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Lot 410
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$300 -
500
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$438
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Lot Description
[FIRST LADY FREE FRANKS]. A group of autograph free franks by Ida Saxton McKinley (1847-1907) and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948), comprising:
McKINLEY, Ida. "Mrs. Ida S. McKinley", on mourning envelope, to Mrs. Hobart, Washington D.C., postmarked Canton, Ohio, 5 March 1904. -- McKINLEY, Ida. "Mrs. Ida S. McKinley", on mourning envelope, to David Dwight-Biggin, Secretary of Gibson Monument Commission, Tiffin, Ohio, postmarked Canton, Ohio, 11 October 1906. With condolence card. -- ROOSEVELT, Edith. "Free, Edith K. Roosevelt", on blue illustrated Herbert Hoover presidential campaign envelope, to Mrs. Fernande Allen, New York City, no postmark. -- ROOSEVELT, Edith. "Free, Edith K. Roosevelt", on pink illustrated Herbert Hoover presidential campaign envelope, to Mrs. Norman James, Baltimore, MD, postmarked Oyster Bay, NY, 14 August 1932. -- ROOSEVELT, Edith. "Free, Edith C. Roosevelt", on envelope, to Mr. James S. Broswell, Woodstock, VT, postmarked Oyster Bay, NY, 7 December 1928. -- ROOSEVELT, Edith. A group of 11 autograph free franks, on various envelopes to various recipients, and 6 additional envelopes stamped, or signed with initials. -- Together 22 items.