Object ID
2016.1.16
Object Name
Postcard, Picture
Date
1940
Files
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Description
Front: Photograph of harbor in foreground with city in background,'OLD HARBOUR AND MODEL YACHT POND, GUERNSEY' at bottom ; Back:Orange postage stamp cut diagonally, text stamped in purple
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Bisected British stamps were permitted briefly after the German occupation of the Channel Islands. After the occupation stamps were scarce since Britain stopped sending stamps.
Dimensions
3 5/8 x 5 1/2"
Keywords
Bisected, Stamp, Guernsey, Occupation, Channel Islands
Subcollection
Channel
Recommended Citation
"German Occupation of Guernsey, One of the Channel Islands, Postcard with British Bisect" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.16.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1276