WWII Events of 1943         This is a group of 132 covers by Fidelity, Linto, Staehle, Boone, Zunks, and others commemorating specific war events of 1943, not just covers canceled in 1943 that many dealers promote as 1943 patriotic covers. Most of the major cachet-makers were not active until 1944 and 1945, so it is very difficult to find covers for specific events in the early years of the war. Many of these covers are very scarce today. They are listed below in date order.           Please order by cover number. Prices are cheap! They're way under dealer and auction prices. All covers will be sent by first class or Priority Mail. You, the buyer, pay only the exact postage plus 50c per order for packaging and handling.        To make sure you get what you want, e-mail me at SwapMeetDave@aol.com and I'll set aside the items you want and ship them upon receipt of your check or money order. I also accept Pay Pal (pay to my account: SwapMeetDave@aol.com). Send your order with payment to David Ahl, 12 Indian Head Road, Morristown, NJ 07960. Thank you!

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E301. Staehle/Smart Craft, SOLD E302. Linto, 7 of 15, $35.00 E203. Fidelity env, $35.00 E304. Fidelity env, $35.00 E305. Fidelity env, $35.00 E306. Sayama, censored stamp on back, rare, SOLD E307. Jap Pt Moresby Raid in killer bars, $35.00 E308. Linto, 13 of 26, SOLD E309. Linto, 3 of 15, SOLD E310. Linto, 11 of 30, $25.00 E311. Fidelity env, $30.00 E312. Boone env, SOLD E313. Linto, 12 of 15, $30.00 E314. Linto, 18 of 25, $12.00 E315. Linto, 14 of 25, $20.00 E316. Boone env, SOLD E317. Linto, 12 of 15, $30.00 E318. Boone env, SOLD E319. Crosby, Sicily invasion, SOLD E320. Crosby, Sicily invasion, $30.00 E321. Linto, 24 of 25, $25.00 E322. Fidelity env, $30.00 E323. Fidelity env, $30.00 E324. Boone env, SOLD E325. Fidelity env, $30.00 E326. Staehle, Smart Craft, Canada, SOLD E327. Fidelity env, $30.00 E328. Backdated fake?, $35.00 E329. Fidelity env, $30.00 E330. Fidelity env, $30.00 E331. Cuzbay fraud?, $35.00 E332. Fidelity env, $30.00 E333. Order of Zunks, SOLD E334. McCluney, seldom seen, $25.00 E335. Staehle, dated, Ike only, SOLD E336. Andrews cachet, scarce, $25.00 E337. Andrews cachet, scarce, $25.00 E338. Boone env, SOLD E339. Fidelity env, $30.00 E340. Fidelity env, $30.00 E341. Linto, 10 of 15, $25.00 E342. Staehle, Italy joins Allies SOLD E343. Order of Zunks, $30.00 E344. Fidelity env, $30.00 E345. Fidelity env, $30.00 E346. Teixeira, signed, censored, SOLD E347. Fidelity env, $30.00 E348. Fidelity env, SOLD E349. Fidelity env, $30.00 E350. Staehle, Smart Craft, SOLD E351. Staehle, review of 1943, SOLD E352. Ludwig Staehle produced a set of four covers for the 1943 invasion of Sicily with images of Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery, Patton, and Clark. This scarce set of all four covers, canceled at different APOs in 1944, with Army Examiner markings is priced at only $110.00. SOLD

Additional Patriotic covers by William S. Linto (not pictured) E356 1/26/43 Churchill and Roosevelt Confer at Casablanca, 11 of 16 $25.00 E357 2/14/43 Russians Captured Rostov, 5 of 15 $25.00 E358 2/16/43 Russians Captured Kharkov, 3 of 15 $25.00 E359 3/3/43 22 Jap Ships Sunk, 5 of 15 $25.00 E362 4/4/43 Congress can solve manpower shortage. 133 U.S. Planes Bomb Paris (in cancel), 25 of 35 $25.00 E363 4/18/43 Hirohito wants to be Very Happy. Wasp Stung Rats One Year Ago (in cancel), 1 of 26 SOLD E364 4/20/43 Measure your patriotism with Bonds. R.F.D. in Mexico (in killer bars), 19 of 35 $15.00 E365 4/25/43 Do not patronize black markets. Dace Launched (in killer bars), 19 of 25 $15.00 E366 4/25/43 Hitler Says Ranger Sunk, 1 of 25 SOLD E367 4/27/43 Buy bonds today. Allies 23 Miles from Tunis (in killer bars), 13 of 20 $15.00 E368 4/28/43 Blast the Axis now. Allies 21 Miles from Tunis (in killer bars), 41 of 50 SOLD E369 5/9/43 Who ever saw a Real American-Jap? Sub Shells Jap Coast (in killer bars), 3 of 25 $15.00 E370 5/12/43 Battle in Africa Won by Allies, Von Arnim Captured, 10 of 15 SOLD E373 5/19/43 African Victory Day, Next Berloin. 11 of 15 $25.00 E375 5/22/43 Stalin Dessilves the Comintern in interest of int'l peace, 7 of 12 SOLD E376 5/30/43 American Flag Again Flies Over Island of Attu, 10 of 15 $25.00 E377 6/1/43 Second Coal Miners' Strike Started, 4 of 15 $15.00 E379 6/3/43 Roosevelt Orders Coal Miners Back to Work, 3 of 15 $15.00 E380 6/10/43 Make Ickes Japs' Custodian at his own expense, 16 of 24 SOLD E381 6/10/43 PC-622 Decommissioned, Roosevelt Gives ship to Greeks, 14 of 15 $15.00 E382 6/11/43 Roosevelt signs "Pay-As-You-Go" Income Tax Bill, 7 of 15 $15.00 E383 6/11/43 Pantelleria Occupied, African Victory, On to Berlin. 9 of 15 $20.00 E384 6/12/43 Thank God you on the home front... USS Grampus Reported Lost (in cancel), 11 of 25 $15.00 E385 6/12/43 Remember, Buy Bonds. USS Amberjack Reported Lost (in cancel), 20 of 25 $15.00 E386 6/12/43 Buy Bonds today. Lampedusa Occupied (in cancel), 10 of 24 $12.00 E387 6/12/43 Lampedusa and Linosa Islands Surrender to Allies, 11 of 15 $20.00 E389 6/20/43 Race Riots in Detroit, Mich., 5 of 15 $15.00 E390 6/20/43 Coal Miners Strike for the Third Time, 6 of 15 $15.00 E391 6/22/43 Union Chiefs Order Coal Miners Back to Work, 8 of 15 $15.00 E392 6/23/43 Beware of black markets. USS Quincy Launched (in cancel), 10 of 25 $15.00 E394 6/25/43 Congress Votes No-Strike Bill Into Law Over Roosevelt's Veto, 6 of 15 $15.00 E395 6/25/43 Buy Bonds today. Anti-Strike Bill is the Law (in cancel), 21 of 25 $12.00 E397 6/26/43 Senate and Congress Kill OPA Roll Back Plan, 8 of 15 $12.00 E398 7/6/43 Buy Bonds today. USS Helen Sunk (in killer bars) $15.00 E399 7/6/43 Nazis Open Third Major Summer Offensive Against Russia, 12 of 15 $25.00 Ev301 7/7/43 Roosevelt, Giraud Meet in Washington, 6th Anniv of China-Jap War, 12 of 15 $15.00 Ev302 7/13/43 Hold the line to prevent inflation, Martinique Joins Allies (in cancel), 7 of 25 $12.00 Ev303 7/17/43 $25 for $18.75. Italy Refuses to Surrender (in cancel), 24 of 25 $25.00 Ev304 7/19/43 Calling all dollars. Yanks Bomb Rome (in killer bars), 25 of 31 $25.00 Ev305 9/13/43 Round Three Invasion Bond Drive. 2-line add-on: Buckingham Palace Bombed by German Air Raiders, 33 of 36 $20.00 Ev307 9/18/43 Thank you Mr Ickes for Securing Truce in Miners' Strike, 9 of 27 $12.00 Ev309 9/21/43 South Italy an arc from Salerno to Bari in Allied Hands, 14 of 15 $25.00 Ev310 9/27/43 What are we fighting for? Japs buying lard in Oregon. 2-line add-on: Victory Fleet Day, Sept 27, 19436 of 32 SOLD Ev311 9/27/43 Victory Fleet Day, buy Victory Bonds. 2-line add-on: 9/27/40 Japs sign with Axis, 9/27/39 Germans Capture Warsaw, 11 of 40 SOLD Ev312 10/12/43 Prevent Fires. 2-line add-on: Columbus Day, Oct 12, 1943, Portugal Grants Allies Bases at Azores, 38 of 38 $20.00 Ev316 10/25/43 Dnieper Bastions Fall to Russians, held by Nazis over 2 years, 8 of 15 $25.00 Ev317 10/27/43 Now more than ever, Buy More Bonds, 2-line add-on: 10/27/41 Roosevelt said, "The shooting has started." 31 of 32 SOLD Ev318 10/27/43 Ev318 to Ev325 are Cachet variations of Ev318 SOLD Ev326 10/27/43 Navy Day. 2-line add-on: US Planes bomb Lungling in western Yunnan province, 30 of 41 $20.00 Ev327 11/2/43 Tule Lake, CA, Interned Japs start trouble, 1 of 15 SOLD Ev328 12/2/43 17 Allied Ships Sunk by Germans at Bari, Italy, 2 of 15 $25.00 Ev329 12/27/43 Did democracy fade out with the New Deal? 2-line add-on: 12/27/43-German Battleship Scarnhorst sunk by British, 38 of 39 $20.00 Ev330 12/27/43 Same as Ev329 with Liberty Bell cachet $20.00 Ev331 12/28/43 Dillon Myer thinks he is the social uplifter for the slimy Jap rats! 2-line add-on: Rationing of canned goods announced, 19 of 41 SOLD Ev333 12/28/43 Same add-on as Ev331 w/Walter Winchell cachet, 7 of 43 $12.00

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