KARL DONITZ AND MARY PICKFORD

Unusual pair of signatures on an FDC, 1p. oblong 12mo., commemorating the third Olympic Winter Games, ca. 1932, signed on the recto by KARL DONITZ (1891 - 1980), German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuhrer after Hitler's suicide, and signed on the verso by MARY PICKFORD (1893 - 1979), 'America's Sweetheart', American actress who played the role of the sweet innocent, Academy Award winner (1929) and a founder of United Artists. Decorative stamp at left moderately faded, else fine, with Jan. 25, 1932 cancel.