Autographs, Books and Manuscripts

Lot 808
[Nobel Prize - Chemistry].
First Day Cover Signed. Profusely signed First Day Cover commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Postmarked October 14, 1963, Washington, D.C., with an pictorial cachet depicting President Lincoln at the Signing of the Academy Charter. Signed on the face of the envelope by ten recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Frederick Sanger, Andrew Kendrew, Willard F. Libby, Lars Onsonger, Linus Pauling, Gerhard Hertzberg, Max Perutz, Ronald G.W. Norris, Harold C. Urey, and Christian B. Anfinsen. A choice assemblage of chemists. Very fine and attractive. Matted and framed to an overall size of 8½ x 11".
Estimated Value $200-300.
From the Gerald Burg collection.