General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

AKA

Fist day cover

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

11.2 cm

Width

19.1 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

Canada Post

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Day of issue 87/09/01

Canada

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada.

Function

Commemorative cover to celebrate Air Canada / TCA's 50th anniversary.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Canada post stamp: "CANADA/ Air Canada/ 1937-1987/ 36"/ Circular postmark: "DAY OF ISSUE. JOUR D'EMISSION/ OTTAWA CANADA/ 50 [maple leaf logo within "0]"/ 87/09/01"/ Cachet: "Day of Issue/ Canada Post Corporation/ Jour d'emission/ Societe canadienne des postes"/ English portion of back of cover reads: "Air Canada celebrates its 50th anniversary in/ 1987. Air Canada began operations in 1937 as Trans-Canada Air Lines with the flight of a Lockheed/ 10A aircraft from Vancouver to Seattle.The/ inaugural flight carried mail./ Today Canada/ Post Corporation is still Air Canada's largest/ cargo customer./ The cachet photo shows the unloading of mail from a Lockheed 14-H2 aircraft at Winnipeg in April 1940. (pa 618030 [/] Public Archives Canada) "/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Cream cover/ Cachet is black & white photograph/ Black postmark/ Multicolour stamp

Decoration

Cachet photo shows groundcrew unloading mail from a Lockheed 14-H2 at Winnipeg in April 1940.