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MO 2025.2.7.1-20. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 2025.2.7.1-20. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Willkie Campaign Stamps, 1940
MO 2025.2.7.1-20. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 2025.2.7.1-20. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Willkie Campaign Stamps, 1940

Artifact IDMO 2025.2.7.1-20
Object Type Sticker
Artist (American illustrator, 1885 - 1972)
Publisher (American company)
Date1940
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensionsoverall (each piece) H 2 1/8 in x W 1 3/4 in (5.4 cm x 4.4 cm )
Physical DescriptionA series of 20 separate non-postage "cinderella" stamps promoting Wendell Willkie for President in 1940. Each of the stamps has an illustrated color image either related to Abraham Lincoln, or showing an iconic American building or monument with a caption in the upper right. Along the bottom of each stamp is a red band with black text that reads: "Forward with WILLKIE in the footsteps of LINCOLN / 1860 • 1940."

The artwork for the stamps is by artist Louis Bonhajo (identified as "LB") on the stamps. The stamps were published by Historic Prints & Poster Stamps, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois and copyrighted by R. [Roscoe] L. Parkinson in 1938. The stamps are identified as:

MO 2025. 2.7.1: LINCOLN THE COUNTRY LAWYER
MO 2025. 2.7.2: LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG NOV. 19 1863
MO 2025. 2.7.3: LINCOLN’S BIRTHPLACE HODGENVILLE, KY
MO 2025. 2.7.4: LINCOLN MEMORIAL WASHINGTON, D.C.
MO 2025. 2.7.5: THE CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C.
MO 2025. 2.7.6: STATUE OF LINCOLN WASHINGTON, D.C.
MO 2025. 2.7.7: THE ST. GAUDENS LINCOLN
MO 2025. 2.7.8: THE BOY LINCOLN
MO 2025. 2.7.9: FLAT BOAT TO NEW ORLEANS 1828
MO 2025. 2.7.10: ETERNAL LIGHT PEACE MEMORIAL GETTYSBURG, PA.
MO 2025. 2.7.11: LINCOLN VISITS GRANT 1865
MO 2025. 2.7.12: LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD
MO 2025. 2.7.13: LINCOLN AND ANN RUTLEDGE 1834
MO 2025. 2.7.14: LINCOLN MOVES TO ILLINOIS 1830
MO 2025. 2.7.15: STATUE OF LIBERTY NEW YORK
MO 2025. 2.7.16: LINCOLN’S FIRST NOMINATION MAY 1860
MO 2025. 2.7.17: SIGNING THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
MO 2025. 2.7.18: LINCOLN THE RAIL SPLITTER
MO 2025. 2.7.19: LINCOLN’S TOMB SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
MO 2025. 2.7.20: LINCOLN SPIRT OF AMERICANISM
Historical NoteIn 1938, a sheet of 100 "cinderella" stamps titled, "Abraham Lincoln - Immortal American," was published by the Prints and Poster Stamps, Inc. company and copyrighted by R. L. Parkinson. The sheet included five sets of twenty designs by artist Louis Bonhajo. In 1940, Parkinson reused the stamp designs and, through the Historic Prints & Poster Stamps, Inc. company, issued a sheet of twenty non-postal stamps that included added language promoting Wendell Willkie for president. These stamps are from that sheet of twenty.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesCampaign Memorabilia (National Archives Identifier 778819)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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