DOUGLAS MACARTHUR COMMEMORATIVE GROUPING
Large grouping of materials related to General Douglas MacArthur, including a commemorative FDC of MacArthur, signed by JOHN D. BULKELEY (1911 - 1996), American Vice Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and the PT boat skipper that evacuated MacArthur from Corregdor in the Phillippines; a United Nations 'Safe Conduct Pass' bearing MacArthur's facsimile signatures; lot of 13 'War Bulletin' photograph cards, 3.5 x 2.5 in., showing many prominent events of the war, many involving MacArthur; a postcard covering Truman and MacArthur's talk in Wake Island regarding Asia Policy; a commemorative FDC of MacArthur with six pertinent postage stamps, signed at bottom by artist PAUL CALLE, designer of the Douglas MacArthur postage stamp; five commemorative postal covers; four Japanese banknotes; and one post-war 'one peso' Filipino banknote. Sold with a commemorative plate, 10.5 in. dia., bearing a short biography on the base with the manufacturing label from 'Vernon Kilns, U.S.A.'. Very good condition.
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Large grouping of materials related to General Douglas MacArthur, including a commemorative FDC of MacArthur, signed by JOHN D. BULKELEY (1911 - 1996), American Vice Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and the PT boat skipper that evacuated MacArthur from Corregdor in the Phillippines; a United Nations 'Safe Conduct Pass' bearing MacArthur's facsimile signatures; lot of 13 'War Bulletin' photograph cards, 3.5 x 2.5 in., showing many prominent events of the war, many involving MacArthur; a postcard covering Truman and MacArthur's talk in Wake Island regarding Asia Policy; a commemorative FDC of MacArthur with six pertinent postage stamps, signed at bottom by artist PAUL CALLE, designer of the Douglas MacArthur postage stamp; five commemorative postal covers; four Japanese banknotes; and one post-war 'one peso' Filipino banknote. Sold with a commemorative plate, 10.5 in. dia., bearing a short biography on the base with the manufacturing label from 'Vernon Kilns, U.S.A.'. Very good condition.
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