U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 13-14, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #267 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1917 Byrd, Richard E (1888-1957), American explorer and aviator, made the first airplane 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 $290.00 |
 | Lot #268 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1932 Earhart, Amelia Mary (1897-1937), American aviation pioneer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, 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 $900.00 |
 | Lot #269 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1961 Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934-1968), Soviet Cosmonaut, first man in space, signed and dated 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 $450.00 |
 | Lot #270 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1922 Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) President of the United States, typewritten letter, signed 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, fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #271 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1933 Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, autographed letter signed Charles A. Lindbergh, while on board the S.S. Jelling (dated July 15, 1933) making a study of bases and weather conditions for North American flights on behalf of Pan American Airways at Grand Falls. The "SS Jelling" was the floating base from which the Lindberghs operated. Also included are two original photographs, one of Lindbergh and his wife Anne, the another of Anne only. A scarce document, minor paper flaws | Unsold |
 | Lot #272 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte, two sided letter sheet, dated 21 August, addressed to Monsieur Mollieu, signed "NAPOL", fine. Napoleon was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts - the Napoleonic Wars, involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #273 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, lettersheet signed "Napole" at Elba, fine and very rare. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armee was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #274 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1823 Scott, Winfield (1786-1866), United States Army General, nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers", cancelled (cross punch) Bank of the United States check dated June 5, 1823, made payable to "A.B." in the amount of $300, and signed "Winfield Scott", v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
