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

7.8 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

POSTMARKED JUNE 21, 1922

Canada

FLIGHT PILOTED BY LT. "JOCK" PALMER AND LT. HUGH H. FITZSIMMONS/ A WOMAN DROVE IN FRONT THE PLANE AS IT WAS LANDING AT MINOT, N.D., WHICH DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT, CONSEQUENTLY, THE LETTERS WERE FORWARDED BY TRAIN

Function

ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE HAS MADE THIS COVER A COLLECTIBLE ITEM

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Canada post stamp on front of cover: "CANADA POSTAGE 3/ THREE/ CENTS/ 3"/ Slogan cancel: "REGISTER/ ALL LETTERS/ OF/ VALUE"/ Circular postmark: "LETHBRIDGE ALTA./ 300 PM/ JUN 21/ 1922"/Handwritten address: "Mr. Thos. Daley/ 5694 Standford, Ave./ Detroit/ Mich."/ Cachet reads: "GREETING/ via the First Canadian Air Mail Plane/ from LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA/ The little City With The Big Future"/ Cachet on back of cover: "SOUTHERN ALBERTA/ WELCOMES/ YOU/ THE LAND OF IRRIGATION AND SUNSHINE/ LETHBRIDGE the centre of the Irrigation District; bounded on the/ West by unlimited quantities of coal and timber; on the North,/ East and South by progress, enterprise and opportunity. Inhabited/ by eleven thousand live-wire citizens."/

Missing

N/A

Finish

YELLOWED COVER WITH RED CACHET AND PRINT

Decoration

RED CACHET WITH AIRPLANE