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Aviation
The pilot and his plane
333. Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph. Choice
vintage matte-finish 9 x 7 full-length photo of Lindbergh posing outdoors with his recordsetting monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, signed in the allocated autograph box in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 15 x 14. In fine condition, with light silvering to the darker areas of the image. Starting Bid $300
24-year-old Charles Lindbergh flies the dangerous new Chicago-St. Louis airmail route
334. Charles Lindbergh Signed 1926 Airmail Cover. Rare flown airmail envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, postmarked twice on the front in Chicago, Illinois, on April 15, 1926, at 5:30 AM, to commemorate the “First Flight Inaugurating Contract Air Mail, Chicago-St. Louis-Route,” signed in the upper left corner in black ink, “C. A. Lindbergh, May 1934,” who was one of a team of pilots hired by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation for their new St. Louis-Chicago airmail route. The reverse is postmarked at St. Louis, Missouri, on April 15, 1926, at 10:30 AM. In fine condition. Accompanied by a vintage glossy photo of the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft in its hangar. Starting Bid $200
A hero’s welcome— Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis land in Seattle
335. Charles Lindbergh Signature with Seattle 1927
Stadium Reception Archive . Archive related to Charles Lindbergh’s honorary reception at the University of Washington Stadium in Seattle, Washington, on September 13, 1927, held in honor of his recent nonstop solo transatlantic flight between New York and Paris in his ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ monoplane. The archive is highlighted by a bold fountain pen signature, “C. A. Lindbergh, Sept. 13, ‘27,” on an off-white 10 x 7.5 album page with three affixed 10-cent stamps honoring ‘Lindbergh Air Mail.’
Includes two official “Lindbergh Reception Committee” passes, the reception’s official program, a silk “Lindbergh Reception” ribbon, and 10 original vintage photographs documenting the event; the photos range in size from 5.5 x 3.5 to 13.5 x 10.5 and contain images of Lindbergh flying the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ into Sand Point Field, being driven into the packed University Stadium, and standing at the podium before delivering a speech to the gathered 25,000 spectators. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by an impressive scrapbook compiled by Dudley Knox Randal containing dozens of newspaper clippings from “The Seattle Times of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s Flight from New York / Paris, May 21, 1927.” Starting Bid $200
