ARMY NAVY COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES of 1937
SCOTT 794, 5 cent issue
FIRST DAY of ISSUE CANCEL
SIGNED by NUMEROUS OFFICIALS
SEE DETAILS ON THESE PERSONALITIES BELOW
R. E. FELLERS -- Superintendent, Division of Stamps
DAVID FOOTE SELLERS -- Admiral
WILLIAM AUGUST STROHM -- Postmaster, Annapolis MD
David
Foote Sellers was born in Austin, Texas at an Army Post, on 4 February
1874, the son of Major Edwin E. Sellers and Mrs. (Olive Lay Foote)
Sellers. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy as a Naval
Cadet from New Mexico and entered the Academy on 1 May 1890. Graduated
on 8 June 1894, fifth in his class, he served the two years at sea then
required by law, and was commissioned Ensign in the United States Navy
on 1 July 1896. Through subsequent promotions, he attained the rank of
Rear Admiral on 2 June 1927, held the temporary rank of Vice Admiral in
1932-1933, and that of Admiral in 1933-1934. After his retirement on 1
March 1938, he was commissioned in the grade of Admiral on the Retired
List of the Navy effective 16 June 1942 (Act of Congress).
William August Strohm (1887 - 1955)
Postmaster at Annapolis, Md., 1934-51
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