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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.
3¢ Adoption of the Constitution Sesquicentennial U.S. First Day Cover
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

3¢ Adoption of the Constitution Sesquicentennial U.S. First Day Cover

Object numberMO 2013.7.4.3
Name Cover, First Day
Maker
Date1937
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
DescriptionA First Day of Issue stamp cover commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the United States Constitution 1937. On the left side of the white envelope is a printed purple cachet consisting of a large illustration of a lit candle with an inset photographic image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Text in the cachet reads: 1787 1937 / UNITED STATES / CONSTITUTION / The Guiding Light of America / First / Day / Cover / SESQUICENTENNIAL. To the right of the cachet is the original ink signature and the typed title of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Cabinet members: Frances Perkins / Secretary of Labor.

The envelope is addressed to (typed): DR. E. H. FAST / SPRING VALLEY / WISCONSIN. Adhered in the upper right corner of the envelope is a block of four U.S. 1937 bright red violet 3¢ Adoption of the Constitution Sesquicentennial Issue stamps (Scott 798). The envelope is postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1937 with a FIRST DAY OF ISSUE cancellation.

Label TextThis envelope is one in a group of ten First Day covers (MO 2013.7.4.1-10) issued in 1937 in celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the United States Constitution. Each of the covers is signed by a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Cabinet.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Steven M. Lomazow in 2012.
Credit LineGift of Steven M. Lomazow
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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