Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
USS Buck Launching Commemorative Cover
Object numberMO 1953.17
Name
Cover, Commemorative
Issuing Body
Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association
(American organization)
Date1939
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
DescriptionA stamp cover commemorating the 1939 launching of the U.S. Navy destroyer, USS BUCK (DD-420). On the left side of the envelope is a blue and red cachet consisting of an illustration of activity on the deck of the sloop-of-war USS BROOKLYN during the American Civil War with a caption below that explains the reasoning behind the naming of the USS BUCK: QUARTER-MASTER JAMES BUCK SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, STANDING AT THE WHEEL OF THE U.S.S. BROOKLYN DURING ENGAGEMENT WITH FORT JACKSON BELOW NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 24 AND 25, 1862. Additional text on the cachet reads: PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD / LAUNCHING / DESTROYER NO 420 / U.S.S. BUCK / MAY 22, 1939 / CACHET of PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
The envelope is addressed to (handwritten in ink): Franklin D. Roosevelt / White House / Washington / D. C. There is no return address. Adhered in the upper right corner of the envelope are two U.S. stamps: a 1938 green 1¢ George Washington stamp (Scott 804), and a 1938 rose carmine 2¢ John Adams stamp (Scott 806). The envelope is postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1939, with a "BUY U.S. SAVINGS / BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER" cancellation.
Additional DetailsThe envelope is addressed to (handwritten in ink): Franklin D. Roosevelt / White House / Washington / D. C. There is no return address. Adhered in the upper right corner of the envelope are two U.S. stamps: a 1938 green 1¢ George Washington stamp (Scott 804), and a 1938 rose carmine 2¢ John Adams stamp (Scott 806). The envelope is postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1939, with a "BUY U.S. SAVINGS / BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER" cancellation.
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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