Stamp, postage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NEWFOUNDLAND/AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL/50 CENT/SINGLE
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0459.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PERKINS BACON & CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- Vickers Vimy Leaving St. John's with First Transatlantic Air Mail Passing Over the First Carrier of Ocean Mail
- LOCATION
- London, England
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
- 3.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 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
- PERKINS
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- ISSUED JANUARY 2, 1931
- Canada
-
AIRMAIL STAMP ISSUED BY NEWFOUNDLAND - Function
-
PREPAID AIRMAIL POSTAGE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMP READS: "NEWFOUNDLAND/ AIRMAIL/ AIRMAIL/ 50 FIFTY CENTS 50"/ INSCRIPTION READS: "VICKERS VIMY LEAVING ST. JOHN'S WITH FIRST TRANSATLANTIC/ AIR MAIL PASSING OVER THE FIRST CARRIER OF OCEAN MAIL"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREEN ON WHITE
- Decoration
- DEPICTS A VICKER VIMY LEAVING ST. JOHN'S
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PERKINS BACON & CO. LTD., Stamp, postage, after 1931, Artifact no. 1998.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0459.001/
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