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World War II Patriotic cover
Object Details
- Description
- "America Is Not Free Till They Are Freed!"
- The Daily News ... Wake Island Marines Now in Jap Prison Camp . . .
- Uncle Sam holds a rifle with fixed bayonet and is rolling up his sleeves in this cachet by Walter Poppenger of Akron, Ohio. This serviceman's cover was sent under Free Franking from Scott Field, Illinois, and postmarked August 5, 1942.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- August 5, 1942
- Object number
- 2002.2035.250
- Artist
- Walter T. Poppenger
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
- Place of Destination
- Illinois
- Place of Origin
- Illinois
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2035.250
- Usage
- CC0
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