Details:

John F. Kennedy commemorative cover and postal history collection comprising more than 100 individual pieces, featuring an extensive assortment of domestic and international material documenting the life, presidency, and enduring legacy of America’s 35th President. This group contains an especially diverse selection of oversized commemorative covers, exhibition pieces, souvenir cachets, photographs, philatelic memorabilia, and international postal issues assembled over decades.

Highlights include numerous oversized illustrated commemorative covers, first day covers from the United States and abroad, colorful cacheted envelopes, foreign postal commemoratives, Kennedy portrait engravings and artwork, souvenir exhibition pieces, mint stamp sheets, medals and medallion-style philatelic items, period photographic reproductions, newspaper clippings relating to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., diplomatic and state visit commemoratives, and a variety of unusual specialty productions seldom encountered outside advanced Kennedy philatelic collections. Several pieces commemorate significant moments including the PT-109 story, meetings with world leaders, memorial observances, the space program, and Kennedy’s international travels.

The collection reflects the extraordinary breadth of Kennedy-themed postal history produced during the 1960s and subsequent decades, illustrating how his legacy was commemorated by postal administrations, private cachet makers, collectors’ societies, and philatelic organizations around the world.

Good to very good condition overall with expected age toning.

Provenance: From the collection of Edward Krohn, noted Kennedy philatelic researcher and author of The John F. Kennedy Cover Catalog. Many of the covers included in this collection are illustrated in Krohn’s reference book.

Authentication:
Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.

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Reference sku: 11688 1416536-1