First Day Cover: Celebration of Hiram (Harry) Bingham IV

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.119

Object Name

Envelope

Date

5-30-2006

Files

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Description

White envelope with photographs of and text about Hiram (Harry) Bingham IV.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: US First Day Cover commemorating Harry Bingham, Vice Consul in Marseilles, who worked with Varian Fry and others to provide visa and travel documents to Jews attempting to escape Vichy France.

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 6 1/2''

Keywords

Commemoration, Marseilles, Vichy, France, Harry Bingham, Hiram Bingham, Varian Fry

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"First Day Cover: Celebration of Hiram (Harry) Bingham IV" (2006). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.119.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/805