Lot of 37 signed covers, plus a few letters, from members of the Johnson cabinet, speaker of the House, Vice President Humphrey, other officers, the joint chiefs of staff, and more (personal physicians, secretaries, etc.). Most with postmarks of later 1968 or early 1969. Includes: Dean Rusk (Secretary of State); Orville Freeman (Sec. of Agriculture); Clark Clifford (Sec. of Defense); W. Willard Wirtz (Sec. of Labor); John Gardner (Sec. of Health and Welfare); Betty Furness (actress and Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs); W. Marvin Watson (Postmaster General); David Kennedy (Sec. of Treasury); Alan S. Boyd (Sec. of Transportation); Robert C. Weaver (Sec. of Housing & Urban Development); Stewart Udall (Sec. of Interior); Ramsey Clark (Attorney General); Wilbur J. Cohen (Sec. of Health, Education & Welfare); C.R. Smith (Sec. of Commerce); Juanita Roberts (Personal Secretary to LBJ); Vice Adm. George Burkley (Physician to the President); Janet Travell (JFKs personal physicial); Nicholas Katzenbach (Under Sec. of State); Robert McCloskey (Asst. Sec. of State); Alain Enthoven (Asst. Sec. Defense); George Christian (White House Press Secretary); Richard Helms - refusal letter from aide (Dir. CIA); Sheldon Cohen (Commissioner IRS); Joseph Califano (Spec. Assistant to Pres.); Johnn McCormack (Speaker of House); Hubert H. Humphrey (VP & Pres. of Senate); Liz Carpenter (White House Press Secretary for Lady Bird Johnson); Eugenie Anderson (Ambassador - Bulgaria, Denmark); Paul Ignatius (Sec. of Navy); Dr. Harold Brown (Sec. of Air Force); Lewis B. Hershey (Director of Selective Service - and, remember, this was Vietnam-era); Dr. William H. Stewart (Surgeon General). The Joint Chiefs of Staff include: General Earle G. Wheeler, Chairman of Jt. Chiefs; General Harold K. Johnson (Army); Admiral Thomas H. Moorer (Navy); General John P. McConnell (Air Force); and General Wallace M. Greene (Marine Corps). Condition: Most in very good to excellent condition. The collector mounted them with corner tabs and kept them in a notebook. Any soil or damage can be attributed to the post office.
Lot of 37 signed covers, plus a few letters, from members of the Johnson cabinet, speaker of the House, Vice President Humphrey, other officers, the joint chiefs of staff, and more (personal physicians, secretaries, etc.). Most with postmarks of later 1968 or early 1969. Includes: Dean Rusk (Secretary of State); Orville Freeman (Sec. of Agriculture); Clark Clifford (Sec. of Defense); W. Willard Wirtz (Sec. of Labor); John Gardner (Sec. of Health and Welfare); Betty Furness (actress and Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs); W. Marvin Watson (Postmaster General); David Kennedy (Sec. of Treasury); Alan S. Boyd (Sec. of Transportation); Robert C. Weaver (Sec. of Housing & Urban Development); Stewart Udall (Sec. of Interior); Ramsey Clark (Attorney General); Wilbur J. Cohen (Sec. of Health, Education & Welfare); C.R. Smith (Sec. of Commerce); Juanita Roberts (Personal Secretary to LBJ); Vice Adm. George Burkley (Physician to the President); Janet Travell (JFKs personal physicial); Nicholas Katzenbach (Under Sec. of State); Robert McCloskey (Asst. Sec. of State); Alain Enthoven (Asst. Sec. Defense); George Christian (White House Press Secretary); Richard Helms - refusal letter from aide (Dir. CIA); Sheldon Cohen (Commissioner IRS); Joseph Califano (Spec. Assistant to Pres.); Johnn McCormack (Speaker of House); Hubert H. Humphrey (VP & Pres. of Senate); Liz Carpenter (White House Press Secretary for Lady Bird Johnson); Eugenie Anderson (Ambassador - Bulgaria, Denmark); Paul Ignatius (Sec. of Navy); Dr. Harold Brown (Sec. of Air Force); Lewis B. Hershey (Director of Selective Service - and, remember, this was Vietnam-era); Dr. William H. Stewart (Surgeon General). The Joint Chiefs of Staff include: General Earle G. Wheeler, Chairman of Jt. Chiefs; General Harold K. Johnson (Army); Admiral Thomas H. Moorer (Navy); General John P. McConnell (Air Force); and General Wallace M. Greene (Marine Corps). Condition: Most in very good to excellent condition. The collector mounted them with corner tabs and kept them in a notebook. Any soil or damage can be attributed to the post office.
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