Postal History as Political History: When War Beckoned

 

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1-Fr. Prince Henry 1839-1939 Centenary of Independence Issue Grundhof, 23 August 1939 to South Portland, Maine USA 1-Fr. UPU Post Card Rate

Dear Friends, We are still in Luxembourg, but it is getting too dangerous. All your countrymen and Englishmen are going home, and tomorrow we go to Holland. It is a great pity, but we must go, for when war begins it is impossible. Sincerely, Jack

There is irony in the franking—a stamp from the issue celebrating Luxembourg’s century of independence. 

In more recent times, I suspect similar sentiments were expressed by those leaving Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, as conflict beckoned, not to forget the Ukraine even today.