Lot 60
Kennedy, Robert and James (Jimmy) Riddle Hoffa. Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) was the 64th Attorney General, serving under his brother John F. Kennedy from 1961-1964 and then Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968, when he was the leading Democratic candidate for the presidency. As Attorney General he pursued organized crime, including mafia kingpins and the Teamsters Union head, Jimmy Hoffa (1913-dissappearance in 1975), and advocated aggressively for Civil Rights. Offered here, a fine signature by Senator Kennedy mere months before to his tragic death. His signature is bold and graces a first day of issue postal card, 3½ x 5½", from the station at Hodgenville, Kentucky, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, whose image is celebrated in the stamp.
The second autograph is by Labor Union President Jimmy Hoffa, who presided over the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1958-1971. Hoffa became involved in organized crime and was eventually convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964, due in large part to the dogged pursuit by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. In 1971, he was released from prison, and in 1975 he vanished in Detroit. Hoffa's signature appears on a blue envelope 6½ x 3¾", that was never mailed, not a first day cover for the Johnson stamp, nevertheless notarized in Texas on 4/23/74. Estimated Value $600 - 800
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