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Signed Envelope from Top American World War One Fighter Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, and Two Pieces of Re

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Signed Envelope from Top American World War One Fighter Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, and Two Pieces of Re
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Signed Envelope from Top American World War One Fighter Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, and Two Pieces of Related Correspondence

1) Envelope commemorating the first day of issue for the 1968 ten cent air mail stamp, postmarked for San Francisco on January 5 1968. The bottom of the envelope is signed by Eddie Rickenbacker. 2) Three cards sized to fit the envelope; one black piece of cream colored cardstock and a pair of cards advertising a meeting of the "Rickenbacker Institute of Philosophy" at the Waldorf Hotel on February 16, 1968. One of the cards invites the reader to refrain from judging people (even if said people are describable with expletives), and the other advises the fathers of draft dodgers and anti-war activists to threaten their sons with violence. Born in 1890 as Edward Rickenbacher, he first achieved fame as a race car driver. When America entered World War One, Rickenbacker (having changed the spelling of his name to "Americanize" it due to growing anti-German sentiment) joined the Army immediately, though his mechanical talents nearly resulted in his trainers preventing him from earning his flight wings so they could keep him on as a mechanic. During the course of the war, he became an Ace five times over. In civilian life, he was the owner of an automobile company, an airline, and Indianapolis Speedway, as well as spending World War II supporting the United States, including a special tour of the USSR and spending nearly 3 weeks lost at sea while trying to deliver a letter of rebuke from the President to General MacArthur. Retiring from his airline in the early 1960s, he worked as a lecturer and public speaker, before finally passing on from a combination of stroke and pneumonia in 1973.

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Excellent. All three items show light handling. The signature is clear.