Anti-Masonry Cancel on Envelope

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.475

Object Name

Envelope

Date

3-29-1939

Files

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Description

Tan envelope on Stadtschaft der Provinz Hannover stationery.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Hanover cancel of March 29, 1939 reads: "Visit the Masonic Lodge Museum." Chemnitz also had an anti-Masonic exhibition in September, 1938. The cancel contains 3 masonic emblems--the square, the compass, and the crown. Engraver only illustrated two of them, and if drawn correctly, the compass should have been above the square.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 8 1/2"

Keywords

Logenmufeum, Hanover, Masonic Lodge, Museum, Chemnitz

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Anti-Masonry Cancel on Envelope" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.475.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1191