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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANADA/SEMI-OFFICIAL
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0511.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- BURNING ZEPPELIN
- 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
- 9.8 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 AUG 29, 1918 AND AUG 30, 1918
- Canada
-
THE POST OFFICE AUTHORIZED THREE AIRMAIL FLIGHTS, IN ORDER TO SEE IF AIRMAIL SERVICES WOULD BE PRACTICAL. THIS COVER MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON ONE OF THOSE FLIGHTS, HOWEVER, THE POSTMARK OF AUG 29, 1918 DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO ANY KNOWN FLIGHTS - Function
-
ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE HAS MADE THIS COVER A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Airmail stamp on back of cover reads: "FIRST AERIAL MAIL/ THE AERO CLUB OF CANADA'S/ SERVICE -PER ROYAL AIR FORCE/ AUGUST 1918"/ Canada post stamp on front of cover reads: "CANADA POSTAGE/ 2 TWO/ CENTS/ 2/ ITC"/ Cancel reads: "CANADIAN NATIONAL/EXHIBITION/ -TORONTO/ AUG 26, 1918/ 3"/ Circular postmark: "TORONTO. ONT. 1918/ AUG 29/ 8-PM"/ Rectangular postmark: "C. OTTAWA/ AUG 30 1918 9 9/ GENERAL DELIVERY"/ Typewritten print reads: "MR. C.E.D. Horton/ OTTAWA [pen-line across Ottawa]/ ONTARIO."/ Handwritten below: "29 JAMISON AVE/ TORONTO/ ONT."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CREAM COLOURED COVER WITH BROWN STAMP AND BLACK SLOGAN CANCEL/ AIRMAIL STAMP ON BACK OF COVER IS BLACK AND RED ON CREAM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1918, Artifact no. 1998.0511, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0511.001/
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