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Severe Collection of Lincoln Stamps

 Collection
Identifier: 2022.0080
Scope and Contents

The collection is of first day of issue Abraham Lincoln stamps ranging from 1954 through 2013. While the stamps for each series are identical, each of the envelopes is different, having different motifs of Abraham Lincoln, the memorial, his Springfield home or the Gettysburg Address.

Dates: 1954-2013; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1966; 2009; 2013

Weldon E. Petz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019.0002
Abstract

Weldon was a well-known scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the music he enjoyed. He was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1923. Petz started as a musician in the Big bands, but went into education in 1953. He published two books and several articles on Lincoln and LMU. He died in 2011.

Dates: 1938 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1974