A new
Eisenhower signature stamp has also been discovered. It apparently was made from the original that
Eisenhower wrote for use on a preprinted White House card. The card, bearing the inscription “with best
wishes,” appears in Paul K. Carr’s book The
Eisenhower Files: An In-Depth Philographic Study. A signature stamp made from the same
pattern appears as a free frank on an envelope postmarked June 19, 1960—during
the Eisenhower presidency, but not on a White House envelope. History In Ink owner Rick Schnake was sent
the envelope for consideration but declined it because it had a stamped
signature. Subsequently the same
envelope appeared in a major autograph auction.
Following are illustrations of the White House card that appears in
Carr’s study and the stamped free frank.
The patterns match exactly, indicating that the signature was used both
as a printed facsimile and a stamp.