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Charles Lindbergh Document Signed in pencil, "Charles A. Lindbergh" as "Employee at Air Mail Field." One page, 8" x 6.5", St. Louis Missouri, July 24, 1926. This Post Office receipt was signed by Lindbergh one year before his famous transatlantic flight. Lindbergh was hired in 1925 to establish and then serve as the chief pilot for the new 278 mile Contract Airmail Route #2 which provided service between St. Louis and Chicago. This wonderful historical document was signed by Lindbergh before transporting sacks of airmail from Springfield, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri. The receipt indicates the number of bags, weight, postage, and weather conditions in Springfield ("Fair"). According to the receipt, Lindbergh's plane left the Springfield airfield at 8:15 a.m. This document, which contains a Springfield postmark, is in fine condition.Also offered are two b/w photographs. (1) 6.5" x 5.25", shows Lindbergh loading airmail sacks into an early vintage plane which he was flying for the Post office. The caption reads, "FIRST SACK LINDBERGH AND GREEN LOADING CARGO." (2) 6.5" X 4.5", shows Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis in flight. Both photos are in very fine condition.
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2008 October Grand Format Manuscripts Auction #692 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
17th-18th
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