5c Army on "Returned to Sender, Service Suspended" cover
Object Details
- Description
- Cover to Japan cancelled November 29, 1941, Norton, Connecticut, just 9 days before Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941). Handstamped in red "Returned to Sender, Service Suspended". Label affixed to reverse "Examined by 1692". Collectors note: "Addressed to Mrs. Renzo Sawada, the wife of the former Japanese Consul General in New York and later Ambassador to France"
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harriett M. Leach
- November 29, 1941
- Object number
- 0.260305.185.37.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink ( ) /
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (18.1 x 15.56 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 789
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- National Stamp Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.260305.185.37.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm840df7a23-d0d0-4a38-a926-a1861b815366
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