Autographs - Aviation
Autographs
Mexico
115 Charles Lindbergh Autograph on 1929 Mexico First Flight
Cover.
1929 First Flight Cover fromMatamoros, Mexico to Palisade,
New Jersey, two Mexico adhesive stamps attached to cover with
purple overprint, back blank. The signature is on the left side border
and written as C.A. Lindbergh, XF condition. Lindbergh was the first
person to travel non<stop by airplane across the Atlantic in 1927.
(PH)
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EST. $5009800
116 Charles Lindbergh Autograph on 1944 Photograph with
Marine Major Joe Foss.
1944, signed photograph on the top
excess margin. Marine Corps. Photo with Passed by War Dept.
Censor, Back has additional information “Lindbergh meets Joe Foss
in Pacific < ....is escorted through South Sea base by Marine maj. Joe
Foss, who was the first fighter pilot to equal the record of planes
shot down by Eddie Rickenbacker in World I. XF condition.
Lindbergh was the first person to travel across the Atlantic ocean by
airplane in 1927.
(PH)
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EST. $100091500
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Hawaii
117 Charles Lindbergh Autograph on Letter and Black & White
Photo.
Hawaii, 1970, Charles Lindbergh autograph on typed corre<
spondence to a Miss Cunningham from Hawaii dated Jan. 8, 1970.
Letter regarding reading of a manuscript. Black and white photo of
Lindbergh in front of the Spirit of St. Louis by Underwood on left.
Picture and letter are on dark green mat. Lindbergh (1902<1974) was
an aviator who at 25 flew in his a single<seat, single<engine purpose
built Ryan monoplane the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic non<
stop from Long Island to Paris covering 3600 miles and was the first
person to accomplish this. In 1932 his first child was kidnapped from
their home and later killed at what at the time was considered the
“Crime of the Century”. Due to the coverage a law (“Lindbergh
Law”)was passed that made kidnapping a federal offense . The
Lindbergh also imposed upon themselves a self exile to Europe
where they lived for three years away from the public attention he
received in the U.S. Later in life he became a consultant for various
aviation companies and was also a advocate of Goddard’s rocket
propulsion work.
(PH)
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EST. $75091500
Kitty Hawk
118 Orville Wright Autograph on 1928 Kitty Hawk 25th
Anniversary of the First Flight Made by the Wright Brothers.
Kitty Hawk, NC, 1928, Also signed by B.B. Lipsner with text on back
“...I accompanied Oroville Wright from Washington, D.C. to Kill
Devil Hill, N.C.. On the entire pilgrimage I carried this commemora<
tive cover and finally mailed it personally...”. Legal sized envelope
with adhesive U.S. stamp with cover cachet advertising the
Anniversary of the first flight in 1903, also has a green hand stamp
of Icarus, back with blue overprint. VF<XF condition. Historic
Pioneer aviator autograph.
(PH)
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EST. $5009800
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Archives International Auctions, Part XVI
October 19, 2013
Archives International Auctions
