Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
3¢ Statue of Kamehameha I U.S. First Day Cover
Artifact IDMO 1953.685
Object Type
Cover, First Day
Maker
Walter Garfield Crosby
(American, 1881 - 1947)
Date1937
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionA white envelope bearing a violet U.S. 1937 3¢ Statue of Kamehameha I, Hawaii U.S. Territories Issue stamp (Scott 799). On the left side of the envelope is a brown and silver tropical-themed thermographic cachet, titled United States Territories First Day Issue, with the illustration of a beach and the ocean with planes visible in the sky and ships in the water. Set into the bottom of the illustration is a small black and white photographic snapshot of the U.S. Naval Hospital below which is the caption: "PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC" / PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. The envelope is addressed in typed lettering to: President Franklin Roosevelt /1600 Pennsylvania Ave. / Washington, D.C. It is postmarked Honolulu, Hawaii, October 18, 1937 with a FIRST DAY OF ISSUE cancellation. Signed on the reverse of the envelope in ink: W. G. Crosby.
Historical NoteAn admirer mailed President Roosevelt this stamp cover from the Pearl Harbor Naval Station one month before the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack.
Additional Details
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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