Envelope from "Israel"

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.90

Object Name

Envelope

Date

11-4-1941

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Description

Blue envelope. Address written in black cursive ink on left side. Three pasted stamps in upper right (from lefto to right): Purple, dark green light green. All depict a man's face in profile facing left. Writing on left side in pencil. Lower left has two pasted stamps: rectangular R stamp, and blue Mit Luftpust. Edges of brown censor tape on bottom each side. Back: Return address written in black cursive ink on flap. Many New York circular hand stamps, and a Nazi circular stamp. Brown censor tape at bottom.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Censored air mail "Israel" cover from Vienna to New York

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6"

Keywords

Unger, Bernhaut, Stamps, New York, Censor, Israel, Germany

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from "Israel"" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.90.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/321

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