Description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in black. The text
is integrated and positioned in the lower left, in black and in white, and in the lower quarter, in black and in white outlined black.
Further text is separate and positioned across the bottom edge, in black, and set against an orange background. All held within a black
border.
image: a depiction of Peace standing next to the ruins of Rheims Cathedral, her left hand resting on one of the two towers. The rising sun
is positioned behind her head. A depiction of a postage stamp featuring Rheims Cathedral is positioned in the lower left.
text: PAX [Translation: 'Peace']
VREDE ZEGEL
AAN ALLE POSTKANTOREN
5ct
PAX
5ct
VERITAS [Translation: 'Truth']
LIBERTAS [Translation: 'Liberty']
JUSTITIA [Translation: 'Justice']
Gerard Vroom
TOT WEDEROPBOUW VANDE KATHEDRAAL VAN REIMS OP ELKEN BRIEF EEN ZEGEL!
HOOFD-COMITÉ TE KOPENHAGEN:
Eere-Voorzitster: PRINCES MARGARETHA VAN DENEMARKEN.
VERDERE COMITÉ'S IN Engeland, Frankrijk, België, Zweden, Noorwegen, Polen, Portugal, Vereenigde Staten van Amerika, Brazilië, Argentinië,
Mexico, Japan enz.
EERE-COMITÉ VOOR NEDERLAND:
Monseigneur VAN DE WETERING, Aartsbisschop van Utrecht.
CHARLES BENOIST, Minister van Frankrijk in Nederland.
Z.E. O. KRAG, Minister van Denemarken in Nederland.
Secretariaat: H. DE SAUVAGE NOLTING, te Dordrecht.
DRUK GEUZE, DORDRECHT.
[Pax peace stamp to all postoffices. 5 cents. Pax. 5 cents. Veritas Libertas Justitia. For the reconstruction of Rheims Cathedral on every
letter a stamp! Leading committee in Copenhagen: Honorary Chairwoman: Princess Margaretha of Denmark. Further committees in England,
France, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United States of America, Brazil, Argentinia, Mexico, Japan etc. Honorary committee for
the Netherlands: Monsignor Van de Wetering, Archbishop of Utrecht. Charles benoist, Minister of France in the Netherlands. HG O. Krag,
Minister of Denmark in the Netherlands. Secretariat: H. de Sauvage Nolting, in Dordrecht. Print geuze, Dordrecht]
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