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Canada Post Corporation collection [philatelic records] Canadian First Flight covers

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1927-1946.

Reference:

1996-106 DAP, 123-040698-0

Former BAN no.:

123-040698-0

Local class no.:

C0107 TO C0110

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

23410

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Date(s):

1927-1946.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1603 covers

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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Canada Post Corporation

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Philatelic records: (Other) Canadian Post Corporation - Canadian First Flight Covers item level in Reference Services

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A collection of official Canadian government flights and souvenir historical flight covers. The inaugural flights of these routes were frequently marked by official pictorial or other types of cachets. These covers are divided into the air mail services and air stage services. The air mail services embrace those routes and services on which only letter mail is carried, and this mail is generally prepared at the special air mail rate. The air stage services are routes that are otherwise inaccessible or seasonally accessible that postal authorities dispatch all the accumulated mail.. Cities represented by the collection are: Aklavik Route, Albany, Amos, Atlin, Bangor, Berens River, Big River, Bourlamaque, Bradore Bay, Brantford, Buffalo, Burlington, Calgary, Cameron Bay,Cassummit Lake, Charlottetown, Chibougamou, Collins, Coppermine, Cross Lake, Cumberland House, Diana, Detroit, Dore Lake, Edmonton, Embarrass Portage, Fairbanks, Fond du Lac, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Grahame, Fort McMurray, Fort Nelson, Fort Resolution, Fort St.John, Fort St. James, Germansen Landing, God`s Lake, Gold Bar, Golden Arm, Goldfield`s, Great Bear Lake, Great Falls, Grindstone Island, Hailebury, Halifax, Harrington Harbour, Herb Lake, Ile a la Crosse, Junction Point, Juneau, Kenora, Kewagama, Kississing, Lac du Bonnet, Lac la Rouge, La Malbaie, Lethbridge, London, Machin, MacLennon, McKenzie Island, Mirror Landing, Moncton..
Also represents the cities: Montreal, Mud Lake, New York, North Vermilion, Norway House, Oskelaneo, Ottawa, Pascalis, Peace River, Pembina, Pickle Crow, Prince Albert, Prince George, Québec City, Rae, Rimouski, Rouyn, Sachigo, Saint John, St. Catherines, St. John`s, St. Hubert, Seattle, Sept Iles, Siscoe, Sioux Lookout, Shediac, Southampton, Sydney, Takla Landing, Telegraph Creek, The Pas, Three Rivers, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Wabash Katsao, Wadhope, Ware, Whitefish Bay, Whitehorse, Winnipeg..

Arrangement note:

by subject . chronologically .

Language note:

Language of accompanying material: english.

Source:

Government

Former registration no.:

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89-069

Other accession no.:

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1996-106 DAP
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Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]
\\ Start date: 1996-05-01

Box [1996-106] C107--C110

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Nil
Copyright: Canada Post Corporation
Credit: National Archives of Canada
Philatelic records: Nil
Philatelic records: Copyright: Canada Post Corporation
Philatelic records: Credit: National Archives of Canada

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10