Stamp, postage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANADA/AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL/15 CENT/BLOCK-6
- DATE
- 1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0567.002
- MANUFACTURER
- British American Banknote Co.
- MODEL
- First Non-stop Transatlantic Flight 1919
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- 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
- 7.3 cm
- Width
- 8.1 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
- British American
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Date issued June 13, 1969
- Canada
-
The stamp was designed by Robert Bradford and engraved by Charles Gordon Yorke. The first non-stop transatlantic flight was undertaken by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown on June 14 & 15th, 1919. - Function
-
Airmail stamp issued by the Federal Government and commemorating the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stamp reads: "CANADA/ 15/ 1919/ FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT/ LE PREMIER VOL TRANSATLANTIC SANS ESCALE"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Blue, green and brown on white background
- Decoration
- Depicts a converted Vickers Vimy bomber
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British American Banknote Co., Stamp, postage, 1969, Artifact no. 1998.0567, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0567.002/
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