Price
$495.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Water stains and slit open at top and sides, not a beauty contest winner, but a rare find
Size
6.5" x 3.75"
Without a doubt one of the toughest inaugural covers to find. This cover is postmarked Buffalo, New York, September 14, 1901 with the Special Pan American Expositon postmark. On that date Roosevelt was sworn in as President of the United States when President William McKinley was assassination when visiting the Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo. Original.
These covers are rare for several reasons, including that the assassination was obviously unexpected so no advance preparations were made to commemorate the event, and the reality that official postmarks did not exist in 1901, and cachets did not become popular until 1928, inaugural cover collectors seeking a 1901 Theodore Roosevelt inaugural covers, have to seach for covers (envelopes) with the expositon postmark and the inaugural date of 1901 in order to complete a collection.
Covers with the photo or engraving of McKinley or Roosevelt on covers are often believed to have been added after the date of the Inauguration.
$495.00
used
Water stains and slit open at top and sides, not a beauty contest winner, but a rare find
6.5" x 3.75"