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Auction: 322 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 505

Journalism, Publishing & Literature autograph lot. Mainly on postage stamps, often with accompanying correspondence as noted: Herbert Agar, journalist, 1934 Pulitzer Prize in history winner for his book "The People's Choice" on 3 Cents "Win the War"; Edward Weeks, author, essayist, editor of "The Atlantic Monthly" (1938-1966). On 50th Anniversary of Pan-Am Union 3 Cents with Weeks signed typed letter sent with autograph; Erskine Caldwell, author who wrote of the poverty, racism and social problems in his native South, winning critical acclaim especially for "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre". On block of 4 Cents Sam Rayburn; Herbert Bayard Swope, editor, journalist, intimate of the Algonquin Round Table, 3 time Pulitzer recipient. On ½ Cent stamp and dated "1941"; Arthur Hays Sulzberger publisher of the New York Times (1935-1961). On ½ Cent stamp with 1943 secretarial letter regarding autograph; Pierre van Passem, Dutch-Canadian-American journalist, writer and Unitarian minister. On 1939 Printing commemorative 3 Cents with salutation and date "Nov. 10, 1939"; Raymond Gram Swing, one of the most influential commentators of his era, leading American voice from Britain during WWII. On 5 Cents "Teddy" Roosevelt with 1941 secretarial letter regarding autograph; renowned newspaper editor and Progressive movement leader William A. White (1868-1944). On '39 Printing commemorative 3 Cents; Henry J. Haskell, columnist for the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times. On 6 Cents and dated "December 12, 1939"; noted publisher Alfred A. Knopf on 1939 Statehood 3 Cents with secretarial letter sent with autograph; Vincent Sheean, journalist and novelist, reported for the New York Herald Tribune during the Spanish Civil War. On Panama Canal anniversary 3 Cents; Walter Lippman, writer, reporter, political commentator famed for being one of the first to introduce concept of the Cold War. On 3 Cents Pulitzer, with addition autograph below. Accompanied by autograph correspondence; investigative journalist Seymour "Sy" Hersh. ALS; war correspondent, journalist and playwright Marcel Wallenstein (1893-1986). With salutation on small card; writer Konrad Bercovici (1882-1961). On Gilbert Stuart 1 Cent with accompanying letter dated 1942 in Bercovici's hand; author Louis L. Mann with date "Jan 1940" on 2 Cents Yorktown; uncertain "Red is my color Leon Rosenwald Dec. 24 1940" on strip of 3 2 Cents, and two other uncertain. Note: letters, and some of the autographs, are on old semi-adhesive photo pages. About Fine-Very Fine. [25]

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