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Envelope for a sympathy acknowledgement card from Jacqueline Kennedy
Envelope of cream-colored stationery from Jacqueline Kennedy addressed to Mr. Charles Sharp in Dallas, Texas.The envelope has a printed facsimile of Mrs. Kennedy's signature franked in the upper right corner of the envelope in black ink. There is no traditional postage stamp or postage mark. Mrs. Kennedy's signature served as the official postage markings for the envelope to be mailed; this is known as privilege franking.In the center of the front of the envelope is handwritten in black ink the name and address of the recipient:"Mr. Charles Sharp, PresidentTexas Girl Scout CouncilDallas, Texas".The date "Mar 20 1964" is stamped in the lower right corner.The reverse of the envelope has a black border on the edges of the overlapping pointed flaps. "Mrs. John F. Kennedy" is printed in all-caps in black ink at the center near the top edge of the back of the envelope.This envelope originally enclosed a sympathy acknowledgement notecard.
Envelope for a sympathy acknowledgement card from Jacqueline Kennedy
03/20/1964
Paper
3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (8.9 x 14.6 cm)
Charles Sharp Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.041.0002.0002
Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Envelope for a sympathy acknowledgement card from Jacqueline Kennedy
Envelope of cream-colored stationery from Jacqueline Kennedy addressed to Mr. Charles Sharp in Dallas, Texas.The envelope has a printed facsimile of Mrs. Kennedy's signature franked in the upper right corner of the envelope in black ink. There is no traditional postage stamp or postage mark. Mrs. Kennedy's signature served as the official postage markings for the envelope to be mailed; this is known as privilege franking.In the center of the front of the envelope is handwritten in black ink the name and address of the recipient:"Mr. Charles Sharp, PresidentTexas Girl Scout CouncilDallas, Texas".The date "Mar 20 1964" is stamped in the lower right corner.The reverse of the envelope has a black border on the edges of the overlapping pointed flaps. "Mrs. John F. Kennedy" is printed in all-caps in black ink at the center near the top edge of the back of the envelope.This envelope originally enclosed a sympathy acknowledgement notecard.
Envelope for a sympathy acknowledgement card from Jacqueline Kennedy
03/20/1964
Stationery
Envelopes
Funeral
Mourning
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Dallas
Washington, D.C.
Paper
3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (8.9 x 14.6 cm)
Charles Sharp Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.041.0002.0002
Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections