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Post by jamesw on May 13, 2015 0:40:13 GMT
As mentioned in Rods Ireland thread, I was gifted a number of Canadian First Flight covers from our buddy Jeff (ILS) a year or so ago. They were greatly appreciated, but lay neglected until now, with hundreds of other covers and cards in a couple of boxes. I've seen the error of my ways and have brought these out into the light (metaphorically speaking) and would like to share them with you all, as I should have done back then. Geeze, Jeff, I hope I thanked you properly! I will now. Many thanks ILS! These beautys will soon have a place of honour in the album. But I do have to wonder how all these flights, from Ireland to Montreal, or Monteal to Ireland, South Hampton and Newfoundland, ended up in Pennsylvania? The mysteries of the mails. Montreal to Botwood NFLD, August 10 1939. Both back canceled in Botwood. Montreal to South Hampton England, August 10, 1939 Montreal to Foynes Ireland, you guessed it, August 10, 1939 (I'm sensing a pattern here). Back canceled Baile Atha Cliati.
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Post by jamesw on May 13, 2015 0:55:04 GMT
And to show this isn't just about Jeff (no swelled heads here!) here are a couple of other Canadian First Flights. The first Calgary to Regina in 1928 is postmarked with a special 'Prairie Flights' cancel on the front (Calgary) and back (Regina). It sports a C1 airmail stamp. The second cover, with a C5 celebrates the Havre St. Pierre to Rimouski, Quebec flight on December 18-19, 1936. This cover is back canceled in Rimouski, and also has a lovely 1936 Christmas seal on the back. Let's see what other Canadian First Flight covers are out there!
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Post by irishjack on May 13, 2015 1:05:16 GMT
Maybe Jeff can enlighten us, or maybe he will "button up his lips"
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Oct 10, 2015 23:39:00 GMT
1909-1959 Commerating Silver Dart cover.................1959 First Flight of Silver Dart 5c stamp SG509 Silver Dart: Dawn of Flight in Canada McCurdy had dubbed the machine Silver for the coating on its wings and Dart just because it seemed obvious. Someone cracked the propeller and McCurdy signaled to the crowd to get out of the way. A frail, winged craft sat like a mayfly on the ice of Baddeck Bay, in central Cape Breton. A young engineer, Douglas McCurdy, perched confidently among the steel tubing, wires and friction tape. It was a cool Tuesday afternoon, February 23, 1909, and an expectant crowd had assembled to see what the ingenious Alexander Graham Bell and his local protégé were up to this time. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/silver-dart-dawn-of-flight-in-canada-feature/
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Post by jimwentzell on Jan 25, 2019 18:20:02 GMT
Although I'm usually not too fond of First Flight Covers ( FFC's)-they are too philatelically contrived, in my opinion--like FDC's, I couldn't pass this up recently at a local stamp show. Ever since Scott catalogues started listing these a few years ago I fell in love with the semi-official airmail stamps. Seems they are very popular--and prolific--and expensive!!!
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Post by jamesw on Mar 18, 2023 23:55:38 GMT
Thought I'd bring this one back to life. Picked up a collection of First Flight covers. The first eight, all issued June 2,3 and 6 of 1937 are all centred around Prince George BC. Interesting all the cachés show various wildlife. All sport Canada Airmail stamp #C5 issued 1935 Back cancelled Takla Landing BC and Fort St. James BC respectively Back cancelled Manson Creek BC and Prince George BC respectively Both back cancelled at Prince George BC Both back cancelled at Prince George BC
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REL1948
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Post by REL1948 on Mar 19, 2023 0:00:54 GMT
Hello jamesw, What a treat to see these lovely First-Flight covers and with one of Canada's loveliest airmail stamps to boot. Thank you so much for sharing these. Rob
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Post by jamesw on Mar 19, 2023 0:05:51 GMT
The other four of this little collection use Canada Airmail C6 issued 1938. Both post marked March 2 1939. The first from North Bay Ont. to Winnipeg Man., the second from Calgary Alberta to Vancouver BC. Both have respective machine receiver cancels on back. These two from Shediac New Brunswick to New York NY dated July 1 1939, and Moncton NB to Bangor Maine, January 3 1941. The New York back cancel is handstamped, while the Bangor back cancel is a machine cancel. Interesting that none of these were cancelled in the cities they were actually addressed to, but then, they are philatelic and not postally used.
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Post by jamesw on Mar 19, 2023 0:08:52 GMT
Thanks REL1948. They are nice aren't they? I don't usually go for this sort of thing (I always say that, and yet show the stuff anyway), but it is nice to have all those different cachés focused on the opening of the Prince George mail route.
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Post by philatelia on Oct 7, 2023 15:54:44 GMT
For Canadian Thanksgiving: Found in my Ireland first flight covers … a stop over in Newfoundland and New Brunswick on the way to Shannon from New York. They must have had layovers or a delay between Shannon and Dublin because the arrival cancel (Dublin) on the back is June 28th, 4 days later - assuming the cover was cancelled fairly soon after arriving in Ireland. The two cachets show different destinations - the Canadian cachet says Foynes, the Irish cachet says Shannon.
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Post by philatelia on Jun 24, 2024 9:57:41 GMT
Here is a fun little cover from a stamp show bargain box. It’s a first flight cover, but it started in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, then travelled to Montreal then to Baltimore, USA for a first Flight to Bermuda. Dated 1938 and franked with two 3p #233, George VI, to pay the 6p airmail rate. Envelope has Queen’s University imprint on back cover. I’m posting it in Canada first flight covers as the stamps and origin are Canadian. It is possible that this wasn’t on the first flight and someone was using up the leftover printed envelopes made for the occasion of the flight. Edit - could the first flight imprint be rubber stamped? In any case, I’m impressed with the efficiency and speed of the postal services in 1938. It would probably take much longer for this cover to travel from Kingston to Hamilton these days. Hubby and I were discussing the fact that back then postal services were treated as the essential government service that they are and were given the resources to function superbly. They were not expected to show a “profit”, they were expected to deliver the mail. We don’t expect other government agencies such as the military to show a profit so why do we expect our communications network to do so?
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