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Hi there! I'm quite new to all of this...so I hope I don't make any huge errors in protocol. I have been digging through an old stamp collection and found this interesting item. I've tried Google-ing, but can't find anything like it. Have any of you ever seen this? Do you have some insight for me?  |
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Pillar Of The Community
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Very curious. I wonder if the "2" is some sort of numbering system within a series or a denomination. Is that date "1935", "1945" or "1955"? Tough to tell from the photo. Finally why do its creators feel that the country needs "living ex-presidents"? I'd like to know more about this cindy. |
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I'd be happy to send you a finer scan of the stamp, Ipmiller. Couldn't get much detail in the size of file I could post here. (I might be wrong, I'm really new at this!)
The date, under my magnifying glass, is 1944. I think the makers name reads R.V. Menifee.
Exactly, there's got to be a story behind this! |
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Bedrock Of The Community
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Clearly it is an anti-Roosevelt Cinderella. Hoover was already an ex-president, and the creator wishes that was also true for Roosevelt. 1944 was an election year, so perhaps this was created by a Dewey supporter. |
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The stamp is listed in Mark Warda's book "Political Campaign Stamps", page 24. Cat. no. FDR-58. Apparently also printed in Maroon (FDR-57). Catalog value (1998) of between $3-$6. There is another label in Warda's book that may or may not be related (FDR-60):
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Bedrock Of The Community
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Roosevelt won the electoral vote 432-99 and states 36-12, so calling it "America's Fastest Growing Club" might have been a bit of a stretch. |
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Quote:
...might have been a bit of a stretch. Stretching the truth in a political campaign? That's unheard of in American politics.  |
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Bedrock Of The Community
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Why stop at American politics? I'm sure stretching the truth has been true of politicians everywhere since the day politics was invented many thousands of years ago. No doubt learned from some used cave salesman. |
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Thanks for the research all! It's nice to know something about it, I was lost.
You're a great group. |
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I wonder if the maker of this stamp would be REAL HAPPY now that there are twice as many living ex-presidents now? correct me if I'm wrong Carter, Both Bush's, and Clinton. |
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This person's only interest was removing Roosevelt, not how many ex-presidents there might be at any given moment.. |
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Could we be misreading the phrase on that poster stamp? Maybe the "2" is neither a denomination nor a stamp number, but rather the intent was to promote the phrase: "WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS--TWO LIVING EX-PRESIDENTS" Although this quote is much later, I wonder if this could have been the reasoning behind the poster stamp shown:  |
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Posted 06/11/2013 1:33 pm
