PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: PRIME MINISTER JAMES CALLAGHAN (GREAT BRITAIN), PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER "ALEC" DOUGLAS-HUME (GREAT BRITAIN), PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON (GREAT BRITAIN) - HFSID 46664

GEORGE BUSH, HAROLD WILSON, JAMES CALLAGHAN and ALEXANDER DOUGLAS-HOME
Signatures of a former U.S. President and three former British Prime Ministers on a First Day Cover honoring the centennial of the birth of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the first woman U.S. Cabinet member.
First Day Cover signed: "George Bush", "Home", "Wilson of Rievaulz." and "James/Callaghan", 6½x3¾. First Day Cover honoring the centennial of the birth of Francis Perkins, the first U.S. Woman Cabinet Member, 15-cent stamp affixed, postmarked Washington, D.C., April 10, 1980, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. When GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH was inaugurated as the 41st U.S. President in 1989, he had, perhaps, the most impressive résumé of anyone entering the White House: awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three air medals in WWII, Congressman (1967-1971), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971-1972), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973-1974), first Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing, China (1974-1975), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977) and Vice President (1981-1989). In his private life, Bush, the father of 43rd U.S. President George Walker Bush, co-founded Zapata Petroleum and founded Zapata Off-Shore Co., serving as Chairman of the Board and CEO. JAMES HAROLD WILSON (1916-1995) was British Prime Minister from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976. Wilson, who entered Parliament in 1945, became a member of the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade (1947-1951). During the 1950s, he was the Labor Party's spokesman for foreign affairs and finance, although his terms as Prime Minister were hampered by financial woes. Wilson was made a life peer by Queen Elizabeth II and entered the House of Lords in 1983. JAMES CALLAGHAN was Foreign Secretary in the Labor Government of Harold Wilson, renegotiating the terms of Britain's EC membership. He served as Prime Minister 1976-1979. Sir ALEXANDER DOUGLAS-HOME (1903-1995) entered the British Parliament as a Conservative in 1931. A member of several Cabinets, he served as Prime Minister from 1963-1964. Slightly creased, lightly rippled at cachet. Pencil erasure at upper margin to left of stamp. Pencil notes (unknown hand) on back flap (no show through). Fine condition.