CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT'S 1957 MEMBER'S KIT W/DECODER.
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Starting Bid:
$450.00
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #182 - Part II
Item numbers 1500-3431 in auction 182
Value Code:
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Item Description
Kit includes five pieces. 5-1/8x6.75" mailer has Captain Midnight return address. Tabs of brass closure have snapped off of flap, small edge creases but overall quite clean and Fine. Contents are missing diecut cardboard sheet to protect plastic decoder during mailing. Included is 1.75x2.5" plastic decoder jet plane badge that has letters "SQ" on wings. Back has dial decoder w/letters and numbers to decipher secret codes. Also has safety pin-type of pin-back. Lt. luster loss to top of jet o/w VF. 3x7" member's letter has facsimile signature of Captain Midnight at bottom, Ovaltine statistics on back, horizontal fold as issued in center. 2.5x4" member card is unsigned and Mint. 4.25x6" colorful manual has 12 pages, one folds out w/lengthy coded message. Included is page devoted to "The Secret Squadron Hall Of Fame." Five adults are pictured w/information below. Included are baseball player Duke Snider and football player Crazy Legs Hirsh. One page explains the 1957 Secret Squadron Signals. Another explains the 15th Anniversary Special Gift offer of a Captain Midnight Ovaltine mug or shaker. Manual also has unsigned pledge page, fold-out directions to use "Visoscopic Hidden-Message Writer." Manual is Mint. A high grade kit.
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