Envelope from Jersey, Channel Islands, with Occupation Stamps

Authors

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