Author: VETTER, M. Rudolph (1910-2002)
Title: Signed Postal Cover
Description: American photographer for the "New York Daily News," Memphis "Commercial Appeal" and Acme News Pictures; when this last sent him to Mississippi in 1937 he photographed a lynching victim that appeared in "Life" magazine and became an icon for the civil rights movement; later chief photographer for the American Red Cross. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", n.p. n.y. Single mint 5-cent "International Red Cross" stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left, in blue ballpoint, Vetter signs in full. NOT a First Day Cover, but an uncancelled stamp based on Vetter's photograph of Cuban refugees on the ship S.S. Morning Light -- a freighter used as a mercy ship, docked at Port Everglades, Florida on 24 May 1963. With small portion of original transmittal envelope. An unusual and uncommon signature. .
Keywords: Art & Architecture
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Title: Signed Postal Cover
Description: American photographer for the "New York Daily News," Memphis "Commercial Appeal" and Acme News Pictures; when this last sent him to Mississippi in 1937 he photographed a lynching victim that appeared in "Life" magazine and became an icon for the civil rights movement; later chief photographer for the American Red Cross. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", n.p. n.y. Single mint 5-cent "International Red Cross" stamp at upper right. Fine. At lower left, in blue ballpoint, Vetter signs in full. NOT a First Day Cover, but an uncancelled stamp based on Vetter's photograph of Cuban refugees on the ship S.S. Morning Light -- a freighter used as a mercy ship, docked at Port Everglades, Florida on 24 May 1963. With small portion of original transmittal envelope. An unusual and uncommon signature. .
Keywords: Art & Architecture
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 25297
- Book number: 25297
See more books from our catalog: Autographs