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[Moncton - Chicago flight cover] [philatelic record]

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Item

Date:

1930.

Reference:

R7290-0-2-E, Box number: C57

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

183496

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[Moncton - Chicago flight cover]
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Date(s):

1930.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 postal cover.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a 1930 first direct airmail flight cover: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. This cover was one of several that H.P. Collins sent on early air mail flights, addressed with fictitious names or the names of friends. The cover is addressed to Mr. Paul Jones / General Delivery / Chicago U.S.A. The return address was Mr. Collins', and the cover is inscribed: If not called for in five days return to 285 1/2 Dominion St., Moncton N.B., Canada. The cover was returned to Moncton.

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Collins, H.P

Biography/Administrative history:

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Collins, H.P : H.P. (Bert) Collins, merchant, operated a drug store in Moncton, New Brunswick from the mid '20s until 1971, and much of that time the drug store contained a sub post office. Correspondance in accession file.

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Custodial history:

A gift from H.P. Collins, through his son of H.G. Collins of Ottawa, Ontario, to the National Postal Museum (accession number unknown), in 1973. Later acquired by the Canadian Postal Archives (and initially included part of accession 1989-565).

Source:

Private

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1992-035 DAP
89-069
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