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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.
Roosevelt Campaign Stamp Cover
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Roosevelt Campaign Stamp Cover

Artifact IDMO 2004.14.29
Object Type Envelope
Maker (American)
Date1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionA 1944 campaign stamp cover with a pro-Roosevelt cachet. The white envelope bears a violet U.S. 3¢ Win the War Issue stamp (Scott 905). On the left side of the envelope is a cachet consisting of a blue halftone photographic headshot of FDR captioned PRESIDENT OF U.S. / FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT / 1882 32ND PRES. The portrait is flanked by a red white, and blue American flag on the left and a red, white, and blue patriotic shield on the right. Red text above and below reads: Our Wartime President. / We Will win; / So help us God! F.D.R.

The envelope is addressed in printed lettering: Michael Kosko, Jr. / 2450 W. 40th Street / Cleveland, 13 Ohio. It is postmarked Fall River, Kansas, August 29, 1944. There is no return address.
Historical NoteThis stamp cover is one of a number of stamp covers in the Museum collection that highlight FDR’s role as the nation’s commander in chief.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
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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