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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0913.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tension Envelopes
- MODEL
- 90th Anniversary First Recorded Balloon Ascent in Canada
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- 9.3 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
- Tension
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Postmarked July 31, 1969
- Canada
-
90th Anniversary of First recorded balloon ascent in Canada - Function
-
Commemorative cover - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ 5 C/ POSTAGE/ DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX/ 1660"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "SUCC-STN-MONTREAL/ P.Q./ 18/31 VIII/ 69"/ Cachet: "90th Anniversary/ 1879-1969/ First Recorded Balloon Ascent in Canada/ Montreal, 31 July 1879 - Aeronauts/ Richard Cowan, Charles Page and Charles Grimley/ in the balloon "Canada" drifted/ 50 miles from Montreal"/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6 Ontario/ Canada"/ On back of cover, Mfr's logo upper right: "TENSION/ ENVELOPES"/ Mfr's [?] print on tab: "JOHN C. CORNELIUS/ 628 NICOLLET AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 55402"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- White coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a blue cachet.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1969, Artifact no. 1998.0913, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0913.001/
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