American aviator (1898–1935) who, together with navigator Harold Gatty, set the speed record for around-the-world flight during a trip completed on July 1, 1931. Post later became the first pilot to circle the globe solo. He died, along with humorist Will Rogers, when a plane he was piloting crashed during takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska. Menu from a dinner for Post given by the Advertising Club of New York “in honor of his epochal flight around the world,” 4.5 x 7, July 26, 1933, signed in pencil on the reverse by Post and his wife, Mae Post. Scattered mild toning and soiling, horizontal fold, and a few small bends, no faults affecting the signatures, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
