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Clarence Thomas autographed commemorative postal cover honoring his swearing-in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on October 23, 1991. The cover features a color portrait of Thomas, a decorative gold-bordered cachet, and an original handwritten signature, "Clarence Thomas," in black ink.

Postmarked Washington, D.C., October 23, 1991, the cover commemorates the day Thomas became the 106th Justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Thurgood Marshall following his retirement.

The printed cachet provides details of Thomas's private swearing-in ceremony, during which Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist administered the judicial oath in the Justices' conference room. Witnesses included Thomas's wife, Virginia, Senator John C. Danforth of Missouri, and Supreme Court administrative assistant Robb M. Jones.

A particularly interesting Supreme Court collectible, bearing Thomas's autograph on a commemorative cover postmarked on the very day he assumed his seat on the nation's highest court.

Fine condition.

Clarence Thomas (born 1948) is an American jurist appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1991. Previously a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and became the second African American justice in Supreme Court history.

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

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Reference sku: 11700 1419395-1