1938 Cleveland Sc 827 signed 1st Lady, designers, Postmaster etc to Viola Wunder

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

827

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1938

Item Description

Condition: First Day Cover signed by a wide array of significant individuals, including the First Lady, addressed to Wunder of New Orleans.

PRESIDENTIAL SERIES of 1938 SCOTT 827 -- GROVER CLEVELAND SIGNED by MATTHEW FENTON -- PORTRAIT DESIGNERJAMES VAIL -- LETTERINGV. C. BURKE, Washington DC PostmasterR. E. FELLERS -- Superintendent, Division of Stamps...and...Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947) First Lady of the United States From 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. Frances Clara Folsom was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Oscar Folsom, a lawyer and descendant of the earliest settlers of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Emma Harmon-Folsom. She was their only child to survive infancy. A longtime close friend of Oscar Folsom, Grover Cleveland, at age 27, met his future wife shortly after she was born. He took an avuncular interest in the child, buying her a baby carriage and otherwise doting on her as she grew up. When her father died in a buggy accident in 1875, the court appointed Cleveland administrator of his estate. This brought Cleveland into still more contact with Frances, then age 11.She attended Central High School in Buffalo and went on to Wells College in Aurora, New York. Sometime while she was in college, Cleveland's feelings for her took a romantic turn. He proposed by letter in August 1885, soon after her graduation. They did not announce their engagement, however, until just five days before the wedding.Frances Folsom, age 21, married President Grover Cleveland, age 49, on June 2, 1886, at the White House. Becoming First Lady at age 21, she was the youngest First Lady so far. Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House. She was the only First Lady to preside at two nonconsecutive administrations. The Clevelands had three daughters and two sons.After Cleveland's death in 1908, Frances remained in Princeton, New Jersey. On February 10, 1913, at the age of 49, she married Thomas J. Preston, Jr., a professor of archaeology at Princeton University. She was the first presidential widow to remarry. She died on October 29, 1947, in Baltimore. She was buried in Princeton next to President Cleveland, her first husband. ADDRESSEE: MISS WUNDER of NEW ORLEANS A UNIQUE -- ONE of a KIND -- COVER! American Philatelic Society dealer member American Numismatic Association life member Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost.These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

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