Extremely rare White House card signed in bold fountain pen as president, "With best wishes-Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967." Handsomely double-matted and framed with an exceptional graphite rendering of LBJ in profile to an overall size of 15.25 x 20.75. In fine condition, with staple holes to the right edge and the lower left corner. Accompanied by a White House letter of transmittal from presidential assistant Whitney Shoemaker, dated September 13, 1967, which reads: "President Johnson has asked me to reply to your letter and to thank you for your prayers. They mean a great deal to him. I am also happy to enclose a signed White House card for enclosure with your message to your brother-in-law now with our armed forces overseas. It comes with the President's very best wishes." Included with the letter is the original greeting card sent to the serviceman; as evidenced by its matching staple holes, the signed White House card was stapled inside below the printed 'We miss you, too!' sentiment.
White House cards signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson are, without hyperbole, in a class of their own. RR Auction has offered just one other-seven years ago-and that example was published in both Charles Hamilton's 1983 authoritative publication, American Autographs, and in Larry F. Vrazlik and Michael Minor's 1991 book From the President's Pen, with both works attesting to it as being the only authentic example known to exist. This newly found example exists as a true modern presidential rarity and its appearance should be deemed as something of an event.
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