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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2892.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- 10.6 cm
- Width
- 24.2 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
- Quebec
- Period
- Postmarked May 5, 1944 and May 6, 1944
- Canada
-
Postmarked in Montreal. - Function
-
Correspondance to the service department at Pratt Whitney. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- First Canada post stamp reads: "POSTES/ CANADA/ POSTAGE/ 7 CENTS AIR 7"/ Circular post mark on stamp is illegible/ Second stamp reads: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 10 CENTS 10"/ Circular post mark on stamp: "HALIFAX SUB. [ill.] N.S./ 44/ 5 MY/ PM"/ Blue print below stamps reads: "VIA AIR MAIL"/ Cachet reads: "PRATT WHITNEY USA/ DEPENDABLE ENGINES [navy blue circular postmark with an eagle in the centre]/ Return address above reads: "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/ 400 So. Main Street/ East Hartford, Connecticut [address is struck out by a serires of "#""/ Typewritten above: "Paul H. Arnold"/ Typewritten below cachet: "Lord Nelson Hotel/ Halifax"/ Typewritten address: "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/ E. Hartford 8, Connecticut/ U.S.A."/ Typewritten below: "Attention: Service Dept."/ Blue rectangular cachet reads: "R/ MONTREAL, A.M.F./ No. 466 [number in pencil]"/ Two identical black circular postmarks on back of cover reads: "14/ MY 5/ 44"/ Two identical black circular postmark read: "HALIFAX [ill.] N.S./ 44/ 5 MY/ PM"/ Purple circular postmark reads: "HARTFORD, CONN./ EAST HARTFORD BR./ MAY/ 6/ 1944"/ Purple circular postmark reads: "HARTFORD CONN. REGISTERED/ MAY/ 6/ 1944"/ Larger red circular postmark reads: "POSTAL CENSORSHIP HALIFAX, N.S./ MAY/ 5/ 1944"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Cream coloured cover with red and blue design around edges and a navy blue cachet.
- Decoration
- Pratt & Whitney cachet
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1944, Artifact no. 1992.2892, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2892.001/
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