Stamp from Franklin Roosevelt's Collection
Object numberMO 1996.105.6
Name
Stamp, Postage
Maker
Unknown
Date1909
Mediumpaper, cardstock
Dimensionsoverall (card) H 5 in x W 7 in (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm )
DescriptionA Vincentian 1909 red 1d. Peace and Justice postage stamp (Scott 95) from the personal collection of Franklin Roosevelt. The stamp is adhered to the center of a card with printed and handwritten information in black ink that reads: Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection / The above ST. VINCENT 1901 1d bearing the / auctioneer's authentication of origin is guaranteed to be / from the stamp collection of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt / London. W.1. / David Field Ltd. A red ink stamped message below the postage stamp reads: FROM THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT COLLECTION / AUCTIONED FEB., APRIL, 1946 BY H. R. HARMER INC., N.Y. The number "1196" is written in pencil in the upper right corner, and the number "53" in the lower right corner.
The reverse is blank except for the number "5/[?]" written in pencil in the upper right corner.
Label TextFranklin Roosevelt was an avid, lifelong stamp collector who gathered over 1.2 million stamps into his personal collection during the course of his life. He began collecting stamps at the age of eight at the suggestion of his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who passed on her collection to him. The reverse is blank except for the number "5/[?]" written in pencil in the upper right corner.
After FDR's death, his personal stamp collection, including this stamp, was sold at public auction in 1946 in accordance with his wishes.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the FDR Library by Isaac Freedman in 1996.
Credit LineGift of Isaac Freedman
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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