Author: GROVE, Edward R. (?-2002)
Title: Signed Postal Cover
Description: More than 200 stamps from Cuba, Haiti, Paraguay, Philippines, Bolivia and Panama bear designs from this prolific and talented, engraver, medallist, sculptor and artist, along with currencies from Sudan, Viet Nam, Laos and Indonesia; he designed the 1954 U.S. 4-cent air mail stamp, and while sculptor-engraver at the U.S. Mint he created the verso of the commemorative 1962 Martha Washington dime, a gold Congressional Medal and more. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", n.p. n.y. [14 April 1970]. Fine. NOT a First Day Cover, but a single mint 4-cent "Air Mail" stamp at upper right; at lower left, Grove signed boldly in full in black in his handsome calligraphic script, adding "Designer" below. Original transmittal envelope present. .

Keywords: NUMISMATICS Art & Architecture


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