Autographs ~ Generals, Presidents, Astronauts, Athletes, Performers, Notable People         On this page you will find 48 covers autographed by presidents, first ladies, generals, admirals, astronauts, and other notable people. You'll find especially scarce autographs of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Alan Bean, Sally Ride, and Ken Blanchard at bargain prices.         My prices are way under dealer prices and considerably under those in postal history auctions. All covers will be sent by first class or Priority Mail. You, the buyer, pay only the exact postage plus 50c per order for packaging and handling.        To make sure you get what you want, you can e-mail me at SwapMeetDave@aol.com and I'll set aside the items you want and ship them upon receipt of your check or money order. I also accept Pay Pal (pay to my account: SwapMeetDave@aol.com). Send your order with payment to David Ahl, 12 Indian Head Road, Morristown, NJ 07960. Thank you!

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Presidents, Vice Presidents, First Ladies, Presidential Candidates AU-01. Pres Calvin Coolidge on C10 cover addr to Nickles, 5/25/28. $400.00 AU-02. Pres Herbert Hoover on FDC of Sc 989, 4/20/50. $500.00 AU-03. Pres Harry Truman on autograph request card w/env to Italy. $300.00 AU-04. Pres Lyndon Johnson on FDC of Sc 1208. Unaddressed. $400.00 AU-06. Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson. SOLD AU-19. Barry Goldwater, presidential candidate in 1962. With #10 indicia env. $50.00 AU-07. Pres Richard Nixon on 1973 Inauguration cover. Scarce! SOLD AU-05. VP Richard Nixon thermograph mailing indicia on #10 envelope. $10.00 AU-25. Nelson Rockefeller, VP, $50.00 AU-08. Pres Gerald R. Ford on FDC of Scott 1109. $90.00 AU-09A. Gerald Ford w/astronauts Richard Truly & Joe Engle. $150.00 AU-09. Pres Gerald Ford on FDC of Scott 2047. $75.00 AU-10. Betty Ford on FDC of Scott 1927, Alcoholism. SOLD AU-10A. Pres Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, Mrs Robert Goddard. $100.00 AU-11. Pres Ronald Reagan and VP George Bush. Seldom seen! SOLD AU-12. VP Dan Quayle on 1989 Inauguration cover. $50.00 AU-13. VP Dan Quayle on 1989 Inauguration cover. $60.00 AU-14. First Lady Barbara Bush on 1989 Inauguration cover. SOLD AU-15. VP Al Gore on Tennessee State Bird & Flower cover. $75.00 AU-18. Malcolm Baldrige, Sec'y of Commerce w/photo & article. Nice! $25.00 Astronauts, Pilots AU-16. Amelia Earhart on first transcontinental flight, 9/8/30. Unique! SOLD AU-27. John Glenn on recovery cover from Friendship 7 space capsule splashdown, 2/23/62. $200.00 AU-28. Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard. Houston training 3/25/69 and anniv of moon landing, 7/20/85. SOLD AU-29. Apollo XII astronauts, Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon, Alan Bean! Launch 11/14/69. SOLD AU-31. Apollo XII, Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon, Alan Bean! Splashdown 11/24/69. SOLD AU-30. Alan Bean on First Day Cover of Decade in Space stamps, Scott 1434-35, 8/2/71, Houston cancel. SOLD 1918. James Beggs, NASA Administrator, July 10, 1981 to Dec 4, 1985. On FDC of Scott 1918, 5/21/81. $25.00 AU-09A. Gerald Ford w/astronauts Richard Truly & Joe Engle, Shuttle training flight, also Bion-6 launch. $150.00 AU-33. Challenger astronauts Sally Ride, Bob Crippen, Rick Hauck, John Fabian, Norm Thagard on STS-7 launch. $200.00 AU-35. Terry Hart, astronaut STS 41-C, April 6-13, 1984. On Balloon Championship cover. With NASA bio. SOLD Performers, Inventors, Famous and Notable People AU-34. Maurice H. Thatcher. Canal Zone Stamp shows the Thatcher Bridge over the Panama Canal. SOLD AU-20. Emmett Kelly, famous clown, on Circus FDC. SOLD 1285. Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Prize winner, on Einstein FDC. SOLD AU-23. Inventors of Transistor: Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley. SOLD 1501. Peter Denning, computer scientist on electronics FDC. $10.00 1920. Ken Blanchard, author of One Minute Manager on Prof Management FDC. $15.00 2054. Martti Talvela, Finish. At 6 ft 8 in, the tallest opera singer of all time. $10.00 AU-24. Scott Hamilton, figure scating 1st place 1984 Olympics, SOLD Generals, Admirals, Military Leaders General of the Army Omar N. Bradley on West Point FDC, SOLD General Matthew Ridgeway on Korean Veterans FDC, SOLD Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey as free frank on Minkus patriotic env, SOLD General Curtis LeMay on Patton FDC, SOLD Capt Jimmie Doolittle on postwar FDC, SOLD Adm Chester Nimitz on WWII patriotic cover honoring him. As he died in 1966, Nimitz autographs are very scarce. SOLD Adm Chester Nimitz at Annapolis at John Paul Jones Bicentennial in 1947. Nimitz autographs are rare! SOLD General Douglas MacArthur on USS Quincy VJ-Day censored cover w/ship cachet. UNIQUE! SOLD General Douglas MacArthur on Philippine VJ-Day commemorative postcard. A fabulous item, SOLD Mrs. Douglas MacArthur on 40th anniv of VJ day with Nimitz stamp, handpainted, SOLD Dwight D Eisenhower on 1945 FDC of WWII Army stamp w/Fleetwood cachet by Dorothy Knapp. SENSATIONAL! SOLD Generals Matthew Ridgeway, Maxwell Taylor, Mark Clark, Wm Westmoreland, Adm Thomas Moorer, Capt J Doolittle. Spectacular! SOLD George L Mabry Jr, Medal of Honor for action near Schzven Nutte, Germany on 11/20/44. On FDC w/Pentagon cancel. SOLD B-29 Record flight Honolulu - Washington, Cmdr & Navigator autographs, ONLY ONE MADE! Sept 1945. Click for more info. SOLD General William Westmoreland, General of US Army in Vietnam on Vietnam Veterans FDC, SOLD

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