Battle of Midway and Code-Breaking Intelligence, 1942

The cachet features a black-and-white illustration of a newspaper front page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin with the headline 'JAPANESE AT MIDWAY SMASHED' and subheadings about enemy damage and U.S. casualties. Below the artwork is explanatory text describing the American victory at Midway on June…
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This cover features a striking black-and-white cachet reproduction of a Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper headline announcing the American victory at the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, highlighting the crucial role of broken Japanese naval codes in the triumph. The 29-cent stamp depicts the code-breaking efforts of the Allies during WWII, showing headphones, a pencil, and encrypted text. Hand-cancelled in Indianapolis on August 17, 1992, this cover by Technical Cachets commemorates one of the Pacific War's most significant turning points.

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Aug. 17, 1992 Indianapolis, IN, US (46206)

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The cachet features a black-and-white illustration of a newspaper front page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin with the headline 'JAPANESE AT MIDWAY SMASHED' and subheadings about enemy damage and U.S. casualties. Below the artwork is explanatory text describing the American victory at Midway on June 4, 1942, and the role of broken Japanese naval codes, with the title 'Midway: Turning point in Pacific naval war.' The 29-cent USA stamp depicts headphones, a pencil, and coded text, captioned 'Allies decipher secret enemy codes, 1942.' The postmark is a circular hand cancel from Indianapolis, IN dated August 17, 1992.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)