Author: HORTENS, Walter (1924-88)
Title: Signed Postal Cover
Description: The distinguished American designer and illustrator after whom a prestigious Society of Illustrators award is named once served as that organization's president; during World War Two he was a cartographer with a topographic battalion in North Africa before turning illustrator. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", n.p. n.y. Fine. Single Hortens-designed 4-cent "Soil Conservation" stamp at upper right. Immediately below the stamp, Hortens signs tiny but nicely in blue fountain pen, adding "designer"; he signs again large and bold at lower right. NOT a First Day Cover, but a mint example of this 1959 issue, signed twice by the designer. .
Keywords: Art & Architecture
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Title: Signed Postal Cover
Description: The distinguished American designer and illustrator after whom a prestigious Society of Illustrators award is named once served as that organization's president; during World War Two he was a cartographer with a topographic battalion in North Africa before turning illustrator. Signed Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", n.p. n.y. Fine. Single Hortens-designed 4-cent "Soil Conservation" stamp at upper right. Immediately below the stamp, Hortens signs tiny but nicely in blue fountain pen, adding "designer"; he signs again large and bold at lower right. NOT a First Day Cover, but a mint example of this 1959 issue, signed twice by the designer. .
Keywords: Art & Architecture
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 26444
- Book number: 26444
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