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See this past quote/link from a different thread:
Also see this link http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/73.shtml
Then see this hat I just received stamp marked "ARCENTALES • GUAYAQUIL"
Also stamped "Made in Ecuador" and possessing four different signatures in pencil. Or at least two are signatures and two other marks may be numbers expressed in fraction form. (?) I WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO HAVE PANAMA BOB OR ANYONE IN THE KNOW OFFER OPINIONS OF WHAT THESE PENCIL MARKS MAY BE. Please, please, please.
The hat appears to have approximately 3 weaves for every 1/16 of an inch. The UK Ebay seller thought it was linen and I can see why. It has 11 vueltas in the crown. I'm shipping it to Optimo in Chicago for blocking to my size.
It came in this:
Comparison shot. The hat on the left is apprx. 300 weaves per inch:
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HungaryTom said:The FDR museum project came true: :eusa_clap
http://www.fdrheritage.org/fdr_museum_preview.htm
The relevant part:
“A wonderful, unique, and historical personal item belonging to FDR, the hat he wore at the 1943 Teheran Conference during World War II where the three leaders of the principal Allied powers, the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, met and conferred on Allied war strategy for the first time. FDR’s straw-colored, linen Panama hat with black band was manufactured by C.A. Arcentales, Ecuador, and is in pristine condition, with “Franklin D. Roosevelt” embossed in gold letters on the interior sweatband of this hat worn by FDR at the historic 1943 Teheran Conference.
FDR’s famous hat is accompanied by notarized provenance from Gary Entrup, State Highway Patrolman, and son of Lester and Marge Entrup, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Hyde Park, New York housekeepers, attesting to the hat’s authenticity and historic association. Mr. Entrup’s notarized signed statement, dated March 10, 1997 reads: “This is to certify that I, Gary Entrup, am the son of Mr. And Mrs. Lester Entrup who served as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt’s handymen, cooks, and housekeepers for approximately fifteen years at her residence Val-Kill, in Hyde Park, New York. I personally spent many hours at Val-Kill assisting my mother at parties, in painting, and in other household chores. My parents and I obviously knew Mrs. Roosevelt very well, and over the years my parents were given by Mrs. Roosevelt many of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal possessions. Upon the death of my parents, I inherited many of these items, including a straw-colored linen Panama hat with black band made by C. A. Arcentales, Ecuador, with his name “Franklin D. Roosevelt” embossed in gold letters on the interior sweat band. I was told by my mother that Mrs. Roosevelt had told her that this particular hat had been worn by Franklin Roosevelt at the Teheran Conference in 1943. It has been one of my favorite souvenirs of Mr. Roosevelt./ Gary Entrup/ March 10, 1997/ Kristen B. Hummel/ Notary Public/ My Commission Expires Dec. 31, 2001/ Notary Stamp.” A wonderful letter of provenance attesting to the authenticity of FDR’s hat worn at the historic Teheran Conference during World War II. Further, included are copies of two letters from John A. Roosevelt, the youngest child of FDR and ER, plus a copy of the first two pages of ER’s Probate Notice of her Last Will and Testament wherein Lester and Marge Entrup are included as beneficiaries, demonstrating the legitimacy of the Entrup’s intimate association with the Roosevelts. A wonderfully unique and historically important FDR relic with outstanding provenance.”
Priceless treasures, no doubt.
How much wpsi and vueltas those museum hats might have?
Could it be possible that FL members ask those questions?
Maybe some enthusiast did that already...
Also see this link http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/73.shtml
Then see this hat I just received stamp marked "ARCENTALES • GUAYAQUIL"
Also stamped "Made in Ecuador" and possessing four different signatures in pencil. Or at least two are signatures and two other marks may be numbers expressed in fraction form. (?) I WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO HAVE PANAMA BOB OR ANYONE IN THE KNOW OFFER OPINIONS OF WHAT THESE PENCIL MARKS MAY BE. Please, please, please.
The hat appears to have approximately 3 weaves for every 1/16 of an inch. The UK Ebay seller thought it was linen and I can see why. It has 11 vueltas in the crown. I'm shipping it to Optimo in Chicago for blocking to my size.
It came in this:
Comparison shot. The hat on the left is apprx. 300 weaves per inch:
Cont'd next post....
