COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
Date:
1943
Short Title:
Covers and Text: Japanese World War II Military Mail Envelope.
Publisher:
Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
Publisher Location:
(Tokyo)
Type:
Covers
Type:
Text Page
Obj Height cm:
10
Obj Width cm:
16
Note:
A clever preprinted envelope for use by Japanese Imperial military, listing and illustrating the battles and victories of the Imperial forces. Printed February 1943 (Showa 18). A remarkable envelope in that as it is unfolded two sticks pop up with a string strung between them. Little paper flags hang from the string including those of Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Vichy France. The background is a map of the world with vignettes of battle scenes. Watermark on area reserved for writing a message reads, "Willing to keep shooting [fighting] until I die" - apparently a motto of the military. Label shows it is military mail. Text indicates where to put paste. Has the cypress figure of East Asia Messenger Army and patent application and design registration numbers.
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Emblems (Flags, Coats-of-Arms)
Full Title:
(Covers and Text page to) (Japanese World War II Military Mail Envelope).
List No:
9602.001
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
Pub Date:
1943
Pub Title:
Japanese World War II Military Mail Envelope and Map.
Pub Note:
A clever preprinted envelope for use by Japanese Imperial military, listing and illustrating the battles and victories of the Imperial forces. Printed February 1943 (Showa 18). A remarkable envelope in that as it is unfolded two sticks pop up with a string strung between them. Little paper flags hang from the string including those of Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Vichy France. The background is a map of the world with vignettes of battle scenes. Watermark on area reserved for writing a message reads, "Willing to keep shooting [fighting] until I die" - apparently a motto of the military. Label shows it is military mail. Text indicates where to put paste. Has the cypress figure of East Asia Messenger Army and patent application and design registration numbers.
Pub List No:
9602.000
Pub Type:
Ephemera
Pub Type:
Letter
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
10
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
9602001.jp2
Authors:
Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
Link To Source
Covers and Text: Japanese World War II Military Mail Envelope.
