Object ID
2014.1.214
Object Name
Envelope
Date
1944
Files
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Description
Front: A white envelope split with blue lines. Includes nine stamps with various colors and scenes depicted. Includes an address written in blue and several black hand stamps.Back: Includes a printed return address and lines written in blue.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Stamps issued by the Jersey States Authority in 1943 under German occupation. They were designed by Edmund Blampied. It is alleged that he incorporated the "V" for Victory sign in the design over the triangular value tablet. It is also alleged that the royal cipher, GR, appears in the scroll-work at the triangle base enclosing 3d.
Dimensions
3 5/8 x 6"
Keywords
Channel Islands, Stanley J. Renouf, Edmund Blampied
Subcollection
Channel
Recommended Citation
"Envelope from Jersey, Channel Islands, with Occupation Stamps" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.214.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/478