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OBJECT TYPE: Canada/official
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0931.001

MANUFACTURER: Tension Envelopes
MODEL: 50th Anniversary Commemorating the Registration of the First Canadian Commercial Aircraft in Canada
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
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: Saskatchewan
Period: Postmarked April 20, 1970
Canada: Commemorates the registration of the first Canadian Commercial aircraft in Canada, which was a Curtiss JN4; G-CAAA, owned by Lt. Roland J. Groome of the Aerial Service Co. Ltd., in Regina, Sask., April 20, 1920.
Function: Commemorative cover
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Canada post stamp: "POSTES POSTAGE/ 8 [7 crossed out]/ CANADA"/ Circular postmark: "REGINA/ 11/ AP 20/ 70/ SASK."/ Cachet: "50th Anniversary/ 1920-1970/ Commemorating the registration of the first/ Canadian Commercial Aircraft in Canada a Curtiss/ JN 4 owned by Lt. Roland J. Groome of the Aerial/ Service Company Ltd.,/ Regina, Saskatchewan/ G-CAAA 20 April, 1920."/ Stamped address: "Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6, Ontario/ Canada"/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "OTTAWA/ 21 IV/ 1970/ CANADA"/ Stamped return address: "Major R.K. Malott/ 16 Harwick Crescent/ Ottawa 6, Ontario/ Canada"/ Mfr's logo upper right: "TENSION/ ENVELOPES"/ Mfr's [?] print on tab: "JOHN C. CORNELIUS/ 628 NICOLLET AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 55402"/
Missing: Complete
Finish: White coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a red cachet.
Decoration: N/A

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Tension Envelopes, Cover, 1970, Artifact no. 1998.0931, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0931.001/

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