SALLY RIDE * 2018 Commemorative Stamp From Her Estate * RIDE Estate COA

SALLY RIDE'S ESTATE-OWNED COMMEMORATIVE STAMP DISPLAY AS SEEN AT THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM!

First American Woman in space DR. SALLY K. RIDE her posthumously-issued stamps commemorating her life, direct from her estate. The framed display showcases a block of 4 First Class Commemorative Forever Stamps featuring Ride's portrait. 

An avid lifelong collector, Ride's stamp collection was even exhibited at the Smithsonian museum.

America's first woman in space, Sally Ride (1951 - 2012) inspired the nation as a pioneering astronaut, brilliant scientist and dedicated educator. Sally collected stamps throughout her adult life. Her collection even included stamps commemorating her own achievements. The United States posthumously issued the commemorative stamp with her portrait in 2018; Ride died in 2012 at the age of 61.

Ride flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger as a crew member on her historic, six-day STS-7 mission as America's first female astronaut. Ride would go on to become the first American woman to fly twice, with a lifetime total of more than 343 hours spent in space. A two-time Challenger space shuttle astronaut, she would go on to serve on the Rogers Commission, the presidential commission investigating the Challenger disaster. Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012.

The Sally Ride commemorative stamp block display is accompanied by a COPY of the COA from Mark Roesler, Chairman & CEO of CMG Worldwide, the Official Intellectual Property and Licensing Representative of the Sally Ride Estate certifying that these stamps (and others) were from her estate.

NOTE: This auction is for the one featured framed stamp display only, as shown. Any others are shown for reference only. 

Condition is as shown. Handsomely framed to an overall size of 15" x 21". One of the very few Ride estate-owned items to ever come to market. 

Sold as is, as shown.