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- OBJECT TYPE
- Commemorative
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1676.008
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Smithville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 8
- Total Parts
- 10
- 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
- 16.6 cm
- Width
- 9.3 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
- Sheldrake
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Smithville
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Mexico
- Period
- postmarked Feb. 16, 1973
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
commemorative/ souvenir/ carried aboard Spirit of Canada hot air balloon by Stan Sheldrake - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- printed lettering reads: "Stan Sheldrake/Capt'n Fearless/S.J. SHELDRAKE - AERONAUT/Smithville, Ontario, Canada"; ink stamped lettering reads: "1st WORLD HOT AIR/BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP/BALLOON MAIL/CARRIED ABOARD THE/SPIRIT OF CANADA/STAN SHELDRAKE/CANADIAN AERONAUT YZB-1"; hand written signature reads: "Stan Sheldrake"; lettering on sticker reads: "1st WORLD HOT AIR BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP/ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, FEB. 11-17, 73"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- colour postage stamp; black ink stamped post mark; purple printed lettering & red logo; blue & black ink stamped lettering; silver-red-blue sticker; signature in blue ink; white envelope
- Decoration
- printed image of Spirit of Canada hot air balloon; 1st World Hot Air Balloon Championship sticker; American Revolution bicentennial logo on postage stamp
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1973, Artifact no. 2004.1676, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1676.008/
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