General Information

Serial #

11

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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

27.8 cm

Width

21.3 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

this certificate dated Feb. 25, 1920/ Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes, Ltd. was a commerical failure that only existed between late 1919 & 1922

Canada

singed by W.A. (Billy) Bishop as president of Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes, Ltd./ company founders William Avery Bishop & William George Barker were two of Canada's most successful, decorated and famous aerial fighter aces during the First World War/ Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes, Ltd. was an air charter, airplane maintenance & sales firm

Function

certificate issued to R.F. McRae for eight $100.00 common shares of capital stock in Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes Ltd.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering on certificate reads: "INCORPORATED UNDER THE ONTARIO COMPANIES ACT/No. 11/SHARES/8//Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes, Limited/AUTHORIZED CAPITAL: $300,000.00 Divided into 1000 Seven per cent, Cumulative Preference Shares and 2000 Common Shares, all of $100 each/This certifies that R.F. McRae/is the owner of/Eight fully paid Common Shares of the Capital stock of/Bishop-Barker Aeroplanes, Limited/transferable only on the books of the Corporation/in person or by Attorney/ upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed./IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed/by its dulyauthorized officers and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed/this 25th day of February, A.D. 1920/R.E. Lloyd Lott(?)/SECRETARY/W.A. Bishop/PRESIDENT/SHARES $100 EACH/(C) GOES"; raised lettering on seal at lower left corner reads: "BISHOP-BARKER AEROPLANES/LIMITED/CORPORATE SEAL"; lettering printed on back reads: "CERTIFICATE/FOR/[blank]/SHARES/of the/Capital Stock/[blank]/ISSUED TO[blank]/DATE/[blank]"; blank form provided for endorsement

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. blue & black on white background

Decoration

decorative geometric patterns around edges