General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

First day cover

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper envelope and stamps

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.1 cm

Width

11.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Civil engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canadian Bank

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

2004-2005

Canada

One of the stamps on this cover depicts the Broadway Bridge, built in 1932 over the south Saskatchewan River, Saskatoon. The bridge was designed and built by C.J. (Chalmers Jack) MacKenzie [1888-1984] while on leave from his position of Dean of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II he was president of the National Research Council in Ottawa and later President of Atomic Energy of Canada.Ltd. In 2007 MacKenzie was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame at the Canada Science and Technology Museum (from exhibit text).

Function

A collectable in the form of an envelope bearing a series of stamps, marked with the date of the first day of issue; this cover has five stamps depicting a Canadian flag and Canadian scenes.

Technical

Examples of Canadian stamps for ordinary use, carrying the 2005 domestic rate of $0.50. These 2005 flag definitives were a departure from the traditional flag stamp with its static flag.. The stamps feature a Canadian flag blowing in the breeze over five unique Canadian locations (Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering on front reads 'Day of Issue / Jour d'emission/ 2004.12.20' and 'Day of Issue / Canada Post/ Jour d'emission / Postes Canada'/ multicoloured lettering on front reads 'Below / En bas Shannon Falls. BC/ Saskatoon, SK/ Durrell. NF/ Mont-Saint-Hilaire. QC/ Toronto. ON'/red lettering on back reads 'The definitives for 2005 include five different se-tenant/ flag stamps. All five feature the Canadian flag blowing in/ the breeze together with a photograph from a different/ part of our nation: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec; below/ Shannon Falls, near Squamish, BC; Broadway Bridge/ over the South Saskatchewan River, Saskatoon; Island/ ferry and skyline, Toronto; Durrell, South/ Twillingate Island, Newfoundland.'and ‘Les timbres courant de 2005 consistent en cinq vignettes/ se tenant ornees du drapeau canadien. Flottant au gre du/ vent, unifolie surplombe des lieux mettant en valeur/ differentes regions du pays: Mont Saint-Hilaire (Quebec); cascade en aval de Shannon Falls, pres de Squamish/ (Columbie-Britannique); pont Broadway, qui enjambe la/ riviere Saskatchewan Sud, a Saskatoon (Saakatchewan)/; traversier de l'ile et gratte-ciel, Toronto (Ontario); et Durrell,/ village de South Twillingate Island (Terre-Neuve).'

Missing

complete

Finish

white cover with multicoloured stamps and images

Decoration

long thin excerpts from stamp landscape photographs on front, each beside identifying label (see markings)