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John f.kennedy signed. Genuine,secretarial or fake?

Hi,
This is a 1958 signed letter. I just can't make my mind up about it,it's clearly not auto penned and doesn't look like any other signatures of his, but has a few distinctive points.
Your opinions would be appreciated as usual
Thanks

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Permalink Reply by James on May 20, 2015 at 3:55pm

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is a secretarial signature. According to Charles Hamilton's book on JFK signatures, this was signed by secretary 14.

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Permalink Reply by James on May 20, 2015 at 4:01pm

Here is a picture of a few documented JFK secretarials. The one that resembles your post is located at the bottom. It is noted as as a 1958 secretarial as well.

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Permalink Reply by Marcus on May 21, 2015 at 2:31pm

Hi James,thankyou for your time,appreciated

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Permalink Reply by James on May 21, 2015 at 4:15pm

No problem, Marcus. If you're looking for a real JFK, just keep your eyes peeled. I personally think one of the best ways to get a real one is if you can find one that is signed on a campaign brochure or something like that when he was out on the campaign trail. That way it's going to probably be one of two things: authentic or an out right forgery. When he was out campaigning, he would have definitely been the one signing - not a secretary or an autopen. His campaign-style signature was very unique.