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Arctic Explorers

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Arctic Explorers

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Auction Date:2011 Sep 22 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
Collection of ten commemorative covers, each with stamped or printed cachets, with some commemorating first flights, and four honoring visits or lectures by Admiral Byrd. Five are signed by Byrd’s pilot of the North Pole Bernt Balchen, with one more signed by Captain J. E. Bernies. The remainder are signed by city officials, including two from the then-Mayor of Orlando, the then-Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and the assistant City Clerk of Allentown, Pennsylvania. In fine overall condition, with scattered mild toning and soiling.