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- OBJECT TYPE
- U.K./official/first day of issue
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0577.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- RAF College Cranwell
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- First day cover
- 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
- 16.4 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- envelope postmarked Feb. 5, 1970
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
commemorates 50th anniversary of setablishment of RAF College on Feb. 5, 1920 - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- printed lettering on front of envelope reads: "AVRO 504K/R.A.F. COLLEGE CRANWELL/80 H.P. GNOME/MAX. SPEED AT SEA LEVEL/82 M.P.H./ENDURANCE 4 1/2 HOURS/ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM S.C.8/50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE/R.A.F. COLLEGE/5th FEB 1920-1970/ROYAL AIR FORCE/COLLEGE/CRANWELL"; lettering on postage stamp reads: "ROYAL AIR FORCE 1918-1968"; ink stamp on front reads: "SPECIAL/ANNIVERSARY/FLIGHT"; ink stamp on front reads: "ROYAL AIR FORCE COLLEGE CRANWELL/1920/1970/5 FEB 70/BRITISH FORCES 1103 POSTAL SERVICES"; ink stamp on front reads: "flown from/RAF COLLEGE CRANWELL/to VAERNES, Norway/in VARSITY WF 370/Pilot:/Group Captain D.B. CRAIG/OBE ADC MA RAF/Flight Time: 5 hrs. 27 mins."; printed lettering on adhesive stamp affixed to front at lower right reads: "OC RNAF Station/Vaernes/TRONDHEIM/Norway"; lettering on ink stamp on back reads: "TRONDHEIM/5-2-70/BR VIII"; lettering on ink stamp on back reads: "R.A.F./-6 FEB 1970/CRANWELL"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- multi-coloured images, text & postage stamp/ red, blue, breen & black ink stamps
- Decoration
- image of RAF Avro 504K biplane on front of envelope & on postage stamp; RAF cranwell logo on front
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1970, Artifact no. 2001.0577, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0577.001/
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