"One Day Nearer to Victory"

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20056949

Description

This envelope features a unique railway post-office cancellation stamp with the phrase "One Day Nearer to Victory." The envelope was furnished by Carl L. McCluney, of Fort Worth, Texas. He sent it to the Stamp Editor, John S. Sparks Junior, at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In addition to the stamp, the envelope features a drawing of three bombers with the phrase, "Tokyo: Triumphantly we will come!"

Archival Date

1943-05-02

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1731

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Postage Stamps; Commemorative postage stamps; Propaganda; War propaganda; Correspondence; Tokyo (Japan)