ASTAIRE & ROGERS: ASTAIRE FRED (1899-1987) American Actor & Dancer & ROGERS GINGER (1

ASTAIRE & ROGERS: ASTAIRE FRED (1899-1987) American Actor & Dancer & ROGERS GINGER (1911-1995) American Actress & Dancer, both Academy Award winners. Signed First Day Cover by both Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers individually, the American cover featuring a colour image of a couple dancing and bearing a postage stamp commemorating dance. Postally cancelled New York, 26th April 1978. Signed by Astaire in bold black ink and Rogers in silver ink, each with their names alone to clear areas. Together with an American First Day Cover signed by Noel Coward with his name alone in blue ink, 1956, and also including Cole Porter (1891-1964) American Composer and Songwriter. T.L.S., Cole Porter, one page, 8vo, New York, 20th November 1951, to composer Irving Schlein, on the printed stationery of The Waldorf Astoria. Porter informs his correspondent `At present any date for my next musical is much too vague. I do know, however, that Feuer and Martin have already spoken to Pembroke Davenport as to a possible musical director`. The letter is irregularly trimmed and has tape stains to the corners, one just affecting the conclusion of his signature. FR (1) to VG, 3