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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0339.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Toronto, ON - New York, N.Y.
- 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
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 22.8 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Postmarked April 18, 1950
- Canada
-
First Canadian air mail to be carried on a jet plane. Piloted by Don H. Rodgers of AVRO of Canada during a test flight. - Function
-
SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "POSTES/ CANADA/ AIR/ POSTAGE/ 7 CENTS/ 7"/ Circular postmark: "TORONTO ONTARIO/ CANADA/ APR 18/ 7 AM/ 1950"/ Cachet: "CPO/ AIR MAIL/ FIRST OFFICIAL/ AIRMAIL/ JETLINER/ TORONTO/ TO/ NEW YORK"/ Typewritten address: "Mr. George Scott,/ Director, Bureau of Transportation Economics,/ Air Transport Bd.,/ No. 3 Bldg.,/ Wellington Steet,/ Ottawa, Ontario."/ Imprinted top left corner: "IF NOT CALLED FOR IN FIVE DAYS PLEASE/ RETURN TO/ A.V. ROE CANADA LIMITED/ BOX 430, TERMINAL ["]A["] TORONTO"/ Blue print bottom left: "PAR AVION VIA AIR MAIL"/ Typewritten beside outline of airplane reads: "PERSONAL"/ Circular postmark on back of covers: "NEW YORK. N.Y./ APR 18/ 430 pm/ 1950"/ Slogan cancel: "BUILD YOUR FUTURE/ WISELY. SAFELY/ U.S. SAVINGS BONDS"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- blue and white thached cover with red and blue design around edge, a black outline of the Jetliner and a black cachet.
- Decoration
- At top of cachet is a crown over a circle with wings on either side.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1950, Artifact no. 1999.0339, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0339.001/
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