Rosenthal, Joseph. War Photographer. 1911-2006. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, with a mint sheet of 50 3c stamps, signed. [Later signed c.1950.] A copy photograph of the Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, taken by Rosenthal, and here inscribed and signed in ball point pen by Rosenthal, "US Marines raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, during World War II - February 23 1945 - Photo by Joe Rosenthal " 240 x 190mm. (9.5 x 7.5 inches.) Together with: A mint 50-stamp sheet of the US postage 3 cent stamps depicting the flag raising, issued on July 11th 1945, the stamps signed by President Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Omar Bradley, Joe Rosenthal George C Marshall, 3 of the surviving flag raisers, Cpl. Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley as well as three other indistinct signatures of other Iwo Jima soldiers. The sheet 225 x 255mm. (9 x 10 inches.) The two items in a special window mount, framed and glazed. An extremely rare combination of a later signed Rosenthal photograph of the flag raising, probably signed on one of Rosenthal's publicity tours in the 1950s, grouped with a extraordinary sheet of stamps, issued on July 11th 1945, and signed by an exceptional group of 11 "celebrities" of World War II. The signatories comprise President Truman and two of the highest ranking generals as well as the photographer Rosenthal and the architect of the Marshall Plan, and finally by 3 of the "supposed" flag raisers in the photograph. Hayes, Bradley and Gagnon were all on the bond selling tour of the USA from May 9th to July 4th, and its is likely that the flag raisers signatures were obtained on the sheet of stamps sometime in late July 1945. This signed sheet of stamps was undoubtedly enabled by someone who was a Washington insider (with access to the top military and to the President himself), and who had also assisted in the Bond tour with the survivors of the flag raising. The 7th Bond tour with the 3 flag raisers, was a huge financial success, and brought in 24 billion dollars, which almost paid for the last year of the war, while the total US budget in 1946 was 56 billion. It should be noted that John Bradley although he raised the first flag on Iwo, was taken off the list as raising the second flag in the 1960s, while Gagnon was taken off the flag team in 2019.
Rosenthal, Joseph. War Photographer. 1911-2006. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, with a mint sheet of 50 3c stamps, signed. [Later signed c.1950.] A copy photograph of the Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, taken by Rosenthal, and here inscribed and signed in ball point pen by Rosenthal, "US Marines raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, during World War II - February 23 1945 - Photo by Joe Rosenthal " 240 x 190mm. (9.5 x 7.5 inches.) Together with: A mint 50-stamp sheet of the US postage 3 cent stamps depicting the flag raising, issued on July 11th 1945, the stamps signed by President Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Omar Bradley, Joe Rosenthal George C Marshall, 3 of the surviving flag raisers, Cpl. Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley as well as three other indistinct signatures of other Iwo Jima soldiers. The sheet 225 x 255mm. (9 x 10 inches.) The two items in a special window mount, framed and glazed. An extremely rare combination of a later signed Rosenthal photograph of the flag raising, probably signed on one of Rosenthal's publicity tours in the 1950s, grouped with a extraordinary sheet of stamps, issued on July 11th 1945, and signed by an exceptional group of 11 "celebrities" of World War II. The signatories comprise President Truman and two of the highest ranking generals as well as the photographer Rosenthal and the architect of the Marshall Plan, and finally by 3 of the "supposed" flag raisers in the photograph. Hayes, Bradley and Gagnon were all on the bond selling tour of the USA from May 9th to July 4th, and its is likely that the flag raisers signatures were obtained on the sheet of stamps sometime in late July 1945. This signed sheet of stamps was undoubtedly enabled by someone who was a Washington insider (with access to the top military and to the President himself), and who had also assisted in the Bond tour with the survivors of the flag raising. The 7th Bond tour with the 3 flag raisers, was a huge financial success, and brought in 24 billion dollars, which almost paid for the last year of the war, while the total US budget in 1946 was 56 billion. It should be noted that John Bradley although he raised the first flag on Iwo, was taken off the list as raising the second flag in the 1960s, while Gagnon was taken off the flag team in 2019.
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