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World War II Patriotic cover
Object Details
- Description
- "A Setting Son Of The Rising Sun"
- Prime Minister Tojo is kicked by the U.S. Army mule in this copyright 1943 cachet by Lee N. Cornell of Wichita, Kansas. Tojo lost power in 1944 and was hung in 1948 as a war criminal.
- A strip of three one-cent United States Scott 908 are tied to the cover by the postmark Phoenix, Arizona, September 19, 1943 and boxed slogan cancel Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 19, 1943
- Object number
- 2002.2035.453
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
- Place of Origin
- Arizona
- Place of Destination
- Washington
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- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 908
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2035.453
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