U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 7-8, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #394 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1917 Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), American explorer and aviator, made the first aeroplane flight over the North Pole, typewritten letter headed "HQ Rhode Island, Naval Militia", dated April 4, 1917 to Admiral Sims asking for an active command because "a desk job does not appeal to me half as much as a ship when the country is at war", signed "R. E. Byrd Jr" as Lt (j.g.), U.S.Navy | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #395 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1932 Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), signature on 1932 first flight cover from Los Angeles to Lakewood, Ohio, also signed by ten other aviators, all participants in Los Angeles Airport Sweepstakes Air Derby, v.f. and rare aviation cover, with cert.  | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
| Lot #396 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934-1968), Soviet Cosmonaut, first man in space, signature dated 29.8.61 on inside page of a book authored by Gagarin "Doroga v Kosmos" (Road to Space), 175 pages, with illustrations, released in 1961, rare | Price Realized $400.00 | |
 | Lot #397 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1922 typewritten letter, signed by Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) President of the United States, as Secretary of Commerce on Department of Commerce stationery, dated May 9, 1922 to the Peruvian Ambassador in Washington, regarding proposed tariff on Peruvian cotton and wool, signed Herbert Hoover | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #398 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh, September 6, 1927 "Complimentary Dinner to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh", Helena, Montana, signed "Charles A. Lindbergh", slight ink smearing, otherwise v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #399 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) Famous American aviator, a September 17, 1927 "dinner menu in honor of Col. Charles A. Lindberg" (sic), Sacramento, Ca., signed "Charles A. Lindbergh", some toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #400 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE Jan III Sobieski (1624-96) King of Poland, defeated the Turks at Vienna in 1683, a victory that made the Polish king a hero to the whole of Christendom. A letter written entirely in Latin, boldly signed "Giovanni Re" at Warszawa, with intact wafer seal, addressed to the prince of Macedonia, fine and very rare letter signed by the most famous Polish King | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
