Luis Alvarez & Paul Tibbets – Manhattan Project Physicist & Enola Gay Pilot – Autographe

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Luis Alvarez and Paul Tibbets dual-autographed First Day of Issue cover commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in California, issued January 24, 1948. The cacheted cover features imagery of Sutter’s Mill, where gold was discovered in 1848 by James W. Marshall, paired with 3¢ California Gold Centennial U.S. postage. Postmarked Coloma, California, at 9:00 AM.

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Luis Alvarez (1911–1988) was an American experimental physicist who received the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the hydrogen bubble chamber and discoveries in particle physics. He played a significant role in the Manhattan Project, contributing to the development and deployment of atomic weapons during World War II.

Paul Tibbets (1915–2007) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot best known for commanding the B-29 Enola Gay on the Hiroshima atomic bomb mission on August 6, 1945. He later served as a senior Air Force officer and remained one of the most prominent figures associated with the end of World War II.

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Luis Alvarez & Paul Tibbets – Manhattan Project Physicist & Enola Gay Pilot – Autographe

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