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Scott #741-3, 745-9 [1934 2c-4c and 6c-10c National Parks, Perforated] GROUP OF 8 First Day Covers, the #741 (the 2c, is accompanied on the envelope by a 1c Parks to make the correct postage rate). #740 (1c) and #744 (5c) are not present in this group for unexplained reasons. (These all came from one estate; I do not think that the two "missing" covers are in what I have, but if they are later discovered, I will send them along to the purchaser at no additional cost.) The covers have neatly typed addresses and are without cachets, BUT... The return address is "THE WHITE HOUSE". These were sent from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt White House, home of the Stamp Collector in Chief! The 3c cover has a normal daily-use Washington machine cancellation. However, all the others bear obviously special, fresh and new, 4-bar handstamped cancellations (NOT special FD cancels as far as I know), which were applied extremely neatly and lightly with obvious philatelic intent. While I do not know all of the facts of outgoing White House mail in 1934, I am aware that it did receive special treatment at either the Franklin or Apex postal substations. That handling and care that was taken for these covers is obvious, but that is what one would expect to be done for FDR, the stamp collecting president! While philatelic mail from the FDR White House probably not scarce (I have not run across such material, but then it is outside my core specialties), this group must be at least "very unusual"! ACTUAL item. |
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