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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official
DATE: 1971
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0941.002

MANUFACTURER: Tension Envelopes
MODEL: 50th Anniversary First Successful Internal Air Mail Flight in Newfoundland
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
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: 9.4 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 March 29, 1971
Canada: Commemorates the 50th anniversary, 1921-1971, of the first successful internal airmail flight in Newfoundland. Botwood to Fogo, Fogo Island and return, March 28, 1921/ Piloted by Major F. Stanley Cotton & Lt. Plaistow, in a de Havilland 9/
Function: Commemorative cover
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Canada post stamp: "The/ Group/ of/ Seven/ Canada 6/ Le/ Groupe/ des sept"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "BOTWOOD/ 430 PM/ 29 III/ 1971/ NFLD"/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ 1921 - 1971/ First Successful Internal Air Mail Flight/ in Newfoundland/ Botwood to Fogo, Fogo Island & Return/ 28 March 1921/ Flown by Major F. Stanley Cotton & Lt. Paistow/ in a de Havilland 9 aircraft"/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ c[/]o The Mayor's Office/ Fogo Fogo Island/ Newfoundland"/ 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"/
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, 1971, Artifact no. 1998.0941, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0941.002/

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