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Signed Postal Cover / Unsigned Photograph

Signed Postal Cover / Unsigned Photograph

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Signed Postal Cover / Unsigned Photograph

by CLAY, Lucius D. (1897-1978)

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About This Item

As commander of U.S. forces in Germany (1947-49), Clay was in charge of the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Marietta, Georgia (the city of Clay's birth) on 1972 April 23 (the date of Clay's birth). Fine. Single 6-cent "Dwight D. Eisenhower" stamp and 2-cent "Frank Lloyd Wright" stamp at right. In addition, an appropriate 32-cent "Berlin Airlift delivers food and fuel in 1948-49 blockade" stamp added in later years -- cancelled, appropriately, at Berlin Station, APO, on 1998 June 26. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. At the center, Clay signs large and bold in black fineline, adding "Gen USA (Ret.)." NOT a First Day Cover, but an enterprising collector created this unique cover cancelled in appropriate places on appropriate dates. Accompanied by an absolutely superb and itself scarce 8" X 10" news agency photograph (International News Photo) of 7 October 1947 depicting Clay (in uniform) and two others leaving a military airplane; caption running alongside reads in part, "U.S. Ambassador to Russia W. Bedell Smith and Lt. General Lucius Clay, Commander of American Occupation Forces in Germany followed by Ambassador Robert D. Murphy, political advisor to the commander in chief in Germany as they arrived today from Russia and Germany for conferences with the State Dept., White House, and Dept. for National Defense to discuss means of combatting the new Soviet move to block the Marshall Plan...." A fine pair.

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Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
25102
Title
Signed Postal Cover / Unsigned Photograph
Author
CLAY, Lucius D. (1897-1978)
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Keywords
AUTOGRAPH, AUTOGRAPHS "MILITARY
Bookseller catalogs
Autographs; Military;
Product_type
Autographs

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.

About the Seller

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Seller rating:
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Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois

About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.

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