Florida First Flight U.S. Commemorative Cover
Object numberMO 1949.129.2.20
Name
Cover, Commemorative
Maker
Unknown
Date1937
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 4 1/8 in x W 9 1/2 in (10.5 cm x 24.1 cm )
DescriptionA stamp cover commemorating the first all Florida U.S. air mail flight in 1937. On the left side of the white air mail envelope is a stamped teal ink cachet in the form of a box with an illustration of a celery stalk at the center. Text above and below the illustration reads: FIRST ALL FLORIDA / AIR MAIL FLIGHT / AUG. 23 – 30, 1937 / SANFORD, FLA. / THE CELERY CITY / The Great Silver Fleet / EASTERN AIR LINES / U.S. MAIL ---- EXPRESS ---- PASSENGERS. Above the cachet is the original ink signature of the Sanford postmaster: R. J. Holly, P.M.
The envelope is addressed to (typed): President Franklin D. Roosevelt / Washington / D. C. In the upper right corner of the envelope is a preprinted U.S. 1934 orange 6¢ Air Mail postage stamp (Scott UC3). The envelope is postmarked Sanford, Florida, August 26, 1937.
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 envelope is addressed to (typed): President Franklin D. Roosevelt / Washington / D. C. In the upper right corner of the envelope is a preprinted U.S. 1934 orange 6¢ Air Mail postage stamp (Scott UC3). The envelope is postmarked Sanford, Florida, August 26, 1937.
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.Collections
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