Space & Autographs Auction Space & Autographs Auction Jan. 2014

High Altitude Program – OTHER, AVIATION – 20 / 1926-78 AVIATION COVERS & PAPER EPHEMERA ...................................................................................... $350-500 Over 150 different covers, cards and other fascinating bits of history concerning the early years of aviation. Key to this collection are over 20 different signatures of aviation noteworthies such as: Gen John B. McPherson, Jerrie Cobb, Lee Wade, Francis Gary Powers, H. Roy Waite, Douglas Corrigan, Juan T. Trippe, Joe Foss, Bob Lewis, Gen James M. Gavin, Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Doolittle, Gen. Ira C. Baker, Thomas W, Ferebee, Paul Tibbets, Gen. M.B. Ridgeway, Lowell Thomas, Barry Goldwater, Gen. John R. Alison, Jacqueline Cochran, Curtis LeMay, C.L. Kelly, others. Some duplicates noted but on different items. Lot also contains collateral information plus a small, clean collection of U.S. and (mainly) foreign stamps honoring Lindbergh & other early aviation people and events. Generally very fine. 21 16 Bronze Aviator’s Wings pin as worn by U.S. Mail pilots in early days of air mail service. Pin purchased from close friend of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Lucky Lindy’s wife). Charles Lindbergh would certainly have worn such a pin during his air mail flights from St. Louis to Chicago. (Authenticity Letter from Lindbergh expert Ev Cassagneres & University Archives LOA). 1931 WILEY POST & HAROLD GATTY SIGNED PHOTO ............................................... PH $1200-1700 Candid photograph taken during Post & Gatty’s ticker-tape parade in New York City July 7, 1931, in honor of their record-setting flight around the globe. Both seated in open car, waving to crowd. Both signatures bold and clear in black ink, photo measures 238x188mm with some minor wear. Photograph salvaged from newspaper art department and owner used to gather autographs at subsequent events, not one of the common photos known of this event. Fine to very fine. 17 / 22 1936 AMON CARTER AUTOGRAPH ON CLIPPER FLIGHT COVER .................................................... PH $400-600 1945 ORVILLE WRIGHT SIGNED TYPED LETTER .............................................................. PH $750-1000 Two page (each 7¼x10½”) typed signed letter on Orville Wright/Dayton, Ohio, stationery, to Mr. Roy Fitzgerald. Interesting content about Van Cleve genealogy & the Benjamin Van Cleve Bible. Clean clear signature on previously folded June 16, 1945 letter. Very fine. 19 23 1928-81 AVIATION RELATED SOUVENIR COVERS IN WOODEN FRAMES, ONE SIGNED ................. PH $100-150 1940s AVIATION BOOKS SELECTION ...................... $150-250 Two banker boxes full of Aviation books. Vast majority are hardbound books including 3 editions of ‘Aircraft of the World’, also ‘Mustang’, ‘Luftwaffe 1918-1940’, ‘USAAF Handbook’, coffee table books ‘Flying Aces’ and ‘Battle of Britain’, and many more. Also includes several calendars and VHS video tapes. Nice assortment. 1950s ROSCOE TURNER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO W/ ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES ............. PH $100-150 Roscoe Turner (1895-1970) early aviator, barnstormer & racer, three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy (years 1934, 1938 & 1939) and in 1952 awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the US Congress for his contributions to aviation. B&W photo (8x10") with great image of Turner smiling with leather flight helmet & goggles, inscribed & signed by Roscoe Turner and others including Zack Mosley creator of ‘Smiling Jack’ cartoon strip. Photo soiled, toned & spotted, crease upper left corner. Fine. / Five souvenir covers, each in its own wooden frame with related souvenir cards or artwork by same artist. Includes: (1) 1928 cover from St. Louis to Schenectady, franked w/ 10¢ Spirit of St. Louis airmail stamp, tied by 2/20/28 St. Louis machine cancel and ‘Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail’ handstamp. (2) 1977 Joint Issue First Day Cover (FDC) for Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic flight anniversary stamps issued by France & USA, artist’s pencil drawing. (3) 1978 FDC for USA 21¢ airmail postal card w/dark blue cachet for the 60th anniv of first government air mail service, drawing of the Curtiss Jenny. (4) 1981 FDC for 18¢ Space Shuttle stamp with 5/21/81 Kennedy Space Center cancellation and Gill Craft color cachet. Artwork of Shuttle Columbia (#55/100). (5) 1981 Australian 22¢ postal s tationery w/ pictorial cancellation honoring 50th anniv of Sir Francis Chichester’s flight across the Tasman, signed by pilots of Australian Post-organized re-enactment flight, special flight label affixed shows cover was carried aboard flight. Very fine. Airmail envelope franked with three Pacific Clipper Airmail 25¢ stamps, tied by two strikes Oct. 16, 1936, Honolulu duplex cancels. At upper left corner is the signature of ‘Amon G. Carter,’ Fort Worth, Texas, newspaper owner and largerthan-life figure. Address in his hand as well. A search of the Carter Papers Archive shows he was a passenger on this American Airways Clipper flight and was friends with the Stripling family. Very fine historical piece. 18 1926 CHARLES A LINDBERGH U.S. MAIL PILOT’S PIN .......................................................... PH $350-500 HIGH ALTITUDE PROGRAM 24 1947 CHUCK YEAGER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ............................................................................... PH $150-250 Sharp looking 7x5" B&W photo of Yeager standing in front of Bell X-1 rocket propelled aircraft ‘GLAMOROUS GLENNIS’ (named for Yeager’s wife), in which he became first person to exceed the speed of sound. Inscribed, ‘To Johan/Fly Safe!’ & signed Chuck Yeager. Very fine. Saint Louis, Missouri Space 1.pmd Aviation & Space Memorabilia 13 Page 13 11/27/2013, 2:56 PM

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