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#4909 Hot Rods; FDCUSA; 02, North Carolina, FDOS, UO, MPP #1 D-Day
[F201405]

$5.00

First Day Of Sale - Pinebluff, North Carolina
First Day Of Use - Pinebluff, NC Mailer's Postmark Permit #1

Only 25 Made

D-Day 70th Anniversary - 93 year old U.S. WWII veteran Jim Martin of the 101st Airborne completes a tandem parachute jump onto Utah Beach.

Artwork and text arranged to fit a custom envelope template, laser printed on 8.5" x 11", Southworth White Business 32lb 100% Cotton paper. Each envelope was cut from that paper using an Ellison Prestige Pro Cutter with a custom 6-3/4 envelope die and hand-assembled.

Text of Cachet Front:

D-Day 70th Anniversary
5 June 2014: 93 year old U.S.
WWII veteran Jim Martin of
the 101st Airborne completes
a tandem parachute jump
onto Utah Beach.

Text of Cachet, Back: First Day of Use for Pinebluff, NC Mailerâ€™s Postmark Permit #1
First Day of Sale for affixed Hot Rods stamp

D-Day 6 June 1944 â€“ The largest amphibious attack in history

During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germanyâ€™s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of Franceâ€™s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.