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Stamp Details

General Info

Sword of Light
5p
01-Jul-1940
Unknown
0
14 x 15
Typography
Dark Violet
IE002 - Wm. 2 "e" multiple
Regular Issue

In Collection

None

1940 in History


Iran 6/27/1940
   Germans Begin Using Enigma
The Germans in occupied French territory set up two-way radio communication using Enigma to transmit coded information during World War II.

United States 7/20/1940
   Billboard's First Single Chart
Billboard published its first singles record chart.  The number one spot was "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey and sung by Frank Sinatra.


Franklin D Roosevelt (3/4/1933-4/12/1945)
Winston Churchill (5/10/1940-7/26/1945)
Adolf Hitler (8/2/1934-4/30/1945)







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