Katherine Stinson 100 Year Flight Calgary - Edmonton 8 July 2018 Picture Postage For Sale


Katherine Stinson 100 Year Flight Calgary - Edmonton 8 July 2018 Picture Postage
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Katherine Stinson 100 Year Flight Calgary - Edmonton 8 July 2018 Picture Postage:
$5.00

Katherine Stinson flew from Calgary to Edmonton, Alberta carrying mail in the first Western Canada authorized mail on July 9th, 1918. To commemorate the event a total of 40 of this cover were made in addition to other mail made and carried on the flight. The flight was done in conjunction with WestJet Airlines using WestJet Encore Flight 3143 on a NextGen Q400 turboprop plane. The pilot and copilot signed the cover as can be seen to the left of the cachet image. The covers were placed in a mailbag in Calgary, turned over to the pilots, flown to Edmonton then returned to the team working on the project. The cover is franked with a Picture Postage stamp that depicts Katherine Stinson standing beside her plane, while the cover cachet depicts Katherine Stinson in her plane receiving the mailbag prior to her flight. The cancel on the cover was created by Canada Post to commemorate the centennial flight. On the back of the cover are 2 postmarks, the first postmark from Airways RPO was applied prior to the flight in Calgary, while the Edmonton postmark was applied upon arrival in Edmonton. The cover contains 2 flyers created for the event, one which describes the centennial flight on one an itinerary of the celebratory events and are shown in the images. You will receive the cover in the scan, however the flyers in the images are scans of the flyer and not the exact one in the envelop.

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