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Chester A. Arthur

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Variant 1 Executive Mansion card with Arthurʼs bold, flamboyant signature

Chester Alan Arthur, 1829-1886.  21st President of the United States, 1881-1885.  2¾"x 4⅛" Executive Mansion card boldly signed, Chester A. Arthur.

This is the scarcer of the two variations of Arthurʼs signed Executive Mansion cards.  This one, with the words "executive mansion,  /  washington" printed in the center, is Variant 1 identified in The History of Collecting Executive Mansion, White House, and The White House Cards.  The authors write that only a few examples of this variant are known.  Our research shows that about 40% of the Arthur cards to come on the autograph market over the last several years have been this variant, but still it is less available than Arthur's Variant 2 cards with the printing at the upper right.  Click here for a beautiful Variant 2 card that we are also currently offering.

Arthur has flamboyantly signed this card in blue-gray ink.  The card is has some stains in the blank area at the upper left, and there are a couple of small glue stains on the upper right edge from prior mounting in an album.  Overall the card is in fine condition.

Unframed.    Please click here for information about custom framing this piece.

 

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