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Patriotic Covers
World War II Patriotic cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 908
Description:
"A Setting Son Of The Rising Sun"
Prime Minister Tojo is kicked by the U.S. Army mule in this copyright 1943 cachet by Lee N. Cornell of Wichita, Kansas. Tojo lost power in 1944 and was hung in 1948 as a war criminal.
A strip of three one-cent United States Scott 908 are tied to the cover by the postmark Phoenix, Arizona, September 19, 1943 and boxed slogan cancel Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
Date:
September 19, 1943
Markings:
1 PHOENIX / SEP 19 / 11 AM / 1943 / ARIZ. ; BUY / WAR SAVINGS / BONDS AND STAMPS [cancel]
A Setting Son of the Rising Sun; SC [cachet; the SC at the foot of the donkey indicates artist initials?]
CDPR. 1943 LEE H. CORNELL WICHITA, KS [publisher imprint in lower left corner]
Medium:
paper; ink; adhesive
Dimensions:
8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
Museum ID:
2002.2035.453
Place of Origin:
Arizona
Place of Destination:
Washington
Collection:
