Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

George W. Bush. 1946-, 43rd President 2001-2009. Mbold manuscript "Grg Bush" free frank as President on White House imprinted envelope to Ronald E. Wade at Longview Tex., typed "Free" at top right, Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND CHOICE GEORGE W. BUSH FREE FRANKED WHITE HOUSE ENVELOPE.

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial election, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than his opponent. Bush is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first being John Quincy Adams (with the other familial presidential relations being grandfather-grandson of the Harrisons, as well as the Roosevelts being 5th cousins). He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.