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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
J. PAUL VERREES (1889-1942) JOIN THE AIR SERVICE. 1917. 36 3/4x25 inches, 93 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Keeterlinus, Philadelphia. Condition B / B+: tears, creases and abrasions at edges and in image; losses along upper right edge and corner; tape on verso. Paper. During World War I, the Army Air Service (the precursor to the Air Force), like the Navy, was dependent on recruiting. Only the Army itself had a selective enlistment system. Rawls p. 179, IWM p. 57, Theofiles pl. C7, Borkan p. 41.
