Politics/white house birthday card

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white house birthday card

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: bml@netcom.com (Brian Leibowitz)
Subject: Birthday Greetings From the White House
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 02:44:35 GMT

I wrote to the White House asking about a birthday greeting for my grandfather who will be 95 next year. I received a card signed by Bill and Hillary (they look like real signatures and are not printed

they are probably churned out by autographing machines) that says (the card is not personalized):

Happy Birthday!

Hillary and I are delighted to join your friends and family in congratulating you on this special day. As you look forward to the year ahead, please accept our best wishes for good health and much future happiness.

This was sent in a double envelope so that I could address the inner one to my grandfather and send the sealed card to him. The card has the presidential seal printed in gold and embossed at the top. The outer envelope is hand addressed.

NOTE: the postage meter impression on the outer envelope reminded me that the president does not have franking privileges.

The outer envelope does have a little "B" written on the upper right have corner indicating that they have a pile of these pre-signed and double enveloped; when a request comes in, they just write the address on the outer envelope and mail it.

The return address on both envelopes is simply: The White House, Washington.

Brian "Will the president will send a card to commemorate

AFU west two fifty?" Leibowitz

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