Mar 22, 2018 - Sale 2470

Sale 2470 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 585
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
TRUMAN, HARRY S. Group of 9 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, including two additionally signed by Bess Truman. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1960s
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Photograph dated and Signed, 1/2-length portrait showing him shaking hands with JFK. Inscribed in blank lower margin. With a 5-cent "Glow from that Fire Can Truly Light the World" stamp, and a 3-cent "National Capital Sesquicentennial" stamp, both cancelled on May 29, 1964, at lower center. 10x8 inches. Np, 30 January 1967 Signature and date, on an engraved bust portrait by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, showing him in profile. Signed in lower blank margin. With a 6-cent "United States" stamp, cancelled on his birthday, May 8, 1968, at upper left. 12x9 inches. Np, 10 June 1968 Sheet of stamps Signed and Inscribed, "To Mike Zebniak," vertically in margin at upper right. Additionally signed by Bess Truman, vertically below her husband's inscription. The stamps, full sheet of 50 1950 issue 3-cent stamps bearing the image of the White House, plate No. 24219. 10 1/4x9 inches; minor loss to margin at upper right corner (not affecting stamps). Np, nd Card engraved with an image of the White House Signed and Inscribed, "A beautiful House / but not nice as / a permanent / residence!," with four 1950-issue patriotic stamps, cancelled on May 8, 1964, at upper right. 6x8 inches. Np, 10 September 1964 Four First Day Covers, each Signed, one additionally dated 10 December 1967, one additionally signed by Bess Truman, commemorating Truman's inauguration, his visit to Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, JFK's birth, and the Truman Doctrine, each with a stamp cancelled on a relevant date: 20 January 1949, 10 March 1964, 29 May 1967, and 15 March 1967. Each 3 3/4x6 inches. Np, vd Block of two "Correos del Ecuador" stamps Signed and dated, one 3 and the other 5 cents, commemorating the visit of Ecuador's president to Truman in Washington in 1951. Signed in the blank lower margin. 2 1/2x5 inches. Np, 20 December 1967.