GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP SALE, THE

Description

Part 1 consists of still pictures of the Bicentennial Commission, including Senator Simeon D. Fess, Vice Chairman; Hon. Sol Bloom, Associate Director; and Postmaster General Walter F. Brown. A part of the crowd at the sale in Washington, D.C., is also shown. Part 2 shows a shipment of World's Fair Stamps being placed aboard an airplane for shipment to Chicago, May 18, 1933. Among those attending this ceremony is Postmaster General James A. Farley.

Collection

Records of the Post Office Department

Series

Motion Picture Films