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World War II Patriotic cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 905
Description:
"The Ramparts We Watch"
The words of the cachet recall Francis Scott Key's lyrics for the national anthem — written when America was under attack in an earlier conflict — the shelling of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland's harbor by the British in the War of 1812.
A three-cent United States Scott 905 is affixed to the cover postmarked Niagara Falls, New York, October 15, 1943. Jacques Minkus of New York City published this cachet.
Date:
October 15, 1943
Markings:
2 NIAGARA FALLS / OCT 15 / 5 PM / 1943 / N.Y. [cancel]
THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH [cachet]
Medium:
paper; ink; adhesive
Dimensions:
8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
Museum ID:
2002.2035.344
Place of Origin:
New York
Place of Destination:
New York
Collection:
