Description
Barnes-mailed World War II patriotic cover with a Clinton E. Ang cartoon cachet, “Don’t Hang Up Here, The Fighting Is Down Below.” Machine cancel Bartlesville, Oklahoma, SEP 7, 1944 (12:30 PM). Front shows “ANG 12” design number at lower left; sender’s purple corner card A. L. Barnes, Bartlesville, Okla. Addressed to Collector’s Surplus, Kansas City 2, Missouri. Back is blank.
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Stamps: Pair of 1½¢ Martha Washington (Prexie) bister brown, Scott #805-an eye-catching odd-value franking that correctly pays the 3¢ domestic letter rate in 1944
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Cachet maker: Clinton E. Ang (signed “ANG 12”), a sought-after WWII patriotic producer; this parachutists design is seldom seen online among his works
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Condition/appeal: Clean wartime cancel, crisp brown cachet impression, neatly typed address and sender-excellent shelf presence for a WWII/paratrooper theme collection
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Notes: Back is blank; no back credit. Please view all photos for exact condition
Why collectors will like it: authentic 1944 wartime usage from Oklahoma; harder-to-find Ang design with a dramatic paratroop scene; neat odd-value Prexie franking that postal historians appreciate.
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