Polish Government in Exile Stamp on Censored Envelope Sent from Polish Naval Agency 12 from Destroyer 'Burza'

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.244

Object Name

Envelope

Date

3-3-1942

Files

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Description

Front: A brown envelope with eight postage stamps of varying colors, subjects and sizes arranged around the address, which is written in black ink. Includes several black hand stamps and intersecting blue lines.Back: Return address written in black ink. Includes a piece of white tape and blue intersecting lines, as well as a red hand stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: The Burza was one of three Polish Naval destroyers that escaped to Great Britain after Poland was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939. The Burza saw action in the Atlantic during World War II.

Dimensions

4.5 x 7 1/4"

Keywords

Censored, London, Poland, Stamps

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Polish Government in Exile Stamp on Censored Envelope Sent from Polish Naval Agency 12 from Destroyer 'Burza'" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.244.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/504