KIRK DOUGLAS - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 45794

KIRK DOUGLAS
Kirk Douglas signs a philatelic envelope saluting Douglas Fairbanks
Philatelic Envelope signed: "Kirk/Douglas", 6½x3½. First Day Cover saluting Douglas Fairbanks, five stamps are affixed honoring George M. Cohan, Will Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jimmie Rodgers and W.C. Fields, postmarked Denver, Colorado, May 23, 1964, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), considered by many to be the epitome of the Hollywood hard man, made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers in 1946. Three years later, he received his first Academy Award nomination for Champion (1949). Douglas, who received two other Oscar nominations, for The Bad and the Beautiful(1952) and Lust for Life (1956), both directed by Vincente Minnelli, also appeared in Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), In Harm's Way (1965) and numerous other feature and made for television films. In addition to his film work, which was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Film Institute in 1991 and an honorary Oscar by the Academy in 1995, Douglas has published two novels and an autobiography, The Ragman's Son (1988). Though he continued to appear in films, by the '80s Douglas began volunteering much of his time to civic duties. Since 1963, he had worked as a Goodwill Ambassador and, in 1981, his many contributions earned him the highest civilian award given in the U.S. - the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Postmark touches "K" of signature. Fine condition.