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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Stamps
 
 
Lot Photo Description
Lot 23
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FDR Exhibitors Working Stock, carton full of stamps, covers, photos, etc. including numerous cacheted covers (many better), WWII Patriotics, covers include unusual usages, errors, foreign include proofs, original photos, signed letters by J. Edger Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc. Plenty here to begin an exhibit.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 24
  FDR Part 1— Letters and Memorabilia, group of signed letters, etc., including five typed letters, signed by Roosevelt: two as Secretary of the Navy (complaining how he has no time for anything but his job), one as Governor of NY, accepting support for his nomination, and two as President. Also, several items from his collection, including autographed Farley souvenir sheets and an autographed WWII Patriotic, additionally, there are several typed letters signed by Eleanor. Fine group.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 25
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FDR Part 2— Essays, etc., small group including two sets of Sol Glass photo essays (early and late stages), vignette essays, post office announcement sheets, plate blocks autographed by designers, engravers, etc.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 26
 
FDR Part 3— FDCs and Usages, over 200 covers of the memorial issue, mostly FDCs, including numerous sets by many of the best designers, plus a group of FDCs on WWII Patriotic covers, several covers signed by Eleanor and children, a VE day Patriotic signed by Truman, plus some unusual usages, including a Chinese newspaper (intact) mailed from San Francisco, rare destinations include Spanish Guinea and Gilbert and Ellice Is., etc. A stunning group that took decades to assemble.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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