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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0585.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Canadian Prairie Air Mail
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: 9.2 cm
Width: 16.5 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: Manitoba
Period: Postmarked March 30, 1932
Canada: Cover commemorates the last flights in the Prairies due to the depression cut backs
Function: SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: First Canada post stamp reads: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ AIR/ 5/ CENTS/ 5"/ Second Canada Post Stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 1/ CENTS/ 1"/ Circular postmark: "WINNIPEG/ 7 PM/ MAR 30/ 1932/ MANITOBA"/ Typewritten address: "Colonel R.H. Mulock,/ Canadian Airways,/ Montreal, P.Q."/ Print: "486"/ Cachet reads: "THE END OF A GREAT ENTERPRISE?/ CARTOON FROM WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, MARCH 6, 1932/ CANADIAN PRAIRIE AIR MAIL/ Length of route, 991 1[/]2 miles. Contract price per annum $481,869.00/ EXPERIMENTAL FIRST FLIGHT, DEC 10TH, 1928/ Pilots: Buchanan, Calder, Dickens, Farrington, Westergaard./ INAUGURAL CONTRACT FLIGHT, MARCH 3rd, 1930/ Pilots: Brown, Buchanan, Farrell, Hollick-Kenyon, McLaren./ LAST CONTACT FLIGHT, MARCH 30th, 1932/ Pilots: Ashton, Calder, Farrell, Hollick-Kenyon, Jarvis, Moar, Stull"/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "CALGARY ALBERTA/ 5/ MR 31/ 32"/ continued in notes
Missing: Complete
Finish: Cream coloured cover with red and blue design around edges/ black cachet
Decoration: Cachet depicts a cartoon published in the Winnipeg Free Press (March 6,1932) of a crashed air mail aircraft

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1932, Artifact no. 1998.0585, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0585.001/

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