🌟 *RARE* 1963 President John F. Kennedy Official White House Christmas Card

Description: The CHRISTMAS that wasn't for the Kennedy White House in 1963 Before they departed for Campaign events late in November of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had already selected and ordered their annual Official White House Christmas card: a beautiful Hallmark card, custom made for them, bearing a color photograph of an 18th-century Neapolitan Crèche Nativity that had been displayed in the East Room of the White House each year they had lived there. The inside of the card featured the embossed Seal of the President of the United States. 1500 of these cards were ordered with the message. “With our wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year” printed below the Seal of the President of the United States and also contained the printed signatures of the President and First Lady. The first lady also ordered from Hallmark that year 700 of these cards without the facsimile signatures bearing the message; "With best wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year" plus 100 cards containing their facsimile signatures with the greeting; "With best wishes for a Happy New Year" and an additional 50 cards with the greeting; "With best wishes for a Happy New Year" without signatures. Including all the above variations, approximately 504 were actually delivered by Hallmark to the White House in November 1963. The Christmas cards—one of which now resides in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History…were never mailed. On November 22,1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. One hour and 39 minutes later after the death of our 35th President, Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States aboard Air Force One. Upon the new Presidents' arrival at the White House in an effort to speed the transition of his new administration, end the sadness, and heal the nation, President Johnson ordered the destruction of all the Kennedy administration's Christmas cards and ordered the White House Social Entertainment Office to ask Hallmark art director Jeannette Lee to design a new Johnson White House Christmas Card immediately. All of which were mailed in December 1963. Here is an opportunity to add to your collection the rarest, single most sought after, Presidential Christmas card in American history in perfect mint condition. The legendary 1963 JFK Christmas card, one of the very few remaining President Kennedy 1963 Christmas cards originally printed by Hallmark bearing President Kennedy’s and the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s printed autographs; Creche in East Room, The White House. “In Near Mint/Mint Condition (still has the original actual protective tissue insert) . This exact same card framed is currently being offered for over $6,000 on ebay or more.

Price: 795 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2024-12-08T14:21:51.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD