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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANADA/SEMI-OFFICIAL
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0559.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS LTD.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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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
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 15.1 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 JANUARY 25, 1928
- Canada
-
FIRST FLIGHT RED LAKE MINING DISTRICT/ THIS FLIGHT WAS PILOTED BY A.H. FARRINGTON/ PILOT'S SIGNATURE IN RECTANGULAR CACHET - Function
-
SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Airmail stamp on front of cover reads: "WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS/ LIMITED/ AIR MAIL SERVICE/ ONE OZ."/ Cachet over stamp: "TRAVEL BY AIR/ WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS/ LIMITED/ JAN [illegible]/ SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONT./ USE THE AIR MAIL"/ Canada post stamp on front of cover: "1867/ CONFEDERATION/ 1927/ CANADA/ POSTES/ POST/ 2/ CENTS/ 2"/ Circular postmark over stamp is illegible/ Circular postmark: "RED LAKE/ JAN25/ 28/ ONT."/ Rectangular cachet on left corner: "JAN 25 '28/ Date Del'd to Machine [left blank]/ Machine G-C.A [handwritten illegible]/ Flight No./ [handwritten] First/ Pilot/ [handwritten] A.H. Farrington"/ Violet cachet [incomplete]: "AIR STAMP PUT ON BY/ WESTERN CANADA/ AIRWAYS LTD."/ Handwritten address: "G.E. Russell/ HBC/ Rolling Portage/ Ontario"/ Handwritten scribbles/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "ROLING PORTAGE ONT./ JAN 25/ 28"/ Six line cachet: "TRAVEL BY AIR/ WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS/ LIMITED/ JAN 25 P.M./ SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONT./ USE THE AIR MAIL"/ Handwritten scribbles/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- CREAM COLOURED COVER WITH GREEN STAMP/ AIRMAIL STAMP ON BACK COVER IS BLACK ON PINK/ BLUE RECTANGULAR CACHET ON FRONT/ 6 LINE BLUE CACHET ON BACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1928, Artifact no. 1998.0559, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0559.001/
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