Lot 177
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, Widow of Franklin Roosevelt). Manuscript free frank "Free Anna Eleanor Roosevelt" on 1959 cover postmarked with "Dorado, P.R." (Puerto Rico) machine cancel, cover & original enclosure on Mrs. Roosevelt's printed stationery, letter signed "Eleanor Roosevelt" thank recipient for their birthday wishes, also included is handstamped free frank cover from 1947 with New York machine cancel to the Mayor of New York City, Extremely Fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
Born in 1884, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was named after her mother, Anna Livingston Hall Roosevelt. She married distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1905. As her mother had died of diphtheria in 1892 and her father died after falling from a horse in 1894, her father's brother, President Theodore Roosevelt, gave her away.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. On May 7, 1945, a special act of Congress granted the franking privilege to Mrs. Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt usually used a rubber stamped frank. Her ink franks are scarce.
Realized: $160