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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
1938 National Air Mail Week U.S. Commemorative Card
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

1938 National Air Mail Week U.S. Commemorative Card

Object numberMO 1949.129.1.74b
Name Card, Commemorative
Maker
Date1938
Mediumcardstock, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 in x W 5 1/2 in (7.6 cm x 14 cm )
DescriptionA small cardstock card on which is a stamped cachet commemorating National Air Mail Week in 1938. The purple ink cachet consists of a circle within which is the illustration of an airplane and text that reads: NATIONAL AIR MAIL WEEK / MAY 15-21 1938 / 20th Anniversary / SILVER CREEK / N. Y. Below the cachet is the original ink signature of the Silver Creek postmaster: James O. Bennett / Postmaster. The card is postmarked Silver Creek, New York, May 20, 1938.

The card is inserted into a commemorative stamp cover on which the same cachet design is stamped (see MO 1949.129.1.74a).
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.

After FDR's death, his personal stamp collection, including this stamp cover, was sold at public auction in 1946 in accordance with his wishes.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteLent to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Charles M. Abbott in 1949. It was donated as a bequest of Abbott to the Library in 1952.
Credit LineGift of Charles M. Abbott
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.
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