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Collection of Political Figures Signed Postage Stamp Display (40+)

A very unique and interesting collection of more than 40 signatures related to politics signed on card panel displays that include US postage stamps (some with postal cancellation) of a topic associated with the signer displayed in a stamp mount on the card. Signatures include James Roosevelt (eldest son on Eleanor Roosevelt displayed with her picture postage) accompanied by a signed Congressional letterhead letter); Rev. Bernard Braskamp (Chaplain of US House of Representatives, 88th Congress displayed with stamp honoring four immortal chaplains lost on the sinking of the Dorchester during WWII); Several signers displayed with a JFK Memorial stamp including Pierre Salinger (JFK Press Secretary), William Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor), Robert S. McNamara (Secretary of Defense), John McCormack (Speaker of the House- also accompanied by his signed House letterhead letter, Dean Rusk (2) (Secretary of State), Douglas Dillon (Secretary of Treasury), and South Dakota Governor Archie Grubbud. Other former Governors are included as well with interesting postage pertaining to their state / territory including Ralph Paiewonsky (Virgin Island), Luis Munez-Martin (Puerto Rico), Henry Bellmon (Oklahoma), James Rhodes (Ohio), Mark O. Hatfield (Oregon), Donald Russel (South Carolina), John Chafee (Rhode Island), George C. Wallace (1964 Presidential candidate, Gov. of Alabama), Frank Clement (Tennessee) and William S. Scranton (2) (Pennsylvania including a panel displayed with Abraham Lincoln stamps to recognize his 1964 Republican Presidential candidacy). One other display with an attractive Abraham Lincoln postage is signed by Senator Barry Goldwater. Other senators included in this collection are Everett Dirksen (Illinois), Kenneth Keating (New York), Margaret Chase Smith (Maine with an accompanying signed Senate letterhead letter), and Carl Hayden (Arizona). Among other notable signers included in the collection is a signature cut displayed with a newsprint picture of Bernard Baruch, financier and statesman and close adviser to Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt during both World Wars; Henry Wallace (Vice President under President Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge (signed as former Ambassador to Vietnam).

Dimensions: Most panels measure 3.5 X 6.5.

Condition: Very Good.

Authenticity: Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity.
Collection of Political Figures Signed Postage Stamp Display (40+)
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