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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0918.001

MANUFACTURER: Tension Envelopes
MODEL: 50th Anniversary First Air Mail between Halifax, N.S. and Quebec, Que.
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: 9.3 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: Tension
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: Postmarked June 21, 1969
Canada: 50th Anniversary of First Air Mail flight from Halifax, N.S. to Quebec City, via Grand-Mere, Quebec/ Piloted by Lt. & Mrs. Stuart Graham & Bill Kahre.
Function: Commemorative cover
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: First Canada post stamp: "POSTES/ CANADA/ POSTAGE/ WHOOPING CRANE/ GRUE BLANCHE/ 5"/ Second Canada post stamp: "POSTES POSTAGE/ 1 CANADA"/ Slogan cancel: "NURSES/ CONGRES/ INTERNATIONAL/ CONGRESS DES INFIRMIERES/ MONTREAL/ JUNE 22-28 JUIN/ 69"/ Print below: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Circular postmark: "HALIFAX/ 10 PM/ 21 VI/ 1969/ N.S."/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ 1919-1969/ First Air Mail Between/ Halifax, N.S. and Quebec City, Que./ via Grand' Mere, Quebec/ Flown by Lt. & Mrs. Stuart Graham & Bill Kahre/ 21-23 JUNE 1919"/ Stamped address: "The Editor/ Chronicle - Telegraph/ Quebec City/ Quebec"/ On back of cover, Mfr's logo upper right: "TENSION/ ENVELOPES"/ Mfr's [?] print on tab: "JOHN C. CORNELIUS/ 628 NICOLLET AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 55402"/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6, Ontario/ Canada"/
Missing: Complete
Finish: White coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a blue cachet.
Decoration: N/A

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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1969, Artifact no. 1998.0918, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0918.001/

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