Cover
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1998.0896.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- Canada/official
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0896.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Toronto, ON - New York, N.Y.
- 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
- 9.3 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Postmarked April 18, 1950
- Canada
-
First Canadian air mail to be carried on a jet plane. Piloted by Don H. Rodgers of AVRO of Canada during a test flight. - Function
-
SENT THROUGH THE MAIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A COLLECTIBLE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Canada post stamp: "POSTES/ CANADA/ AIR/ POSTAGE/ 7 CENTS/ 7"/ Circular postmark: "TORONTO ONTARIO/ CANADA/ APR 18/ 7 AM/ 1950"/ Cachet: "CPO/ AIR MAIL/ FIRST OFFICIAL/ AIRMAIL/ JETLINER/ TORONTO/ TO/ NEW YORK"/ Typewritten address: "MRS. A. COCKBURN./ 8 REGENT ST./ OTTAWA ONTARIO./ CANADA."/ Imprinted top left corner: "AFTER 10 DAYS RETURN TO/ CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS/ AT OFFICE OF MAILING"/ Circular postmark on back of covers: "NEW YORK. N.Y./ APR 18/ 430 pm/ 1950"/ Slogan cancel: "BUILD YOUR FUTURE/ WISELY. SAFELY/ U.S. SAVINGS BONDS"/
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- White coloured cover with a blue Canada Post stamp and a black cachet.
- Decoration
- At top of cachet is a crown over a circle with wings on either side.
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1950, Artifact no. 1998.0896, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0896.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.
More Like This
1998.0896.001
