1_04: Gary Stenberg Shanghailander
1943 August 1, Front side - Envelope from addressed to Gary Sternberg in Shanghai, China.
White envelope with printed handwriting in pencil. Four stamps are present on the right side. All four stamps depict Dr. Sun Yat-sen The dark green 5-cent and lime green 16-cent stamps belong to the third issue of the Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps. Both stamps depict Dr. Sun Yat-sen facing forward. The other two stamps, one orange 8-cent stamp and one blue 50-cent stamp are apart of the fourth issue. Both stamps depict Dr. Sun Yat-sen facing forward. Each stamp has a symbol of the sun at the top center. Two purple cancellations in Mandarin (Chinese) are placed overtop the stamps.
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1_04: Gary Stenberg ShanghailanderEntry/Object ID
2017.1.4Scope and Content
1943 August 1, envelope from addressed to Gary Sternberg in Shanghai, China.Context
Partial excerpt taken from exhibit page Gary Sternberg in Shanghai: Mixing Flour, Water, and German Opera: Gary (Gerd) Sternberg was born in Germany on August 25, 1931 to a Protestant mother and a Jewish father. Although he and his sister were raised and baptized as Protestants, Nazi ideology designated Gary as Jewish. Gary’s father was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp on June 14, 1938. When released January 28, 1939, the family managed to find refuge in Shanghai, China with about 18,000 other mostly-Jewish refugees. Gary’s family lived in Shanghai from May 1939 to July 1948. Herman Sternberg, Gary's father, addressed the envelope and contents to Gary while residing in Shanghai, China. The stamps appearing on the front side of the envelope depict Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, a Chinese revolutionary who founded the Republic of China. Born in 1866, Sun Yat-sen is widely regarded as the “pioneer of the revolution" according to Marie-Claire Bergère, author of Sun Yat-sen. The "revolution" refers to the 1911 uprising that ended the imperial reign in China and began the socialist state. Source: “Sun Yat-Sen | Stanford University Press.” 2024. Stanford University Press. 2024. https://www.sup.org/books/asian- studies/sun-yat-sen.Collection
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