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OBJECT TYPE: AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0770.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Calgary to Winnipeg
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: 10.5 cm
Width: 23.8 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: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Postmarked March 3, 1930
Canada: Unknown
Function: Its historical significance has made this cover a collectible item
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POST/ 5 CENTS 5"/ Slogan cancel over stamp reads: "SAVE TIME/ USE AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "CALGARY/ 130 AM/ MAR 3/ 1930/ ALBERTA"/Print top centre: "VIA AIR MAIL [underlined]"/ Cachet reads: "CANADA AIR MAIL/ FIRST/ OFFICIAL FLIGHT/ REGULAR/ CALGARY TO WINNIPEG"/ Below is an illegible signature with print reading: "POSTMASTER"/ Handwritten address: "A.S. Deaville. Esq/ c[/]o Air Mail Service Branch/ Ottawa./ Ontario"/ Print top left corner is crossed out/ Handwriting below: "J.B. Corley/ District Superintendent"/ Below illegible signature "pilot"/ On back of cover reads: "WINNIPEG/ 1230 PM/ MAR 3/ 1930/ MANITOBA"/ Slogan cancel: "SAVE TIME/ USE AIR MAIL"/
Missing: N/A
Finish: Cream coloured cover with red and blue triangular shaped border/ Black cachet
Decoration: Cachet depicts Amerindians around a fire with an airplane above

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1930, Artifact no. 1996.0770, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0770.001/

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