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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official/first day of issue
- DATE
- 1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0901.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- McKee Trophy
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- First day cover
- 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
- 9.3 cm
- Width
- 16.4 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
- Ontario
- Period
- Postmarked November 15, 1979
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Day of issue cover. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp reads: "17/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ Curtiss HS-2L/ CANADA"/ Circular postmark: "DAY OF ISSUE. JOUR D'EMISSION/ OTTAWA CANADA/ 79-11-15"/ Cachet reads: "A TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S AVIATION COMMUNITY, IT'S PEOPLE AND IT'S AIRCRAFT/ UN HOMMAGE À LA COMMUNAUTÉ AÉRONAUTIQUE CANADIENNE, SES GENS ES SES APPAREILS AÉRIENSÉ THE McKEE TROPHY CANADA`S HIGHEST AVIATION AWARDÉ LE TROPHÉE McKEE, LA RÉCOMPENSE AÉRIENNE CANADIEN LA PLUS IMPORTANTE"/ [spelling mistakes are copied from cover]/ Stamped on back of cover: "Return in 8 days to:/ Major R.K. Malott (Rtd)/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Nepean, Ontario K2H 6R1/ Canada"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- Cream coloured cover with red and black cachet
- Decoration
- Circular cachet with a red depiction of the McKee Trophy
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