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- OBJECT TYPE
- POSTAL STATIONARY
- DATE
- 1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0773.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- First Nonstop Trans-Atlantic Flight 1919-1969
- 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
- 9.2 cm
- Width
- 16.5 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
- Ontario
- Period
- Postmarked June 13, 1969
- Canada
-
Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the "First Nonstop Trans-atlantic Flight", 1919-1969, flown by Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown - Function
-
Its historical significance has made this cover a collectible item - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp reads: "CANADA/ 15/ 1919/ FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT/ LE PREMIER VOL TRANSATLANTIQUE SANS ESCALE"/ Slogan cancel is illegible/ Circular postmark: "TORONTO/ 630 PM/ JUN 13/ 1969/ ONTARIO"/ Cachet reads: "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/ JOUR D'EMISSION/ First Nonstop/ Trans-Atlantic Flight/ June 14-15, 1919/ COLE COVER/ Vicker's Vimy Rolls/ 1919/ 1969/ St. John's Newfoundland to Clifden Ireland/ Flown by/ Capt John Alcock - Lt Arthur Whitten Brown/ 1800 AIR MILES/ Elapsed air time 16 hours and 12 minutes"/ Typewritten address: "Mr. K. Molson,/ 58 Heathcote Ave.,/ Willowdale 430, Ont."/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- White cover with blue, black and red cachet
- Decoration
- Cachet depict a Vickers Vimy flying over the ocean
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1969, Artifact no. 1996.0773, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0773.001/
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