[FIRST LADY FREE FRANKS]. A group of autograph free franks and autographs by Mamie Geneva Eisenhower (1896-1979), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1945), and Bess Truman (1885-1982), comprising:
EISENHOWER, Mamie. Free Frank signature ("Mamie Doud Eisenhower"), on envelope, to Morton Dean Joyce, New York, New York, postmarked Gettysburg PA, 26 May 1971. With typed letter signed ("Mamie Doud Eisenhower"), to Mr. Joyce, mentioning his collection of free franks of Presidential widows. -- EISENHOWER, Mamie. Free Frank signature ("Mamie Doud Eisenhower"), on envelope above a red machine-printed facsimile frank, to Miss Duane Canter, Brooklyn, NY, postmarked York, PA, 4 February 1977. With original an autograph note signed enclosure ("Mamie Doud Eisenhower") to Diane, 3 February 1977. -- ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. Free Frank signature ("Free Anna Eleanor Roosevelt"), on envelope, to Mr. Arnold Smith, Paterson, NJ, postmarked New York, 3 May 1959. -- ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. Two typed letters signed ("Eleanor Roosevelt"), to Mr. Smith, New York, NY, February 11 and February 24, 1960. Each 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery. Roosevelt twice declines a request to send a franking signature omitting the word "Free." -- TRUMAN, Bess. Typed note signed ("Bess Truman"), to Mr. Smith, Independence, Missouri, 6 September 1979. 1 page, 8vo, on blind embossed personal stationery. -- Together 8 items.
Estimate $400-500