Series VI - Memorabilia

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Series VI - Memorabilia

Subseries 12, Flags and Miscellaneous Items - 4 items

Box 23 , Folder 1, Flags, l939

One American Flag

Box 23, Folder 2, Flags, l939

One American Flag

Box 23, Folder 3, Flags, l939

One British Flag

Box 23, Folder 4, Flags, l939

One French Flag

Box 24, Stamps and Miscellaneous, 1949-1998 - 8 items

First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright Aviation Pioneers, 1949: two envelopes.

Wright Brothers Commemorative Stamps, 6 cents US Airmail, Issued Dec. 17, 1949, 46th Anniversary, presented by Del Harrison, March 12, 1997, (two pages and partial third page).

First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright, Aviation Pioneers, Sept. 23, 1978, (four envelopes).

Wright Brothers Commemorative Stamps, 31 cents US Airmail, Issued Sept. 23, 1978, (two pages and partial third page).

First Day Cover Commemorating Wilbur and Orville Wright, Aviation Pioneers, 90th Anniversary, Issued Dec. 17, 1993.

The 1900's Celebrate the Century: The Dawn of the Twentieth Century, United States Postal Service, 1998.

Note: The 1900s Celebrate the Century: this sheet is number 1 in a series of ten sheets 1998 USPS.

Background photo: Near Dayton, Ohio the Wright brothers stand beside Flyer II, the first plane to fly a complete circle. Wilbur Wright piloted the flight September 20, 1904.

Return of the Kitty Hawk Plane, "Birthplace of Aviation": a pin sent to the DMCPL by Howerton Gowen, President of Howerton Gowen Company, Inc., Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Dec. 22, 1966.

Box 25, Commemorative Plate, 1939

Contains a commemorative plate for Millville, Indiana Centennial, 1854-1954, birthplace of Wilbur Wright.

Box 26, Folder 1, Miscellaneous

Contains "Thomas Grimalkin," print presented by the Kiwanis Club of Oakwood (limited edition, 38/250).

Box 26, Folder 2, Miscellaneous

Certificate accompanying limited edition print "Thomas Grimalkin."

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