F05_P05: Undercover Address Rua Alexandre Herculans 41, Lisbon
1943 August 3, Front side - Post card from Tarnobrzeg, Poland to undercover address in Lisbon, Portugal.
Tan post card with printed text and outline in German using purple ink. Cursive handwriting in black ink is present. At the top right corner, a purple ink 12-pfennig imprinted stamp appears depicting a courtyard at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. At the left side, two blue 40-pfennig stamps depicting Adolf Hitler are present.
Name/Title
F05_P05: Undercover Address Rua Alexandre Herculans 41, LisbonEntry/Object ID
2008.4.88Scope and Content
1943 August 3, post card from Tarnobrzeg, Poland to undercover address in Lisbon, Portugal.Context
Rua Alexandre Herculans 41, Lisbon, Portugal, was an undercover address used by Polish Red Cross headquarters in London, which also served as cover for coded clandestine communication with the Polish Navy in Exile. An August 3, 1943, registered postal card from Tarnobrzeg, Poland, to the Rua Alexandre Herculans 41, Lisbon, undercover address, censored at Munich. On the back is a circular August 14 Lisbon Central arrival registry datestamp.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material