Battle of Midway Victory & Women War Workers

The cachet features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper front page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Extra edition with the headline 'Japanese Smashed at Midway,' including subheadings about enemy damage and U.S. casualties. Below the illustration, printed text provides historical context about …
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This cover celebrates two pivotal aspects of American World War II history: the decisive naval victory at Midway on June 4, 1942, depicted in the hand-drawn cachet showing a Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper headline, and the 29-cent stamp featuring a woman factory worker representing the millions of women who joined the war effort. Created by Technical Cachets and postmarked from Indianapolis, Indiana on August 17, 1992, the cover links a major military turning point with the vital home front contribution of American women.

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Aug. 17, 1992 Indianapolis, IN, US (46260)

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The cachet features a hand-drawn illustration of a newspaper front page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Extra edition with the headline 'Japanese Smashed at Midway,' including subheadings about enemy damage and U.S. casualties. Below the illustration, printed text provides historical context about the American victory at Midway on June 4, 1942. The stamp is a 29-cent USA issue depicting a woman working in a wartime factory with the caption 'Millions of women join war effort, 1942.' The postmark is a round date cancel from Indianapolis, Indiana, dated August 17, 1992.

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