Lot 1063
World War II Mail, Nine pages consisting of "Morale Boosters", a printed thank-you card from an RAF sergeant the students of an English girl's school, thanking them for a carton of cigarettes and a German feldpost card featuring the lyrics to the popular song "Lili Marleen"; "Sad News" covers informing families that their loved ones (both German and American) had been either taken prisoner or missing in action; letters home from two American POWs in Germany; a 1945 V-Mail Valentine in its full size before being reduced for mailing, from an American G.I. with his own cartoon drawing of himself marching toward Berlin and his handwritten verse, "I'd give a cool million, to be a civilian, and treat you to flowers and wine. But on the trail of the Heinie, my chances are tiny - here's a V-Mail Valentine", and three pages of covers illustrating the worldwide "postal chaos" caused by the war.
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $500 |
