Commemorative Cover
1936. A curious, although exploitative, In Memorium cover. 3.5" x 3.75", postmarked from Calvin, IL and Coolidge, KS, neither having anything to do with President Calvin Coolidge. Once the cancellations were secured, Mrs. Coolidge was then asked to sign the covers on a certain spot indicated in pencil. This should have ended the story except the stamp dealer then proceeded to apply a morbid adhesive cachet of a woman weeping before a casket. Above this figure is a small portrait..... More