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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official/first day of issue
DATE: 1986
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0678.001

MANUFACTURER: Canada Post Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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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: 19.0 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Canada Post
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This first day cover issued June 27, 1986, for Canada Day [July 1]; never used.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. This piece was among a collection assembled by a former audiometric technician at the Hospital for Veterans on Christie St., Toronto pre-1945. [Ref. 2] This first day cover was first in a series on Canadian contributions to science and technology, and depicts important Canadian innovations in rail, air and space transportation.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "DAY OF ISSUE/ CANADA POST CORPORATION" in English and French, and cache illustration printed in upper left corner of envelope face. Circular postmark reads "DAY OF ISSUE/ JOUR D'EMISSION/ OTTAWA CANADA/ 86-02-27" and logo stamped in black ink over four stamps and in lower right of envelope front. ""Roger Hill '86" handwritten in black ink on envelope front. Each of for stamps bears colour illustration and text: "Canada 34/ ROTARY/ SNOWPLOW/ CHASSE NEIGE/ ROTATIF" [upper left]; Canada 34/ CANADARM/ BRAS SPATIAL/ CANADIEN" [upper right]; " Canada 34/ ANTIGRAVITY/ FLIGHT SUIT/ COMBINAISON/ DE VOL/ ANTIGRAVITE" [lower left]; and "Canada 34/ VARIABLE/ PITCH PROPELLER/ HELICE A PAS/ VARIABLE" [lower right]. "Considering the vastness of Canada and the/ diversity of it's climate, it is hardly surprising that/ Canadians have developed so many significant/ inventions in the field of transportation. These/ stamps, the first in a series on Canadian con-/ tributions to Science and Technology, depict/ important Canadian innovations in rail, air and/ space transport." printed in English and French on reverse. UHN catalogue no. "986.8" printed by hand in pencil, also on envelope back.
Missing: None.
Finish: Off-white paper envelope bears brown cachet photo and text, black ink stamped postmarks, and blue, green, brown, red, black and off-white postage stamps on face; brown ink text printed on reverse. "Roger Hill" signature written in black ink on envelope face.
Decoration: Cachet illustration depicts patent documentation and illustration.

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Canada Post Corp., Cover, 1986, Artifact no. 2002.0678, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0678.001/

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