Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney Signed Photograph Historical A brilliant quality unmounted mint

A brilliant quality unmounted mint pair with full original gum

Great Britain 1841 1d Red-Brown Plate 1

SG109var – “SPECIMEN” Overprint

The document is also signed below by the Earl Marshal

Backstamped with an oval framed "Angleterre Par Anvers" handstamp and Anvers and Bruxelles datestamps for 'JU

Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney Signed Photograph Historical A brilliant quality unmounted mintA signed black and white photograph of US Army Air Force pilots Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney, measuring 10x8". In fine condition. Both men have signed in blue ink next to their respective portraits. A scarce signed photograph from two of the most significant figures in 20th century military history. Tibbets (1915 2007) was the pilot of the 'Enola Gay' B29 bomber which dropped the 1st atomic bomb 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.