Archives International Auctions Sale 52 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins and Security Printing Ephemera May 14, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 52 67 May 14,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 478 478 Ronald Reagan Signs Thomas Houk’s Engraving of President Reagan in September 1984. White House, Washington, D.C. Included is a letter on U. S. Senate stationary to Senator Jim Sasser regarding his request for Reagan’s autograph, a letter on White House stationary to Senator Sasser from the President’s Deputy Assistant, and a yellow Post-It instructing the President as to how the vignette should be signed. Also included is the BEP Presidential engraved portrait of President Ronald Reagan with a hand signed signature below his portrait. Possibly unique in this format. Appears as made. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 AUTOGRAPHS - AVIATION North Dakota 479 479 Jimmy Doolittle 1931 Autographed Air Mail First flight Cover. Pembina, North Dakota, Feb.2, 1931. First Flight cover, Twin Cities - Pembina Extension - Route AM9 - P.O.D. Air Mail, Newspaper photograph of Jimmy Doolittle pasted to left aside of cover with circular hand stamp cachet on left with Doolittle’s signature vertically in it. James Harold Doolittle was an American General and aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a flying instructor in World War I, and later became lieutenant general during World War II, where he also earned the Medal of Honor for his leadership and command of the Doolittle Raid. He was the first American to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom. Doolittle helped create the Air Force Association and served as its first president, and was the last chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) before it was superseded by NASA. Jimmy Doolittle is remembered to this day in both the National Aviation Hall of Fame as well as the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in San Diego.����������� Est. $100-200 Texas 480 480 Eddie Rickenbacker 1930 Autographed Air Mail First flight Cover. El Paso, Texas. October 15, 1930, First flight cover, Southern Trans. Continental Route First Flight El Paso, Texas, Route 33 - Air Mail P.O.D., Newspaper photograph of Rickenbacker in front of German plane they brought down without crashing with his signature partially overlapping photo, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America’s most successful fighter ace, and was also considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the First World War. In World War II, Rickenbacker received the Medal for Merit, a decoration for civilians in service, for his outreach and support of American troops, in addition to his fact-finding mission to the USSR. Rickenbacker was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and Rickenbacker International Airport in Ohio is named his honor.�������������������������� Est. $130-260 Aviation 481 481 A Colorful Group of a Dozen Autographed Pilot’s Covers from the 1930’s Aviation Covers…..Lot of 12 Autographed First Flight Covers signed by the flight pilots from various locations and routes. Pilots include Jimmy Wedell; Betty Lund; Ernst udet; Col. Roscoe Turner and others. Fine to VF. ����������������������������������������� Est. $60-100 AUTOGRAPHS - ENTERTAINMENT Delaware 482 482 Selznick Corporation 1922 Stock Certificate Signed by David and Lewis Selznick Delaware, Black text on Green, 4 shares, I/U, signed by Lewis Selznick as President, and David Selznick as Secretary. Lewis was producer in the early years of the film industry. David, his son, produced Gone with the Wind. VF-EF Est. $300-500 AUTOGRAPHS - FINANCE Great Britain 483 483 Letter from 1832 by Railroad Pioneer Francis Fortune. Great Britain. A 2-page printed open letter by construction engineer Francis Fortune to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railroad, 1832, containing Francis Fortune proposal for linking parts of England by rail, stating that he can build a railroad communicating with the three seaports in the West, North Seas and British Channel. Very good, and an incredibly early and historic railroad item. (John E. Herzog Collection)��������������� Est. $100-200