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lot # 267 - autographs of famous people

Tuesday Jan 13, 2015 10:00 to Wednesday Jan 14, 2015 13:00 America/New_York
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Jan 13, 09:00 GMT

1917 Byrd, Richard E (1888-1957), American explorer and aviator, made the first airplane flight over the North Pole, typewritten letter headed "HQ Rhode Island, Naval Militia", dated April 4, 1917 to Admiral Sims asking for an active command because "a desk job does not appeal to me half as much as a ship when the country is at war", signed "R. E. Byrd Jr" as Lt (j.g.), U.S.Navy