Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 4
Original Cartoon Artwork of FDR, from the President’s Own “Bouquets & Brickbats” Collection.
Estimate: $600 - $900
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| $500 | $50 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Original Cartoon Artwork of FDR, from the President’s Own “Bouquets & Brickbats” Collection. Envelope (6 ½ x 3 ¾”) with original color artwork of Roosevelt, signed by the artist “Whipple Y. Chester/May 19, 1938.” With sixteen-cent Special Delivery and two six-cent Air Mail stamps affixed, postmarked Bellingham, Washington. Label cachet, National Air Mail Week, May 15—21, 1938. With the White Ace stamp album page onto which it was previously affixed, bearing an image of FDR and headed “Frankin Delano Roosevelt Postage Stamp Issues.” Provenance: Acquired by the consigner from the grandson of Jacques Minkus (1901—1996), who purchased the entire “Bouquets & Brickbats” collection from auctioneer H.R. Harmer, who sold the president’s stamp collection in 1946.
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