Includes:
1. Axis Extinguishing Permit 1942 (printed in brown and black inks, on a light brown card stock, illustrating a caricature of Adolf Hitler as a salmon, with an America On Guard U.S. Postal Savings 50 cent stamp affixed in the die-cut voided area, inscribed "1942 AXIS EXTINGUISHING PERMIT / SCHICKELGRUBER SALMON" above, "Open Season On Schickelgruber Salmon Get 'Em Before They Spawn This Year" to the left, "This Entitles Bearer To Extinguish An Unlimited Number of Nazi Sea Pirates" to the right and "JOIN TODAY / AIRACOBRA FISHING CLUB" below, measuring 112 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)).
2. Axis Extinguishing License 1942 (printed in brown and black inks, on a light brown card stock, illustrating a caricature of Benito Mussolini as a Bass, with an America On Guard U.S. Postal Savings 10 cent stamp affixed in the die-cut voided area, inscribed ""1942 AXIS EXTINGUISHING LICENSE / BENITO BASS" above, "This Permits Bearer To An Unlimited Number of Benito Bass For The Duration" to the left, "HURRY! Start Today! Help Mussolini Review His Navy In A Glass Bottom Boat" to the right and "JOIN TODAY / AIRACOBRA FISHING CLUB" below, measuring 112 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)).
Together, near extremely fine.
Footnote: The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the Second World War. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat. The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and enabled individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict. Other major users of the type included the Free French, the Royal Air Force, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force.