One year anniversary of the generalgouvernement first day of issue postage stamp cover

Object | Accession Number: 1997.88.21

Date: postmark: 1940 October 26
Geography: postmark: Warsaw (Poland)
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Postage stamps
Object Type: Postage stamps (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Physical Description: Plain white index card; recto: three adhesive postal stamps, one in green depicting young girl, "12+38/GENERALGOUVERNEMENT"; one in red depicting older woman in shawl, "24+26/GENERALGOUVERNEMENT"; and one in blue depicting man with fur collar, 30+20/GENERALGOUVERNEMENT"; two black ink cancellation stamps bearing image of Nazi German National Symbol, "EIN JAHR GENERALGOUVERNEMENT/WARSCHAU 26.X.40"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, adhesive
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The postage stamp cover was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by an anonymous donor.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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