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05:24:51am
De mortuis loqui nil nisi bonum.
My parents thought FDR was the spawn of Satan.
I must have been at least fifteen before I discovered
he did not have a pointed tail coiled up behind his
wheel chair.
Oh well, that is the way it was.
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Hmmmm. His neighbors a few miles South of me never voted for him even though his family employed quite a few of them. I have mixed feelings ...he certainly had flaws but look at what he had to deal with while in office.
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I have both books published by Linn's Stamp News about the Stamp Collecting President. A great read!
I have a cover from the Collection of the late President, as well as a Postal Truck souvenir sheet.
David
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12:23:04pm
From my "Mail to Famous People" collection:
Roy
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12:44:34am
" ... but look at what he had to deal with while in office. ..."
I agree. He as a wealthy man, and could easily have retired to Campobello
to read and enjoy what life he had, perhaps just writing his thoughts and
opinions to newspapers and influential friends as Churchill did when he
was out of office.
But he chose the less travelled road and changed the country. He made his
missteps, but his accomplishments far outweighed those faux pas.s, Most
youngsters have no idea of the things that he pushed which make life easier
today.
My grand daughter once said, "Oh, he is one of the mountain statue guys on
that stamp."
Well, at least they taught her the last name guy and did not confuse him
with Fredrick Douglas..
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there are two schools of economics when a country is in trouble: austerity and pump priming. And a million permutations of the two. He chose the latter, and went full out. AND he developed a system so that those who were hurt the hardest (by the activities of others) would be somewhat cushioned.
He also did OK as a war-time president.
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One of my covers for FDR
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Here's another one.
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These two are interesting
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is that Truman cover posted 6 hours early?
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09:47:53am
I read somewhere that during his last years,
FDR spent a lot of time signing his name or
initials to parts of his collection so that
they would bring better results at the
inevitable final auction.
I do not recall where, but probably in one
of the several reliable stamp publications
we used to get each week.
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is that Truman cover posted 6 hours early?
Looks like both are posted at 7:PM April 12th 1945. Truman was Inaugurated 12th April 1945 at 7:10 PM.
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12:06:36pm
Am I just too suspicious, or did the cachet maker backdate
he cancellation ?
Of course he did, and this is another example of why
these prepared so-called "first day" of issue and other
special "event" cancellations actually signify nothing
historic.
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"Am I just too suspicious, or did the cachet maker backdate
he cancellation ?
Of course he did, "
Back in the day, I produced these covers. There was an uproar that the stamp should've been issued on Clara Maass' birthday and from her birthplace. Instead the stamp was issued in Belleville, NJ which is the home of the Clara Maass Hospital named after her. I'm not sure why August 18th.
Anyway, I got the idea to correct the oversight. I bought a box of 500 of postal stationary envelopes and made the trek to East Orange on her birthday. The covers did not have cachets on them at that point. I then took the box of already serviced covers to my printer and added the cachet.
Back then my experience was that a lot of historic covers were created this way. Someone dies.. a cover maker takes a box of uncacheted covers to get the postmark, then designs and adds the cachet. The covers would be considered legit!
And as an aside... my brilliant idea wasn't all that well received! Not that many people wanted the dual postmark covers, so I still have a large box of them! Anyone want a dozen? LOL
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Here's an interesting little article from the January 23, 1939 issue of life magazine that might be interesting if not humorous...
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29 Aug 2021
05:24:51am
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De mortuis loqui nil nisi bonum.
My parents thought FDR was the spawn of Satan.
I must have been at least fifteen before I discovered
he did not have a pointed tail coiled up behind his
wheel chair.
Oh well, that is the way it was.
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Hmmmm. His neighbors a few miles South of me never voted for him even though his family employed quite a few of them. I have mixed feelings ...he certainly had flaws but look at what he had to deal with while in office.
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I have both books published by Linn's Stamp News about the Stamp Collecting President. A great read!
I have a cover from the Collection of the late President, as well as a Postal Truck souvenir sheet.
David
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BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50 - Easy browsing 500 categories
29 Aug 2021
12:23:04pm
re: Roosevelt Stamp Collector
From my "Mail to Famous People" collection:
Roy
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I do have this cover!
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
31 Aug 2021
12:44:34am
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" ... but look at what he had to deal with while in office. ..."
I agree. He as a wealthy man, and could easily have retired to Campobello
to read and enjoy what life he had, perhaps just writing his thoughts and
opinions to newspapers and influential friends as Churchill did when he
was out of office.
But he chose the less travelled road and changed the country. He made his
missteps, but his accomplishments far outweighed those faux pas.s, Most
youngsters have no idea of the things that he pushed which make life easier
today.
My grand daughter once said, "Oh, he is one of the mountain statue guys on
that stamp."
Well, at least they taught her the last name guy and did not confuse him
with Fredrick Douglas..
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re: Roosevelt Stamp Collector
there are two schools of economics when a country is in trouble: austerity and pump priming. And a million permutations of the two. He chose the latter, and went full out. AND he developed a system so that those who were hurt the hardest (by the activities of others) would be somewhat cushioned.
He also did OK as a war-time president.
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One of my covers for FDR
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These two are interesting
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is that Truman cover posted 6 hours early?
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
07 Sep 2021
09:47:53am
re: Roosevelt Stamp Collector
I read somewhere that during his last years,
FDR spent a lot of time signing his name or
initials to parts of his collection so that
they would bring better results at the
inevitable final auction.
I do not recall where, but probably in one
of the several reliable stamp publications
we used to get each week.
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re: Roosevelt Stamp Collector
is that Truman cover posted 6 hours early?
Looks like both are posted at 7:PM April 12th 1945. Truman was Inaugurated 12th April 1945 at 7:10 PM.
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
08 Sep 2021
12:06:36pm
re: Roosevelt Stamp Collector
Am I just too suspicious, or did the cachet maker backdate
he cancellation ?
Of course he did, and this is another example of why
these prepared so-called "first day" of issue and other
special "event" cancellations actually signify nothing
historic.
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WOW! I won't list anymore.
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"Am I just too suspicious, or did the cachet maker backdate
he cancellation ?
Of course he did, "
Back in the day, I produced these covers. There was an uproar that the stamp should've been issued on Clara Maass' birthday and from her birthplace. Instead the stamp was issued in Belleville, NJ which is the home of the Clara Maass Hospital named after her. I'm not sure why August 18th.
Anyway, I got the idea to correct the oversight. I bought a box of 500 of postal stationary envelopes and made the trek to East Orange on her birthday. The covers did not have cachets on them at that point. I then took the box of already serviced covers to my printer and added the cachet.
Back then my experience was that a lot of historic covers were created this way. Someone dies.. a cover maker takes a box of uncacheted covers to get the postmark, then designs and adds the cachet. The covers would be considered legit!
And as an aside... my brilliant idea wasn't all that well received! Not that many people wanted the dual postmark covers, so I still have a large box of them! Anyone want a dozen? LOL
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