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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D., President. Partly printed check signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") as President. Washington D.C., 31 July 1933. One page, oblong 8vo, Treasurer of the United States check for $937.50, accomplished in type, unobtrusive punch cancellation, endorsed by Roosevelt on verso.
A RARE PRESIDENTIAL PAYCHECK.
Presidential salary checks are quite uncommon. One of three Roosevelt salary checks we have seen at auction: one dated 30 September 1933, was offered in 1991 for $2,500; the other dated 31 March 1934, was offered at the Forbes Magazine Collection sale, 15 December 1995, lot 226, and sold for $6,000.
A RARE PRESIDENTIAL PAYCHECK.
Presidential salary checks are quite uncommon. One of three Roosevelt salary checks we have seen at auction: one dated 30 September 1933, was offered in 1991 for $2,500; the other dated 31 March 1934, was offered at the Forbes Magazine Collection sale, 15 December 1995, lot 226, and sold for $6,000.