EARLE OVINGTON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 348933
Sale Price $325.00
Reg. $400.00
EARLE OVINGTON
Striking signed photograph from the man credited with delivering first air mail.
Photograph signed and inscribed: "To Lionel Aucoin / from/Earle Ovington / LT Cmdr.
U.S.N.R"", sepia toned, 4x6. EARLE OVINGTON (1879-1936), an aeronautical engineer
and early barnstorming pilot, carried the first mail (640 letters and 1,280 postcards) by
air. After a journey of 5½ miles above Long Island on September 23, 1911, Ovington
dropped the mailbag from a height of 500 feet. Minor notches near top-left edge. Corners
lightly worn. Ink stamp and note (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by
PSA/DNA LOA.
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