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Aerospace - Rocket Flights and Space Flights

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 23		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, Cuba, 1939 Flight, Ellington-Zwisler #3C1, stamp with red border, canceled "Campo Experimental, Habana, Cuba, Octubre 1939, cachet in violet, rare item, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $500, , only 16 flown . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 24		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, Germany, 1934 January 28 Flown Cover, Ellington-Zwisler #6C1a, with the three values, signed Zucker, very fine, 300 covers and 400 postcards flown . Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 25		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1936 First International Mail U.S. to Mexico, lovely collection of collateral material and a few covers, incl. large format book, 64 pages HB, limited edition #291, copyright 1958 by Oliver Keith Rumbel, incl. is a small full color paper folder for the 25th anniversary in 1961 with 2 book decals, two 30th anniversary/50th anniversary 18 page booklets, 6x9 inches booklet (56 pages) copyright 1966 by Oliver Keith Rumbel, an update to the 1958 book clarifying various issues, fancy "tooled" brown presentation book complete with 2 souvenir sheets and 2 flown covers, plus typed letter from George W. Wentz, a rocket cover fragment damaged by explosion, finally 2 covers and cinderella stamps for the 30th anniversary (1966), great group for the rocket enthusiast, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 26		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1936 First International Mail U.S. to Mexico, Ellington-Zwisler #11C1, 12C1, 3 covers (2 flown to Mexico, 1 flown to U.S.), all autographed by Keith Rumbel together with handwritten letter from Rumbel to the collector of these covers, interesting items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 27		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1955 Nov 21 Bell X-2 Flown, Edwards, CA cancel, pilot Everest, clean and rare. Similar covers from X-2 flights brought $700-900 in previous auction. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 28		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1956 March 24 Bell X-2 Flown, Edwards, CA cancel, pilot Frank Everest, clean and scarce. Similar covers from X-2 flights brought $700-900 in previous auction. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 29		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1956 May 1 Bell X-3 Flown, El Segundo cancel, pilot William Bridgeman, clean and scarce. Similar covers from X-2 flights brought $700-900 in previous auction. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 30		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1956 Sept 7th Bell X-2 Flown, Edwards, CA, blue cachet, 12th powered flight, pilot Ivan Kincheloe, slight overall toning as usual, fine, altitude record for that time. , similar cover realized $690 in last auction. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 31		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, U.S., 1958 Jan 13 "Falcon" Flight, Vincent Air Force Base cancel, with USAF label, clean and scarce. Forerunner of the "Blue Angels". Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 32		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, Germany Group, 17 covers or cards, incl. #2C1b, 3C1, 4C2, 5C1 (3), 5C2 (5) and 22C1, all with diff. frankings, nothing inexpensive, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $3,000+. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $776
Lot 33		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, India 1930s Group, 8 covers or cards, consists of #1C1 (cat. $250), 5C1 (cat. $150), 6C1 (cat. $125), 8C1 (cat. $150), 2 unlisted 10.4.35 with purple cachets and imperf labels, 2 unlisted 27 Sep 35 Sikkim rocket experiment with labels, cachets and postmarked Gangton, lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. 1967 Ellington-Zwisler $675 ++. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 34		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, Worldwide Group, 19 covers or cards, consists of Austria (2), Cuba (2, #1C1 and 4C2), Italy (2), India (2 unlisted items) and Netherlands (11 incl. 7C1a), only 2 dupl., nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $930. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 35		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, Worldwide 1930s Group, 21 cards or covers from various European countries, noted Belgium incl. #5C1, 7C1, Italy, G.B., France incl. 3C1a, Austria 22C1, 22C1a, Germany incl. 8C1 (cat. $200), lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. 1967 Ellington-Zwisler $1,330. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 36		Aerospace, Rocket Flights, United States Group, 20 covers between #7C1 and 100, all better incl. 29C6a, 31D2, 33C1a, 33C1c and 98, no dupl., nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $730. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $633
Lot 37		Aerospace, Space Flights, 1969 Apollo XII Signed Cover, Astronauts Conrad, Gordon, and Bean on cachet cover, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 38		Aerospace, Space Flights, Armstrong, Neil Signature on Cover (1930-) American astronaut, first man on the moon (1969), signature with other individuals on 1965 cover unaddressed from "Kokee Park Air Force Station". GT3 Tracking Station in Hawaii for Project Gemini. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 39		Aerospace, Space Flights, See, Elliot Signature on Cover, Signature on MAR 23 1965 Grissom-Young GT-3 cachet cover, clean. Acted as backup pilot for Gemini 5, in line to fly as Prime Crew Pilot for Gemini 8 but was promoted to be Command Pilot of Gemini 9. However, he and Pilot Bassett were killed February 28, 1966, when their T-38 trainer jet crashed into McDonnell Building 101. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $98
Lot 40		Aerospace, Space Flights, Related Covers, hundreds in box, events and FD's, incl. several with John Glenn autographs, cachets incl. Colorano silks, minor dupl., collection in album of Glenn related, also photo releases, etc., clean. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 41		Aerospace, Space Flights, Group of U.S. Astronauts Signed Covers, 9 diff 1960s to 1970s signed covers, noted Worden, Irwin, Shepard, Carpenter, Cernan, Schmitt and Glenn, nice group, Brookman cat. $835. Estimate $180-220. View details	Realized $299
Lot 42		Aerospace, Space Flights, Group of 11 Stratosphere, 11 dupl. incl. 1933 Century of Progress cachet (3), Piccard-Compton (Grimsland cachet) 3 covers, postcard, Black Hills 2nd Flight (2), etc., clean. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $127

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