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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0586.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Embarras Portage - Fort McMurray
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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
- 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
- Alberta
- Period
- Postmarked December 18, 1931
- Canada
-
Unknown - 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/ POST AIR/ 5/ CENTS/ 5"/ Second Canada Post Stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 1/ CENTS/ 1"/ Circular postmark: "EMBARRAS PORTAGE/ ALBERTA/ 12/ DE 18/ 31"/ Cachet: "CANADA AIR MAIL/ INAUGURAL FLIGHT/ EMBARRAS PORTAGE - FT. McMURRAY"/ Handwritten address: "Mrs. A.A. Cockburn,/ 359 Albert st./ Ottawa,/ Ont."/ Handwritten upper left corner: "By First. Air Mail. Flight./ Embarras Portage/ To/ Fort McMurray."/ Print below Canada post stamps: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "EMBARRAS PORTAGE/ ALBERTA/ 12/ DE 18/ 31"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- Cream coloured cover with black cachet and red and blue design around edges
- Decoration
- Cachet depicts a man in a forest with an aircraft flying overhead
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1931, Artifact no. 1998.0586, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0586.002/
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