President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Minister T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen), and Postmaster General Frank Walker review new Chinese Resistance stamps, 1942President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Minister T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen), and Postmaster General Frank Walker review new Chinese Resistance stamps, 1942
Washington, D.C.
Photograph by Alfred T. Palmer
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USE6-D-010799
U.S. 5-cent Chinese Resistance stamp, 1942U.S. 5-cent Chinese Resistance stamp, 1942
Courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, 1980.2493.2923
An avid stamp collector, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt often suggested themes, colors, and even his own designs for stamps, which he used to help boost American morale. This commemorative stamp, released just seven months after the United States entered World War II, recognized Chinese resistance against Japan and featured portraits of President Abraham Lincoln and Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan).