Vintage fountain pen signature, “Greetings and best wishes, Geo. W. Carver, Tuskegee, Ala, Nov 21, 1937,” on a 5.5 x 2.75 blue card from the Albert R. Chestnut collection. Attached to a slightly larger heavy gray card and in fine condition, with scattered light soiling. From his Pennsylvania home, Chestnut, a printer by profession, began collecting autographs in 1935. He sent these personally-printed cards to over a thousand celebrities and received favorable replies from the vast majority, finally retiring from collecting to raise his family when postage increased from 2¢ per card! Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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