6¢ Sheet Stamp Paying Concession Lettersheet Rate
POW air lettersheets could be sent at the military concession air mail rate of 6¢ from March 26, 1944 through September 30, 1946. Currently, the number of solo uses of the 6¢ sheet stamp paying the concession air mail rate is: 3.
Description: POW air lettersheet to Camp Stalag Luft 3 in Germany from Birmingham, Alabama mailed on February 25, 1945 and held by censor in New York until returned to the mails on September 18, 1945.
Owner/Source: Richard Pederson.
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Description: POW air lettersheet to Camp Stalag Luft 4 in Germany from Birmingham, Alabama mailed on February 7, 1945 and held by censor in New York until returned to the mails on November 24, 1945.
Owner/Source: Lot number 1382 in Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Catalog for Sale No. 92 with items from Robert Schlesinger's Prexie Postal History Exhibit. The lot realized $200.
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Description: POW air lettersheet to Camp Stalag Luft 3 in Germany from Hayward, Wisconsin mailed on July 10, 1944.
Owner/Source: Jeff Shapiro from Prexie Era Committee website.
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