\"Postage Stamp Designer\" Paul Calle Hand Signed FDC Dated 1971 JG Autographs COA For Sale

Up for sale\"Postage Stamp Designer\" Paul Calle Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1969. This is a VERY RARE! First Day Cover with an attached screened plate commerating the Moon Landing and have sold at sale for $1000.00.This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.

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Paul Calle(pronounced KAL-ee; March 3, 1928 – December 30, 2010) was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by theUnited States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by theFederated States of Micronesia, theMarshall Islands,Swedenand theUnited Nations. The sole artist hired byNASAto cover theApollo 11astronauts up close, Calle designed the 10-cent stamp that commemorated the first crewed moon landing; it depicted an astronaut stepping onto the moon from the lunar module, with the Earth visible over the moon\'s horizon. Calle was born on March 3, 1928, in theManhattanborough ofNew York Cityand earned his undergraduate degree fromPratt Institute. He served in theUnited States Armyduring theKorean War, doing illustration work. Returning to the United States, Calle\'s early career included designing magazine covers forThe Saturday Evening Postas well as for a series ofscience fictionpublications.In 1962, Calle was among the first group selected to participate in theNASA Art Program. Calle contributed a pair of complementary five-cent stamps issued in 1967 as part of the Accomplishments in Space Commemorative Issue, with the right stamp showing theGemini 4space capsule with the Earth\'s horizon as a backdrop, while the left stamp showed astronautEd Whitemaking the first Americanspacewalk.His best-known stamp was designed to mark the first manned moon landing and was issued in September 1969, showing an astronaut stepping out onto the surface of the moon.The Apollo 11 crew carried with them a die proof of Calle\'s moon-landing stamp, which washand canceledby the astronauts while on the mission.Calle had been given exclusive access to be with the astronauts on July 16, 1969, while they made their final preparations for the Apollo 11 mission.The sketches he made based on his experiences that day have been displayed at theNational Air and Space Museumand at theNational Gallery of Art. Together with his son Chris, Calle returned to the subject of space exploration with a pair of stamps issued in 1994 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and the first manned moon landing. Calle produced dozens of postage stamp designs, featuring such individuals asDouglas MacArthurandRobert Frost. He also produced Western-themed artworks that have been shown at theNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, as well as a 1981 stamp honoringFrederic Remington.His depictions of the American West have been included in the collections of theGilcrease MuseuminTulsa, Oklahomaand at theBooth Western Art MuseuminCartersville, Georgia. After doctors discovered that hismelanomahad metastasized, he was placed on intravenousIpilimumab, an experimental treatment being tested byBristol-Myers Squibbthat is meant to improve the response by theimmune systemto fight cancer. An initial course of treatment with the test drug combined withchemotherapyleft no trace of the cancer in his body.A resident ofStamford, Connecticut, Calle died there at the age of 82 on December 30, 2010, of melanoma. He was survived by a daughter, two sons and six grandchildren. His wife Olga died in 2003; they had been married for more than 50 years.