Postcard from Vichy, Franked with French Stamps Issued Under Occupation and Cancelled with Vichy Post Office Cancel

Authors

Object ID

2016.1.22

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

2-10-1941

Files

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Description

Front: Image of Vichy, France, church with two spires in foreground. Back: Six postage stamps of various sizes and colors, handwritten note in blue ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Postcard with two Marshal Philippe Petain stamps.

Dimensions

3 5/8 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Vichy, France, Stamps, Occupation

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Vichy, Franked with French Stamps Issued Under Occupation and Cancelled with Vichy Post Office Cancel" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.22.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1282

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