unused Block Larger Than four 3c Mother's Day, original imperforate and gummed 'presentation' issue (737 var.), top portion of an uncut sheet of 200 stamps (twenty stamps, 10 x 2) which includes T. arrow and double plate no. 21205 blocks of six, autographed in the selvage by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harold L. Ickes, Harry Hopkins and R.G. Tugwell, more significantly it is dated in ms. 'Aug 30, 1934' which predates the issuance of the Farley issues by more than five months, full o.g., each stamp is backstamped 'FDR original' and numbered in pencil, selvage thin far from stamps or autographs, otherwise very fine, scarce, est.

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unused Block Larger Than four 3c Mother's Day, original imperforate and gummed 'presentation' issue (737 var.), top portion of an uncut sheet of 200 stamps (twenty stamps, 10 x 2) which includes T. arrow and double plate no. 21205 blocks of six, autographed in the selvage by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harold L. Ickes, Harry Hopkins and R.G. Tugwell, more significantly it is dated in ms. 'Aug 30, 1934' which predates the issuance of the Farley issues by more than five months, full o.g., each stamp is backstamped 'FDR original' and numbered in pencil, selvage thin far from stamps or autographs, otherwise very fine, scarce, est.

Lot Essay

Note: The furor over a Mother's Day imperforate sheet of 200 coming on the market in Nov. 1934 caused a Congressional investigation of PMG Farley and directly lead to the issuance of the so called 'Farley issues' in 1935.