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OBJECT TYPE: Commemorative
DATE: 1971
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1675.008

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Smithville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 8
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: 14.1 cm
Width: 10.0 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: Sheldrake
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Smithville

Context

Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
Period: postmarked July 15, 1971
Canada: Unknown
Function: commemorative/ souvenir/ carried aboard Spirit of Canada hot air balloon by Stan Sheldrake
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: printed lettering reads: "CARTE POSTALE"; ink stamped lettering reads: " CARRIED ABOARD THE/SPIRIT OF CANADA/STAN SHELDRAKE/CANADIAN AERONAUT YZB-1"; lettering hand written in ink reads: "on Bastille Day from/Place de Verdun,/Loches, France/M Stan Sheldrake/P.O. Box 101/Smithville, Ontario/Canada"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour postage stamps; black ink stamped post marks; red printed lettering; blue ink stamped lettering & logo; blue & white air mail sticker; hand writing in blue ink; tan card
Decoration: ink stamped image of Spirit of Canada hot air balloon; image of hot air balloon on postage stamp; air mail sticker (globe getween outstretched wings)

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1971, Artifact no. 2004.1675, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1675.008/

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