Title

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Holocaust First Day Cover

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.70b

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1-27-2008

Files

Description

First Day Cover for International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Holocaust. Art with a blue Star of David with a skull and cross bones and the faint outline of a swastika, over a piece of barbed wire that turns into a white flower.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

International Holocaust Remembrance Day first day of issue of commemorative stamp with blue Star of David surmounted by skull and crossbones, a faint outline of a swastika, and barbed wire representing death camps and ghettos ultimately yielding tentatively to the hope of life symbolized by a flower emerging from the barbed wire. Part of a joint philatelic issue with the United Nations Postal Administration.

Dimensions

7 x 4"

Keywords

United Nations

Subcollection

Label, Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Holocaust First Day Cover" (2008). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.70b.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1773