Censored Envelope from Germany to Undercover Address in New York

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.242

Object Name

Envelope

Files

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Description

Front: A white envelope with writing in blocky black ink. Includes a blue postage stamp, a black hand stamp, and censor tape.Back: Includes censor tape in both German and English.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

This was the undercover address (generally assumed to have been run by Thomas Cook and Son, Ltd.) used for mail from Germany to Canada prior to US entry into the war. Mail was sent on from there under separate cover, as evidenced by the lack of re-direction and the presence of Canadian censor tapes on the German covers.

Dimensions

3 5/8 x 4 11/16"

Keywords

Censored, Reich Seal, New York

Subcollection

Undercover

Recommended Citation

"Censored Envelope from Germany to Undercover Address in New York" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.242.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/502