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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANADA/SEMI-OFFICIAL
- DATE
- 1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0558.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- TORONTO-NEW YORK AIR RACE STAMP
- 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
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 15.3 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Postmarked 10 am, August 25, 1919
- Canada
-
THE AERO CLUB OF CANADA WAS AUTHORIZED TO PRINT $1.00 STAMPS FOR COVERS FLOWN IN THE TORONTO - NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AIR RACE. COL. W.G. BARKER V.C. CARRIED THE MAIL IN A FOKKER D VII AIRCRAFT. - Function
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SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Airmail stamp on back of cover reads: "THE FIRST/ INTERNATIONAL AERIAL/ MAIL SERVICE/ AUGUST 1919/ TORONTO/ NEW YORK/ $1/ $1/ AERO CLUB OF CANADA/ COMMEMORATIVE STAMP"/ Rectangular blue cachet on top of airmail stamp reads: "AERIAL MAIL/ AUG 25, 1919/ TORONTO CANADA"/Canada post stamp: "CANADA POSTAGE/ 3/ THREE/ 3/ CENTS"/ Slogan cancel reads: "CANADIAN NATIONAL/ EXHIBITION/ TORONTO/ AUG. 23 1919 SEP. 6/ 3"/ Red print: "VIA AIR POST"/ Circular postmark reads: "TORONTO/ AUG 25/ 10 AM/ 1919/ ONT."/ Typewritten address reads: "The Metropolitan Stamp Co.,/ No. 7 42nd st. West/ New York City."/ Print upper left corner: "THE SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO./ 37 McCaul St., Toronto"/ Typewritten below: "RWM."/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- YELLOWED CREAM COLOURED PAPER WITH BROWN CANADA POSTAGE STAMP AND A BROWN-BLACK SLOGAN CANCEL AND POSTMARK/ ON BACKSIDE, RED, BLUE AND WHITE AIRMAIL STAMP WITH DARK BLUE POSTMARK
- Decoration
- AIRMAIL STAMP IS RED AND BLUE ON A WHITE BACKGROUND AND DEPICTS A BIPLANE IN THE SKY
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1919, Artifact no. 1998.0558, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0558.001/
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