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Earle Ovington

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Earle Ovington

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Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 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
Former lab assistant to Thomas Edison (1879–1936) who, in 1911, made the first official airmail flight in the United States. Two commemorative air mail postal covers, each signed in fountain pen by Ovington, adding “First U.S. Air Mail Pilot (1911)” to one example. In very good to fine condition with Ovington signing over a stamping on one envelope. Accompanied by a brief TLS in which he references signing the covers and provides a brief biography.