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Pittman, Portia Marshall Washington, 1883-1978 [First day issue stamp of Booker T. Washington]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.255.03 Author/Creator: Pittman, Portia Marshall Washington, 1883-1978 Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Stamp Date: 7 April 1940 Pagination: 1 envelope ; 9.2 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

First day issue envelope with stamp from the "Famous Americans Series." Both stamp and envelope feature the printed likeness of Booker T. Washington. Envelope cancelled at Tuskegee on 7 April 1940. Sent to Alice J. Cutright Kaine from Portia Washington, 21 July 1940.

Kaine, Alice J. Cutright, 1864-1947
Pittman, Portia Marshall Washington, 1883-1978
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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