#973 ROUGH RIDERS FDC COLONEL THEODORE TEDDY ROOSEVELT MASONIC

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FDC: THIS IS A GREAT VINTAGE FDC WITH AN ADD-ON CACHET.
COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT Rough Riders
1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt was a U.S. Army
Lt. Colonel with the Rough Rider Regiment.
He led them on a charge at the battle of San Juan in Cuba.
He fought alongside his regiment and participated in face-to-face combat.
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders were victorious and he became a hero.
He graduated from Harvard in 1880, Magna Cum Laude.
He belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Teddy was a Freemason and a member of
Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, FIRST DAY COVER, FDOI
PENCIL ADDRESS ERASED, SEALED, RIGHT SIDE OPEN, MONARCH
POSTMARKED: PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
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THIS WOULD LOOK BEAUTIFUL FRAMED
CONDITION: SEE PHOTO FOR CONDITION
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THANKS FOR BIDDING!
RICH HALINSKI, P.O. BOX 952 OLD BRIDGE, N.J. 08857
ALL THE FIRST DAY COVERS THAT I SELL ARE AUTHENTIC
AND ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. THEY ARE EITHER COMMERCIALLY MADE OR LIMITED EDITION ADD-ON CACHETS.
AN ADD-ON CACHET IS:
"A cachet that has been added to a previously uncacheted fdc,
usually years after the FD."
Quoted from The Cachet Identifier of U.S. Cacheted First Day Covers
By Michael Mellone and Barry Newton
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ADD-ON CACHETS:
"The add-on could be hand painted, hand drawn, computer printed,
rubber stamped, glued photograph to name a few methods,
and made in very limited editon, many are one-of-a-kind."
R. Halinski