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

9.1 cm

Width

16.3 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

STOUTZENBERG

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Missouri

City

Maplewood

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

POSTMARKED AUGUST 1931, HOWEVER, NOT DELIVERED UNTIL 1934, BECAUSE IT WAS REFUSED ENTRY & LEFT AT ST-PIERRE

Canada

THE LETTERS FROM THIS FLIGHT WERE REFUSED ENTRY AT ST-PIERRE BY THE POSTAL SERVICE. THE COVERS WERE NOT DELIVEREDUNTIL 1934/ FIRST INAUGURAL FLIGHT FROM ST-PIERRE, FRANCE TO NEWFOUNDLAND

Function

SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Airmail stamp on back: "MARITIME & NEWFOUNDLAND AIRWAYS/ 1497/ 1931/ CANADA/ ST. PIERRE/ NEW FOUNDLAND/ WHERE CABOT SAILED"/ Print on left: "SYDNEY. NEWFOUNDLAND./ ST. PIERRE AIR ROUTE/ Flight Advertised for Dec. 15,/ 1930. Flight to St. Pierre/ made August, 1931./ [Full transcript in S.I. ON O:COLLRES\COLLMAN\SUPPINFO\ARTIFACT\1998]/ Print bottom centre: "MFD. BY J. W. STOUTZENBERG, MAPLEWOOD. MO./ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"/ Identical cachets on front and back: "FIRST FLIGHT INAUGURATING/ AIR MAIL SERVICE/ ST./ PIERRE/ FRANCE/ TO CANADA"/ Circulal printed stamp top right: "FIRST FLIGHT/ AIR MAIL-CANADA TO ST. PIERRE/ AUG. 1931"/ Typewritten address: "Wilfred MacTavish, Esq./ 340 Sunnyside Ave., Toronto, Ontario."/ Print top edge: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Print lower edge: "Par Avion".

Missing

N/A

Finish

YELLOWED PAPER WITH PURPLE CACHET ON FRONT, BLACK CACHET ON BACK/ YELLOW AIRMAIL STAMP ON BACK AND BLACK PRINT DESCRIPTION/ BLACK CIRCULAR STAMP/ BLUE TYPEWRITTEN ADDRESS/ COVER IS EDGED WITH BLUE STARS AND RED SCROLLS AT CORNERS

Decoration

PURPLE CACHET ON FRONT AND BLACK CACHET ON BACK DEPICT AN OUTLINE OF NEWFOUNDLAND/ DECORATIVE EDGING AROUND COVER