Envelope from "Israel"

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.89

Object Name

Envelope

Date

9-10-1941

Files

Content Warning

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Description

Brown envelope. Address written in blue cursive ink. Two pasted stamps on upper right: one orange with silver profile of a man facing left, one green with profile of man facing left. Black circular handstamp over them. Mit Luftpost blue pasted stamp on lower left. Back: Return address written in blue on top flap. Red Nazi eagle hand stamp on lower flap. White censor tape with black circular Nazi insignia on bottom portion.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A Nazi-censored "Israel" airmail cover sent to Akron, Ohio from Leipzig, Germany.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/2"

Keywords

Schaumberger, Stamps, Reich seal, Israel, Akron, Ohio, Leipzig

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from "Israel"" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.89.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/320