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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0891.005

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Lac La Ronge - Prince Albert, Sask.
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 6
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: Saskatchewan
Period: Postmarked June 8, 1932
Canada: Piloted by R.C. Randall and B.W. Broatch of Brooks Airways/ At the time, it was the heaviest load of air mail carried in a single airplane within Canada.
Function: SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POST/ AIR/ 6 / CENTS"/ Circular postmark: "LAC LA RONGE/ PM/ JUN 8/ 32/ SASK."/ Below stamp: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Cachet reads: "CANADA AIR MAIL/ FIRST OFFICIAL FLIGHT/ LAC LA RONGE - PRIINCE ALBERT"/ Typewritten address: "Mrs A.A. Cockburn,/ 359 Albert Street,/ Ottawa,/ Ont."/ Typewritten upper left corner: "By First Air Mail Flight,./ Lac La Rouge/ to/ Prince Albert, [spelling mistake in text, should be Lac La Ronge]"/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "PRINCE ALBERT SASK./ PM/ JUN 8/ 32"/
Missing: Complete
Finish: Cream coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a black cachet.
Decoration: Cachet depicts an airplane flying over geese by a lake.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1932, Artifact no. 1998.0891, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0891.005/

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