Stamp, postage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANADA/AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL/17 CENT/BLOCK-4
- DATE
- 1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0566.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Ashton-Potter Ltd.
- MODEL
- Curtiss HS-2L and Canadair CL-215
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 7
- 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
- 5.9 cm
- Width
- 8.7 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
- Ashton Potter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Issued November 15, 1979/ In series from 1979 to 1982
- Canada
-
The stamps were designed by Jacques Charette, based on paintings by Robert Bradford. - Function
-
Prepaid airmail postage - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- First set of stamps reads: "17 POSTES/ POSTAGE/ CURTISS HS-2L/ CANADA"/ The other set reads: "17 POSTES/ POSTAGE/ CANADAIR CL-215"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Stamps are multi-coloured with greens, yellows, and red tones
- Decoration
- In the block of four stamps, there are 2 sets of identical stamps. The first set depicts the Curtiss HS-2L on water. The other depicts a Canadair CL-215, flying over a forest on fire and letting go of water (?) to douse the fire.
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