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Apollo 11 and Charles Lindbergh

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Apollo 11 and Charles Lindbergh

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Auction Date:2012 May 23 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
An exceptional display featuring signed items from Charles Lindbergh, the Apollo 11 crew, and John Glenn. Items include: Ink signature, “C. A. Lindbergh, March 1934,” on an off-white slip; a 1969 FDC with an affixed cachet honoring the first man on the moon, signed in ink and felt tip by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins; a clipped 3.25 x 3 glossy photo of Glenn posing in front of his Mercury capsule, signed in brown ink, “J. H. Glenn, Jr.”; and an FDC with a cachet honoring Robert Goddard, signed in ballpoint by Harry Guggenheim. Other items include an unsigned vintage 5.25 x 7 photo picturing Lindbergh and Guggenheim, as they arrived at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., December 12, 1928; a reproduction postcard photo of Lindbergh posing with The Spirit of St. Louis; four other FDCs, and four commemorative medallions. All the items are matted together to an overall size of 23.5 X 19.25. Armstrong’s signature a shade light, moderate contrast to Glenn’s light, but mostly legible signature, and a few light vertical cuts to three of the unsigned covers, otherwise fine condition.