|
74 First-Day Covers Dealing with World War II and Space Exploration.
Lot 249. 74 First-Day Covers Dealing with World War II and Space Exploration. Most of the covers deal with WWII. In 1994, Mercury of England issued five FDCs to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Each contains a coin, including two one-crown coins and two two-pound coins. Winston Churchill and Field Marshall Montgomery are among the subjects pictured. Five more D-Day FDCs from Colorano of England commemorate the 40th anniversary of D-Day and feature “silk” cachets of Gen. Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill, De Gaulle and President Roosevelt. Four more British FDCs from 1998 focus on the 1944 Battle of Arnhem. Artmaster of Louisville created 36 of the FDS mark WWII events spanning 1941-45. Ten FDCs are from 1991, nine from 1992, 10 from 1994 and seven from 1995. Subjects include Pearl Harbor, food rationing, the Battle of Coral Sea and Iwo Jima. Ten1993 envelopes Artcraft, all the same, are titled “Commemorating World War II, 1943. Turning the Tide, Allies Invade Sicily and Italy.” Each envelope has a different WWII-related 32-cent stamp. Ten miscellaneous FDCs feature Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. Claire Chennault, the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marines, U.S. forces retaking New Guinea, the National World War II Memorial and Eddie Rickenbacker and Billy Mitchell. A 1994 French FDC observes D-Day. In addition, there are three space-related FDCs: 1992 Theodore von Marman, from Fleetwood in 1992, the Manned Lunar Landing and the Space Shuttle “Columbia.” These envelopes average nm.
Winning Bid $50.
Back to List
|
|
|
|
