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1936 (23 February) Lord Mountbatten autograph letter.
On Casa Medina, Pieta, Malta notepaper to GW Dowd, in appreciation of a variety show. Signed Louis Mountbatten”
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCB, OM,
GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS. Framed with a photograph of Mountbatten. Together with a piece of paper with a
fragment of music captioned “You ought to be in Wishart”, signed by Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, dated 25 June
1935. Framed. The larger”
16 x 20in. (40.64 x 50.80cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
Large Image & Place Bid 287288
Charles Lindbergh autograph signature
On a slip of paper, in black ink, signed Charles A. Lind-
bergh, American aviator, completed the first non-stop
flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis”.
Attractively framed with a photograph of Lindbergh.”
17_ x 13in. (44.45 x 33.02cm)
Estimate €500-€700 £370-£510
Large Image & Place Bid 288289
1937 (12 July) Foynes, press photograph of
Captain Harold E. Gray, commander of Pan-Am
Clipper III flying boat.
A photograph of Captain Gray speaking into a micro-
phone, the label gummed to the reverse of the photo-
graph informs us that he says few words”.”
Capt. Harold Gray commanded the first trans-Atlan-
tic flight by a Pan American Sikorsky S42B Clipper III
passenger seaplane from Botwood, Newfoundland to
Foynes, Ireland. The flight took 12 hours and 40 minutes.
6 x 8in. (15.24 x 20.32cm)
Estimate €200-€250 £150-£180
Large Image & Place Bid 289