Object ID
2019.2.132
Object Name
Postcard
Date
3-6-1941
Files
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Description
Envelope with four architectural themed postage stamps in brown, blue, red, and green and a fifth postage stamp of Winston Churchill in upper right corner. “LEIPZIG RECHMESSESTADT” stamped three times in black ink.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Caricature of Churchill, appearing somewhat dour, smoking a cigar, with a spitfire seeming to be falling from the sky behind him. Letters “WC” to Churchill’s left. Known as the Matthes card, vertical spine of card has the printer’s address: “Verlag Paul R. Matthes, Leipzig, etc.”
Dimensions
4 x 5 3/4"
Keywords
Winston Churchill, Propaganda Stamp
Subcollection
Philatelic, Propaganda
Recommended Citation
"Postcard with Propaganda Stamp of Churchill "WERTLOSE MARKE" (Worthless Stamp) on Unofficial Card with Printer's Imprint" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.132.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1507