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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 107

United States: Autographs, Manuscripts, & Ephemera
United States Bureau of Engraving & Printing Presidental port

approximately 10.75" x 14.9", most sunk on thick card, with Eisenhower, Coolidge, F.D.R., Grant, Harding, Hoover, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, Taft, Truman, Washington, and Wilson, the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman engravings signed in pencil "Chas A. Brooks" and dated 1947, 1953 and 1961, some with negligible edge toning, an attractive group. Charles A. Brooks was a prolific engraver, who joined the B.E.P. in 1938, serving until his retirement in 1966, with the exception of a brief time at the Security Bank Note Company.



Sold for
$210

Starting price
$90