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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0919.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tension Envelopes
- MODEL
- 50th Anniversary First non-stop Atlantic flight
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- Postmarked June 14, 1969
- Canada
-
50th Anniversary of First non-stop Atlantic flight, June 14-15th, 1919 from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland/ Piloted by Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown - Function
-
Commemorative cover - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ 15/ 1919/ FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT/ LE PREMIER VOL TRANSATLANTIQUE SANS ESCALE"/ Slogan cancel: "CAPT. ALCOCK & LT. BROWN/ 1st FLIGHT/ TRANSATLANTIC 14-15 JUNE 1919"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "ST. JOHN'S/ 4 PM/ JUN 14/ 1969/ NFLD."/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ First non-stop/ Atlantic flight/ 14-15th June 1919/ St. John's Newfoundland/ to Clifden Ireland/ Capt. John Alcock/ Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown"/ Stamped address, crossed out in pen: "The Matron/ Fatina Hospital/ Clifden County, Galway/ Ireland"/ Handwriting upper left corner has been covered by a blue air mail label reading: "AIR/ MAIL/ PAR/ AVION"/ Green oval cachet is mostly illegible apart from "CLIFDEN"/ 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"/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6, Ontario/ Canada"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- White coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a black cachet.
- Decoration
- Cachet depicts the outline an airplane
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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1969, Artifact no. 1998.0919, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0919.001/
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