Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1882-1945, 32nd President 1932-45. Manuscript "Franklin D Roosevelt" free frank signature on legal size 1933 White House penalty envelope to West Lawn Pa., "Washington D.C. Jul 27 1933" machine cancel, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

AN EXTREMELY RARE "FREE FRANK" OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, WHO NEVER HELD THE PRIVILEGE OF SENDING HIS MAILS FREE THROUGH THE POST UNDER HIS SIGNATURE.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States. A Democrat, he was elected four times and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party, he built a New Deal Coalition that realigned American politics after 1932, as his New Deal domestic policies defined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century.