US, Planty 690-27, FDC with Sons of the American Revolution cachet. 1931 2c Pulaski FDC, signed by Mayor Robert Pfeifle & SAR President on the reverse. Light crease just clear of signature.

Robert Pfeifle began his term in 1930 with a massive campaign to close speakeasies, brothels, and confiscate illegal liquor during Prohibition. "Undesirables" from New Jersey and New York were barred from entering the city. Bethlehem became formally known as the Christmas City in 1937. School children and other organizations raised $800 to build a star atop South Mountain. The first star was 60' and lit with 100 30-watt light bulbs. In 1939, an 81' replacement was built by Bethlehem Steel. It was the largest single electrical display in the world. Robert Pfeifle died in 1958.

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