What is Operation Cornflakes?
[[File:Futschesreich.jpg|thumb|300px|<small>The original German stamp and two fake stamps printed by the American intelligence for Operation Cornflakes</small>]] The '''Operation Cornflakes''' occurred in February – March 1945 during [[World War II]]. It was a [[military]] [[propaganda]] provocation operation of the American [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]] in the enemy territory. Fake stamps similar to real issues of German [[postage stamp]]s were produced and spread in the hostile territory. In [[Philately|philatelic]] terms, they are illegal and have status of [[Forgery|forgeries]], [[falsification]] (fakes) or [[cinderella]]s. The specific case of passage by mail was an interesting operation of Intelligence; otherwise, stamps in the circulation would be identified and destroyed by [[Postal service|post]] employees and/or intelligence agencies of victim state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111038/Operation-Cornflakes-How-Allies-delivered-propaganda-Nazi-Germany--just-time-breakfast.html|title=Operation Cornflakes: How the Allies went postal in the secret propaganda war against the Nazis|author=Gayle, D|date=2012-03-06|work=MailOnline: News|publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd, Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group|accessdate=2015-05-12|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YTHKgS0m?url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111038/Operation-Cornflakes-How-Allies-delivered-propaganda-Nazi-Germany--just-time-breakfast.html|archivedate=2015-05-12|url-status=live}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Label (philately)]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.askphil.org/b25l.htm Cinderella,]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506163631/http://www.askphil.org/b25l.htm |date=2012-05-06 }} ''AskPhil'' {{history-stub}} [[Category:Philately]] [[Category:World War II]] [[Category:Espionage]] [[Category:1945 establishments]] [[Category:Forgeries]]