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Worldwide Philatelic Auction

Space Singles and Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		Space, Armstrong, Neil, on Apollo mission cover on July 20, 1969 Folio print cachet (date he stepped on the moon), very attractive. 1st man on the moon. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $750
Lot 2		Space, Bykovski & Tereshkova, April 10 1967, flight comrades on Sputnik 1 Austrian cacheted cover for 10 years in space. Crew memebers for Vostok flight 5 and 6. Estimate $120-160. View details and photo	Realized $84
Lot 3		Space, Gregarin, Yuri, on Russia First Day cover, Jan. 10, 1964 Moscow, clean. 1st man in space. Exceptional autograph of "Gregarin" that is missing from most space collections . Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $450
Lot 4		Space, Komarov, Vladimir, on Friedrich Zander cachet cosmonaut's First Day cover, 3rd anniversary Apr. 12, 1964 Moscow. Designed 1st liquid fuel for Soviet rocket, 1st cosmonaut to die in space in Soyuz 1. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $120
Lot 5		Space, Mitchell, Ed, on Antares cachet Feb 5, 1971 Apollo 14, clean. Apollo 14 moon walker. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 6		Space, Popovich, Pavel, On real photo postcard issued by "Pravda" with adhesive, fine. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 7		Space, Popovich, Pavel, On First Day cover, Jan. 10, 1964 Moscow, clean. Commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 8		Space, Tereshkova, Valentina, On real photo postcard, post flight formal portrait. 1st woman in space on Vostok 6 flight. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 9		Space, Tereshkova, Valentina, On real photo postcard, post flight formal portrait, tiny nick at left. 1st woman in space on Vostok 6 flight. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 10		Space, Tereshkova, Valentina, On real photo postcard, post flight formal portrait. 1st woman in space on Vostok 6 flight. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 11		Space, Tereshkova, Valentina, On D.D.R. First Day cover, Dec. 30, 1963. 1st woman in space. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $120
Lot 12		Space, Tereshkova, Valentina, On Vostok 6 Russia First Day cover, Moscow Jan. 10, 1964. 1st woman in space. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $144
Lot 13		Space, Titov, Gherman, on Aug. 6-7 1862 launch/landing cover, clean. 2nd man to orbit the earth. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 14		Space, Titov, Gherman, on First Day Jan 10, 1964 Moscow cover. 2nd man to orbit the earth. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 15		Space, Mar 17 1958 Vanguard I, Port Canaveral, slight tone spots, scarce. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 16		Space, Dec 19 1958 the Talking Atlas, Patrick Air Force Base, Flick cachet. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 17		Space, 1958-59 Vanguard I-III, Mar 17, 1958, Feb 17, 1959, Sep 1959 Patrick Air Force Base, Flick cachets, clean popular group. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 18		Space, Sep 9 1959 Atlas ICBM Flight Postcard, Port Canaveral, publ. Central Florida Distributors, clear cancel, very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 19		Space, Sep 9 1959 Snark Flight Postcard, Port Canaveral, publ. Central Florida Distributors, clear cancel, very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $60
Lot 20		Space, Sep 17 1959 Space Man Makes 1st Powered Flight, Flick cachet, trace of toning on front, some toning on reverse, fine. 1st X-15 flight. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 21		Space, 1959 Discover I-III, V Flights, Vandenberg dates Feb 28, Apr 13, Jun 3 and Aug 13, Flick cachets, clean. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $300
Lot 22		Space, Dec 19 1960 Project Mercury, Port Canaveral, clean. 1st capsule in space. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 23		Space, Jan 31 1961 Monkey Flight, Port Canaveral, Ham cachet, tape stains on reverse only, fine. 1st Monkey in space. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 24		Space, Mar 18 1961 Wallops Island Little Joe VI, two tape stain marks on reverse, one barely showing on front. 1st empty Mercury capsule. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 25		Space, Apr 28 1961 Wallops Island Little Joe 7, clean. 2nd empty Mercury capsule. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 26		Space, May 5 1961 Shepard Flight, Port Canaveral, very slight trace of soiling, fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 27		Space, U.S. Collector's Balance of Covers, In 2 full banker boxes, several thousand from 1958 to mid 1970's, all cacheted, incl. Wallops Island, Discover, Robot Circles Earth Sep 13, 1961, "Igy", Pioneer, X-15, Echo 1, Explorer, 5th Manned Apollo Mission with auto-pen (Edwin Aldrich signature), space related, few F.D.'s, postcards from Oct 1959 on and later 3-D postcards, Nasa plane research, few signatures incl. Jim Irwin on Apollo 15 Colorano silk maxicard, James Van Allen (early rocketeer), John Glenn Jr., etc., virtually no dupl., clean. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 28		Space, Worldwide Rocketry Covers, Labels and Private Souvenir Sheets, Housed in two large Lighthouse albums with dust covers, over 100 covers, 1932 to 1970's, with emphasis on Germany and Holland, incl. Katwijkaan Zee Mercurius P.14 rocket flight Mar. 21, 1935 and Austria Schoeckel rocket flight May 28, 1932, and posted Radegund, few torpedo and space-related covers and labels are incl., number of covers, labels and souvenir sheets are signed, interesting lot, quite clean. Estimate $700-850. View details	Realized $863
Lot 29		Space, Worldwide Collector's Covers in 2 Banker Boxes, Many hundreds (about ¾ full), considerable Eastern Europe, starting 1959 with strength in 1960's-70's period, virtually all cacheted, few non-space (sports, telecommunication, etc.) or space adhesives on F.D.'s, few oversized incl. Bhutan souvenir sheets 1969-70, virtually all diff., clean. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 30		Space, Group of 10 Cosmonaut Signatures, Consists of Popovitch, Belyaev, Feoktistov, Leonoy (2 diff.), Tereshkova on real photo postcard, Yegorov, Bykovski, and Nikolaev (2 diff.), very clean and popular group. Estimate $550-750. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 31		Space, Collector's Russia Cover Balance, Many hundreds from 1960 to mid 1970's incl. better, also early real photo postcards, four 1961 Gregarin cachets, few with dupl. cachets but diff. adhesives, clean lot. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 32		Space, Approximately 500 Worldwide Covers, mostly different incl. Beck recovery ship covers, etc., sleeved and mostly priced, clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $276
Lot 33		Space, 1960's to 1970's U.S. Covers, collector accumulation in sleeves and loose, noted early rocket flights incl. Eglin Air Force Base 1961, Gemini recovery U.S.S. Intrepid, nice group of late 1960's to early 1970's Apollo and Skylab, no astronaut signed, various cachets and vessel cancels, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 34		Space, Various U.S. Covers, incl. autographs Riser fake, Dick Gordon, James McDivitt, William Schneider, all signed on First Day or commemorative covers, plus 96 unsigned, mostly Apollo (few Gemini and Mercury) covers, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $58

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