Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
USS Massachusetts Launching Commemorative Cover
Object numberMO 1953.65
Name
Cover, Commemorative
Maker
R. Cholmers
Issuing Body
Folcut Covers
(American)
Date1941
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
Descriptiona) A stamp cover commemorating the 1941 launching of the U.S. Navy battleship, USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59). On the left side of the envelope is a round red and blue cachet featuring a blue silhouette illustration of a Navy ship within a red outline map of Massachusetts. Text above, below, and encircling the illustration reads: “U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS / LAUNCHED / FORE RIVER / MASS / SPONSOR – MRS. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.” The cachet designer’s name is at the bottom of the illustration: “R. Cholmers.” Typed and handwritten below the cachet: “Personal. / see inside).” There is no return address on the envelope
The envelope is addressed to (typed): “President Franklin Roosevelt, / White House, / Washington, D.C." Adhered in the upper right corner of the envelope is a U.S. 1940 red 2¢ Defense postage stamp (Scott 900). The envelope is postmarked U. S. Navy, September 23, 1941 with "USS MASS. / LAUNCHED" cancellation.
b) Inside the envelope is a blue paper insert advertising Folcut Covers, “Cachets of Distinction,” in Kittery Point, Maine.
Additional DetailsThe envelope is addressed to (typed): “President Franklin Roosevelt, / White House, / Washington, D.C." Adhered in the upper right corner of the envelope is a U.S. 1940 red 2¢ Defense postage stamp (Scott 900). The envelope is postmarked U. S. Navy, September 23, 1941 with "USS MASS. / LAUNCHED" cancellation.
b) Inside the envelope is a blue paper insert advertising Folcut Covers, “Cachets of Distinction,” in Kittery Point, Maine.
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)
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