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Lot #426
Chuck Yeager First Day Covers

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Four covers signed by Chuck Yeager, including: a pair of commemorative covers with hand-painted cachets honoring the 25th anniversary of the "Supersonic Flight" of the Glamorous Glennis on October 14, 1947, both signed in ink by Yeager, who adds, "B/Gen USAF," with one signed by Brigadier General Robert L. Cardenas and the other signed by Colonel Jerry Gentry, both of whom were experimental pilots; an FDC with a cachet honoring the Apollo 11 mission, signed in blue ballpoint by Yeager, and in black ink by Jacqueline Cochran, who was the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound; and a flown mailing envelope "Carried by Gen. Chuck Yeager" from New Orleans to Montrose, Colorado, on September 26, 1985, signed below in black ballpoint by Yeager. In overall fine condition.

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