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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0937.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tension Envelopes
- MODEL
- 50th Anniversary Experimental Aerial Communication Service
- 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
- 9.1 cm
- Width
- 16.3 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
- Ontario
- Period
- Postmarked January 2, 1971
- Canada
-
Commemorates the 50th anniversary, 1921-1971, of the experimental aerial communication service/ First successful round trip flight on January 2, 1921, in an AVRO 504 K, G-CYCJ/ Piloted by Lt. Allan Gorden McLerie/ - Function
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Commemorative cover - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "POSTES POSTAGE/ 7/ CANADA"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "BORDEN/ 1130 AM/ JAN 2/ 1971/ ONTARIO"/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ 1921-1971/ Experimental Aerial Communication Service/ Station Camp Borden, Ont. - Station Leaside, Ont./ AVRO 504K/ Piloted by Lt. Allan Gorden McLerie/ No. 1 Wing Canadian Air Force/ 1 January - 5 April 1921/ First Successful Round Trip Flight 2 January 1921/ In AVRO 504K G-CYCJ"/ Stamped address: "Base Commander/ Canadian Forces Base Toronto/ Downsview, Ontario"/ Stamped return address on back of cover: "Return in 3 days to: Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6, Ontario/ Canada"/ Mfr's logo upper right: "TENSION/ ENVELOPES"/ Mfr's [?] print on tab: "JOHN C. CORNELIUS/ 628 NICOLLET AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 55402"/ Large circular postmark: "RECEIVED/ JAN 4 1971/ GENERAL REGISTRY/ OF BASE/ TORONTO"
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- White coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a black cachet.
- Decoration
- Depicts an AVRO 504K
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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1971, Artifact no. 1998.0937, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0937.001/
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