Six Original Sketches by FDR for Stamp Designs : Original Sketch

 

3c Byrd Antarctic Expedition Small Die Proof, 1933		Above: 3c Byrd Antarctic Expedition Sketch by FDR, 1933 To help support Richard Byrd’s second expedition to Antarctica, President Roosevelt approved a stamp as partial payment for mail to the special post office in Little America. After rejecting four designs, FDR sketched a map with routes of Byrd’s expeditions. Left: 3c Byrd Antarctic Expedition Small Die Proof, 1933