SOUSA JOHN PHILIP: (1854-1932) American Composer. An excellent vintage black and white picture postc...

SOUSA JOHN PHILIP: (1854-1932) American Composer. An excellent vintage black and white picture postcard depicting 'Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.'. Signed ('John Philip Sousa') to a clear area of the picture. Above his signature, Sousa has added an autograph musical quotation of four bars from his composition 'The Washington Post'. The composer has added the date, 1912, in his hand. To the verso, in Sousa's hand is written, 'John Philip Sousa, 'The March King', New York, Dec. 27. 1912'. Postally unused, but addressed in Sousa's hand to his correspondent. EX £150-200 The Washington Post is a march composed by Sousa in 1889.