Envelope

Object | Accession Number: 1997.88.2

Overview

Date: postmark: 1938
Geography: postmark: San Marino
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Language: Italian
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Correspondence
Object Type: Envelopes (Stationery) (lcsh)
Physical Description: White paper; recto: left side depicts geographical boundaries of Germany (bearing design of red, white and black nazi banner with swastika) and Italy (bearing red, white and green flag with fasces) linked vertically by a black ring; upper left corner, blue ink stamp, "FUEHRER DUX/3 [illegible] 9 MAGGIO 1938-XVI"; upper right quadrant bears six adhesive postal stamps; superimposed on the stamps are three black ink cancellation stamps; lower edge, center, blue adhesive airmail stamp; lower right corner, blue ink stamp, "Karl Hennig/Hamburg 39"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, adhesive, graphite pencil
Inscription: recto: left center, in pencil, "115-119"; upper right corner, in pencil, "C1", "C3" and "1938"; verso: upper right corner, in pencil, circled number, "4"

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The envelope was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by an anonymous donor.