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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0942.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tension Envelopes
- MODEL
- 50th Anniversary First Successful Internal Air Mail Flight Botwood to Twillingate, N.W.T.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- 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 April 10, 1971
- Canada
-
Commemorates the 50th anniversary, 1921-1971, of the first successful internal airmail flight in Newfoundland. Botwood to Twillingate & return via Grand Falls, Fogo, Musgrave Harbour, Nfld, April 10, 1921/ Piloted by Major F. Stanley Cotton in a "small sealing plane." - Function
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Commemorative cover - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ 6/ Alex MacKenzie/ from Canada/ lay land/ 22nd July 1793"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "WILLINGATE/ 10 IV/ 71/ NFLD"/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ 1921 - 1971/ First Successful Internal Air Mail Flight/ from Botwood to Twillingate & return via/ Grand Falls, Fogo Musgrave Harbour/ Newfoundland 10 April 1921/ Flown by Major F. Stanley Cotton/ in a ["]small sealing plane["]"/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ c[/]o The Mayor's Office/ Botwood, Newfoundland"/ Stamped return address on back of cover: "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 red cachet.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1971, Artifact no. 1998.0942, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0942.001/
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