Lot 1024
German Airships - Hugo Eckener, Aeronautical engineer and airship designer, assistant to Count von Zeppelin, later president of the Zeppelin Airship Company.
Two pages featuring an Autograph Letter Signed (not shown), 18 Aug 1947, in English to film actress and world-traveler Clara [Claire] Adams, reminiscing about old times. The letter is written from Akron, Ohio, where Eckener was consulting with the Goodyear Company to try to revive the era of the big airships; also an Eckener signature across a 50pf German stamp featuring the gondola of the Graf Zeppelin and a set of German Chicago Flight Zeppelins, original gum, the 1m having sheet margin selvage stuck to reverse; plus six related picture postcards (one not shown).
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $625 |
