Scarce ‘Air Mail’ FDC issued at the International Civil Aeronautics Conference of 1928 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight, signed nicely in fountain pen by Orville Wright. The cover is postmarked at Washington, D.C., on December 13, 1928, and features an image cachet of Orville Wright demonstrating the flyer to the U.S. Army in Fort Myer, Virginia, in September 1908. The cover bears an address stamp to lower right: “Frank W. Wright. Rock Springs, Wyoming.” Cloth-matted and framed with two photos to an overall size of 12.25 x 21.75. In fine condition, with the signature a couple of shades light.
President Calvin Coolidge welcomed aviation leaders and representatives from thirty-four countries to the U.S. capital for the International Civil Aeronautics Conference of 1928, the first significant national recognition of the Wright brothers' achievement of powered manned flight. Between December 12 and 14, some of the most important figures in the new field of aviation gathered to exchange information and honor aeronautical achievements, especially those of the guest of honor, Orville Wright (Wilbur had died in 1912). Following the conference, the delegates even traveled to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to attend ceremonies on the site exactly twenty-five years after the Wrights' historic flight.
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