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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official/airmail
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0492.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: North Bay - Toronto
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Postmarked March 1, 1939
Canada: Mr. W.T. Traynor was a postal inspector out of North Bay. He started his career as a mail sorter on the train from Ottawa to North Bay. He wrote this correspondence to his daughter, Isobel.
Function: SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Canada post reads: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 6/ CENTS AIR CENTS/ 6"/ Below stamp: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Two identical postmarks read: "NORTH BAY/ 22/ MR 1/ 39/ ONT."/ Cachet reads: "TRANS/ CANADA/ AIR MAIL/ 1st OFFICIAL/ FLIGHT/ NORTH BAY/ TORONTO"/ Handwritten address: "Miss Isobel Traynor/ 164-2nd Ave. W./ North Bay/ Ont."/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "TORONTO/ MAR 2/ 530 AM/ 1939/ ONTARIO"/
Missing: Complete
Finish: Cream coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a black cachet.
Decoration: Cachet depicts two men in a canoe with an airplane flying over head

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1939, Artifact no. 1989.0492, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0492.001/

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