General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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

22.0 cm

Width

11.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Shelley

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Leichester

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

post marked [?] May, 1991 (the first flight of the first British jet airplane, the Gloster E28/39, took place 50 years previously on May 15, 1941)

Canada

to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the British Jet Propelled aircraft & the 75th anniversary of the Society of British Aerospace companies Ltd.

Function

Commemorative cover

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering above colour image on front reads: "75th ANNIVERSARY/THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AEROSPACE COMPANIES LTD" lettering continued below picture: "50th ANNIVERSARY/OF THE BRITISH JET PROPELLED AIRCRAFT/The Gloster E28/39 over the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, where it made its first/flight on 15 May 1941 (from the painting by Kenneth McDonough"; lettering type written on front reads: "Col. A.J.S. Timmins,/Executive Director,/Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute/222 Somerset Street West, Suite 601,/OTTAWA, Ontario, K2P 2G3,/Canada"; lettering ink stamped on post mark on front reads: "[??NBRIDGE/6 45/4 MAY/1991"; lettering on ink stamp on front reads: "RETURN TO SENDER/It's easier with your/address on the back"; lettering on adhesive sticker on front reads: "By air mail/Par avion"; lettering on circular ink stamp on front reads: "50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT/OF A BRITISH JET AIRCRAFT/R.A.F. CRANWELL/5 MAR 91/BRITISH FORCES 2259 POSTAL SERVICES"; lettering on first stamp reads: "31p"; lettering on second stamp reads: "22p"; lettering on third stamp reads: "37/Jet Engine - Whittle"; lettering on adhesive sticker on back reads: "Rose Cottage/Seal Chart, Sevenoaks/Kent, TN15 0EZ, England"; lettering printed on back of envelope reads: "Printed by A.T. Shelley (Printers) Ltd., Leicester"

Missing

N/A

Finish

white envelope; front includes colour image accompanied by blue printed lettering; black type written address & postal ink stamps; 3 colour stamps; white lettering on blue air mail sticker; back includes black lettering on white return address sticker

Decoration

colour picture of Gloster E28/39 jet airplane flying over Royal Air Force College; 3 stamps bear profile of Queen Elizabeth II; side view of Gloster E28/39 on circular British Forces Postal Services ink stamp