6c Eagle President Franklin D. Roosevelt sketch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1938
Issuing entity
United States6c Eagle President Franklin D. Roosevelt sketch — postage stamp in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum collection (object 0.209045.13), catalogued by the museum as Scott USA C23. Dated by the museum: 1938. Medium: paper (ruled); graphite.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
This is Franklin Delano Roosevelt's original design for the 1938 airmail postage stamp with the annotation: "red border, blue eagle, white background ... Franklin D. Roosevelt, fecit." The designer at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing reworked the eagle and wording but as indicated by FDR's hand-written "fecit," this was the one postage stamp design that the president felt he had created from scratch and for which he took credit as the designer.
Physical characteristics
- Medium
- paper (ruled); graphite
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 x 5 in. (7.62 x 12.7 cm)
Identification
- Place
- United States of America
- Topic
- National Stamp Collection
- Date recorded
- 1938
- Museum object number
- 0.209045.13
- Museum classification
- Postage Stamps
Catalogue references
- ScottUSA C23
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum example; confirm perforation, watermark, printing and variety details against philatelic references.