item - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POST/ 5 CENTS 5"/ Slogan cancel over stamp reads: "SAVE TIME/ USE AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "CALGARY/ 130 AM/ MAR 3/ 1930/ ALBERTA"/Print top centre: "VIA AIR MAIL [underlined]"/ Cachet reads: "CANADA AIR MAIL/ FIRST/ OFFICIAL FLIGHT/ REGULAR/ CALGARY TO WINNIPEG"/ Below is an illegible signature with print reading: "POSTMASTER"/ Handwritten address: "A.S. Deaville. Esq/ c[/]o Air Mail Service Branch/ Ottawa./ Ontario"/ Print top left corner is crossed out/ Handwriting below: "J.B. Corley/ District Superintendent"/ Below illegible signature "pilot"/ On back of cover reads: "WINNIPEG/ 1230 PM/ MAR 3/ 1930/ MANITOBA"/ Slogan cancel: "SAVE TIME/ USE AIR MAIL"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Cream coloured cover with red and blue triangular shaped border/ Black cachet
- Decoration
- Cachet depicts Amerindians around a fire with an airplane above
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1930, Artifact no. 1996.0770, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0770.001/
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