Stamp, postage

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OBJECT TYPE: NEWFOUNDLAND/AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL/1 DOLLAR/SINGLE
DATE: 1931
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0460.001

MANUFACTURER: PERKINS BACON & CO. LTD.
MODEL: Historic Transatlantic Flight
LOCATION: London, England

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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: 2.2 cm
Width: 4.9 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: PERKINS
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Period: ISSUED JANUARY 2, 1931
Canada: Airmail stamp issued by Newfoundland/ Stamp depicts the historical Transatlantic Flight taken by Koehl, Ireland to Greenly Island, 1928; Lindbergh, New York to Paris, 1927; Sir J. Alcock, St. John's to Ireland, 1919; Hawker, Uncompleted Flight, 1919; Kingsford Smith, Ireland to Harbour Grace, 1930; De Pinedo, Trepassey to Azores, 1927; U.S. Navy, Trepassey to Azores, 1919
Function: PREPAID AIRMAIL POSTAGE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMP READS: "NEWFOUNDLAND/ HISTORIC TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS/ AIRMAIL/ AIRMAIL/ ONE DOLLAR $1 ONE DOLLAR"
Missing: N/A
Finish: DEEP BLUE ON WHITE
Decoration: DEPICTS A ROUTE MAP BETWEEN NEWFOUNDLAND AND WESTERN EUROPE

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PERKINS BACON & CO. LTD., Stamp, postage, 1931, Artifact no. 1998.0460, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0460.001/

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