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Pair of Globe and Rocket Form Bookends Issued for National Helium Corporation: 1963 Copper-finished metal 5.5 Inches High Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items. |
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A pair of bookends, each in the form of a world globe with orbiting rocket, on rectangular plinth with impressed slogan: HELIUM FOR THE SPACE AGE/ National Helium Corporation/ 1963.
This pair of bookends was issued early in the space race, apparently as a corporate promotional item for the use of helium as rocket fuel. |