Vintage ink signature, “Lt. Rene Fonck,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. Card is affixed to an 8 x 10.5 scrapbook page along with a clipped photo of Fonck. Affixed to the reverse of the sheet is a short handwritten note, perhaps in the hand of his secretary, on one of Fonck’s business cards which indicates Fonck was in New York. Fonck had gone to New York in an attempt to win the Orteig Prize for the first non-stop New York to Paris flight, which was eventually won the following year by Charles Lindbergh. In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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