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Item Will Close On Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST
Lot Number:
5932189
Category:
O82 - Personal Letters & Papers
EARLE OVINGTON 1ST US AIRMAIL PILOT PERSONAL GROUPING
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Earle Ovington (1879 - 1936) was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the US in 1911, from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. He delivered 640 letters and 1,280 postcards, including a letter to himself from the United States Postal Service designating him as "Official Air Mail Pilot #1. Grouping includes signed photo of him in uniform, signed letter dated 1932, signed poem by him, magazine clipping, 2-pieces of fabric with camo painted design-approx. 5x5" size + personal mailing envelope with stamps. For more information on this collection go to http://www.manions.com/block.htm Condition: 7
Opening Bid Amount:
$75
Current Bid Amount:
$75
Total Bids:
1
Next Required Bid:
Internet High Bid ---- $75 Bid Placed: 7/6/2008 10:30:40 PM
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