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- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0583.006
- MANUFACTURER
- B.-E. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Three Rivers to Montreal
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- 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
- 9.2 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
- Barber Ellis
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Postmarked April 16, 1942
- Canada
-
Cover marks the inauguration by Cec Leech of Quebec Airways for service between Montreal, Three Rivers and Quebec. The bilingual cachet depicts a Lockheed mail plane and a maple leaf. - Function
-
SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ POSTES/ POSTAGE/ 6 CENTS AIR CENTS 6"/ Two identical circular postmarks: "TROIS RIVIERES/ 14/ AP 16/ 42/ P.Q."/ Cachet reads: "CANADA/ AIR MAIL/ POSTE AERIENNE/ FIRST OFFICIAL FLIGHT/ PREMIER VOL OFFICIEL/ TROIS-RIVIERES - MONTREAL."/ Typed address: "H. I. Nelson/ 3rd Floor - 680 Sherbrooke St. W./ Montreal, Que."/ Typewritten upper left corner: "First Flight/ THREE RIVERS - MONTREAL"/ Print lower edge : "PAR AVION VIA AIR MAIL CORREO AEREO"/ Stamped in violet-blue: "Quebec Airways Limited"/ Signature above: "Capt. Cec. Leech/ Pilot [in print]""/ Circular postmark on back of cover: "MONTREAL/ 22/ AP 16/ 42/ CANADA."
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- Bluish cover with red and blue triangle border/ Black cachet
- Decoration
- Cachet depicts a Lockheed mail plane and a maple leaf.
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B.-E. Ltd., Cover, 1942, Artifact no. 1998.0583, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0583.006/
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