Postcard with Propaganda Stamp of Churchill "WERTLOSE MARKE" (Worthless Stamp) on Unofficial Card with Printer's Imprint

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Object ID

2019.2.132

Object Name

Postcard

Date

3-6-1941

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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

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