Pearl Harbor 8 a.m. cover
Object Details
- Description
- December 7, 1941 -- the Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii post office cancelled Rion’s envelope at 8 a.m., the exact time that Japanese torpedo planes struck nearby Pearl Harbor and the unprepared U.S. Navy battleship force.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- December 7, 1941
- Object number
- 2007.2010.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink (purple)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (20.96 x 23.5 cm)
- Place of Origin
- Hawaii
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 807
- Associated Event
- World War II
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- National Stamp Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2007.2010.1
