Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
U.S. 1934 3¢ Wisconsin Tercentenary Stamp Pane
Object numberMO 1958.53.2
Name
Stamp, Postage
Maker
United States Postal Service
(American, founded 1775)
Date1934
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensionsoverall H 10 5/8 in x W 7 5/8 in (27 cm x 19.4 cm )
DescriptionA full pane of fifty unused U.S. 1934 purple 3¢ Wisconsin Tercentenary stamps (Scott 739) showing Nicolet's Landing on the shores of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The pane is from stamp sheet no. F 21244. The top margin of the sheet has the original ink signatures of "Franklin D. Roosevelt" and "Henry Morgenthau Jr." A black ink stamped message in the sheet's right margin reads: FROM THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT COLLECTION / AUCTIONED FEB., APRIL, 1946 BY H. R. HARMER INC., N.Y.
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 pane – was sold at public auction in 1946 in accordance with his wishes. The pane is one in a group of fifty U.S. stamp sheets and panes (MO 1958.53.1-50) signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and others.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Joseph S. Lindemann in 1958.
Credit LineGift of Joseph S. Lindemann
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
Non exposé