Stamp, postage

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OBJECT TYPE: CANADA/AIRMAIL/OFFICIAL/15 CENT/BLOCK-30
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0567.004

MANUFACTURER: British American Banknote Co.
MODEL: First Non-stop Transatlantic Flight 1919
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
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: 15.2 cm
Width: 20.2 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: British American
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Date issued June 13, 1969
Canada: The stamp was designed by Robert Bradford and engraved by Charles Gordon Yorke. The first non-stop transatlantic flight was undertaken by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown on June 14 & 15th, 1919.
Function: Airmail stamp issued by the Federal Government and commemorating the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Stamp reads: "CANADA/ 15/ 1919/ FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT/ LE PREMIER VOL TRANSATLANTIC SANS ESCALE"/
Missing: N/A
Finish: Blue, green and brown on white background
Decoration: Depicts a converted Vickers Vimy bomber

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British American Banknote Co., Stamp, postage, 1969, Artifact no. 1998.0567, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0567.004/

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