(CUBAN REVOLUTION) CASTRO FIDEL; RAUL CASTRO; CAMILO CIENFUE

Sale 2674 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 750

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(CUBAN REVOLUTION.) CASTRO, FIDEL; RAUL CASTRO; CAMILO CIENFUEGO. Red plastic name tag Signed by each, "FidelCastro," "RCastro," and "Camilo 100fuegos." The name tag, printed in gold type: "American Society of Travel Agents / Caribbean Convention / Havana, Cuba - October 1959 / 29th World Travel Congress." In space below printed text is a label on which is printed the name of Mrs. Ana M. de Borges, a representative of the Mexican airline Aerovias Guest S.A. Signed on the label at lower edge. 3¾x4 inches, pin fastener mounted to verso; faint scattered soiling to label. Np, circa 1959

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On October 19, 1959, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro delivered a welcoming speech at the Teatro Blanquita in Havana (today the Karl Marx Theatre) where the American Society of Travel Agents was holding its 29th annual convention. In the evening, many convention attendees went to Castro's reception held at the El Capitolio, where the Prime Minister and Raúl Castro signed autographs.