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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.
U.S. 1940 1¢ Famous Americans Gilbert Charles Stuart Stamp Sheet
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

U.S. 1940 1¢ Famous Americans Gilbert Charles Stuart Stamp Sheet

Artifact IDMO 1958.53.39
Object Type Stamp, Postage
Maker (American, founded 1775)
Date1940
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensionsoverall H 9 in x W 10 1/8 in (22.9 cm x 25.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionA full sheet (no. 22588) of seventy unused U.S. 1940 bright blue-green 1¢ Famous Americans Issue stamps (Scott 884) showing a portrait of artist Gilbert Charles Stuart. The top margin of the sheet has the original ink signatures of "Henry Morgenthau Jr." and "Franklin D. Roosevelt."

On the reverse of the stamp pane is a black ink stamped message that reads: FROM THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT COLLECTION / AUCTIONED FEB., APRIL, 1946 BY H. R. HARMER INC., N.Y.

Historical NoteFranklin 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 sheet – was sold at public auction in 1946 in accordance with his wishes. The sheet 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.
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