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Rocket Flights and Space

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 632		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1956 Bell X-2 Flight, May 3rd Edwards, CA cancel, blue cachet, 4th flight, pilot Lt. Col. Everest, small tape (?) stain on face, Fine rare. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 633		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 Regulus I Flown Missile Mail, Ellington-Zwisler #24, on Official env., Point Magu California, 1 May 1959, signed by Arthur Haycox, Postmaster, clean, Very Fine. Letter from Radm. Jack P. Monroe stating first US mail to be carried in an operational missile, similar cover realized $4000 in recent auction. 137 flown but very few in collector's hands . Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 634		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 First Official Missile Mail USS Barbero SSG-317, Ellington-Zwisler #25, flown dated June 8, 1959, press copy cover and point of landing covers dated June 8th and July 8th at Mayport, FL, incl. letter from Postmaster General, various articles about flight and copies of items related to the Barbero, also small collection of items on USS Grayback SSG-584, Regulus submarine missile and mailing attempts, there is first day of Grayback in 1969 with CO's signature, three postcards and a few articles about Regulus, lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 635		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 Regulus II Flown Missile Mail -, Ellington-Zwisler #27, Sept. 3 historic flight Regulus II missile from Venice Florida to Elgin Air Force Base, signed by Jerry Parsons, ground controller for the remote controlled missile, also incl. actual telemetry chart for flight, and original art used for mimeograph cachet! Unique, Fine to Very Fine. Accompanied by certified letter which describes method used to get these unauthorized covers into missile. One of 12 covers carried . Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,715
Lot 636		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1961 Rocket Mail Cover to Mexico, Ellington-Zwisler #46, July 2nd franked with triangular label, and Mexico adhesives, also 2 additional labels, block of 4 and single of overprint on Mexico 50cts #EZ46AA and 25th Anniversary cover with overprint #EZ46C1, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 637		Aerophilately; Astronauts, Russia, 1971 Soyuz 11 Crew Signed Card, signed on reverse on day of launching June 6 1971, Baykonur officer found some postcards and asked crew to sign them, tragically the crew died in space, very rare item, Fine to Very Fine. Documentation regarding the card and provenance is included with lot. No more than 5 exist . Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,668
Lot 638		Aerophilately; Astronauts, Russia, 1978 Soyuz 30 Flown in Space, carried aboard Soyuz 30 to Soviet space station SAYLUT 6, 27 June - 5 July 1978, cancelled in space station on June 27, 1978 and signed by Klimuk and first Polish cosmonaut Heraszewski, Very Fine. After seven day visit the two returned in their spacecraft the Baikonour Cosmodrome. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 639		Aerophilately; Astronauts, Russia, 1989 Mir-Soyuz Flown in Space, carried by cosmonauts Aleksander Viktorenko and Aleksander Serebrov who linked up with Soviet space station MIR on 8 September 1989, cover was carried aboard their craft and mailed on their return to Baikonour on Feb 19, 1990, Very Fine. Their work in the space station included American commercial experiments. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 640		Aerophilately; Astronauts, Russia Autographs, housed in 6 binders, few hundred signed photos, covers and cards from various astronauts, formed over many years, very interesting collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 641		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 642		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Armstrong, Neil, Signed photo in blue on NASA official photo, inscribed "To Madeline Napolitano, best wishes, Neil Armstrong", Brookman $2300, Fine to Very Fine. American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and first person to set foot upon the Moon. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 643		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Apollo 10 Crew Signed Cover, in blue on cacheted cover, Kennedy Space Center commemorative cancel, scarce item, Brookman $1400, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 644		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Armstrong, Neil, Signature on cover, Jan 21, 1965 from Air Force Kokee Station in Waimea, Hawaii, signature with various others on reverse of cover, Fine to Very Fine. GT3 Tracking Station in Hawaii for Project Gemini. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 645		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Apollo 16 Crew Signed Cover, in blue or black on cacheted cover, Kennedy Space Center commemorative cancel, scarce item, Brookman $1000, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 646		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 647		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Anders, Bill, Signature in black at bottom of cacheted cover for Apollo 8 recovery vessel, postmarked USS Yorktown, addressed to Germany, Brookman $650, Fine to Very Fine. Backup pilot for Gemini 11 mission; lunar module pilot for Apollo 8 mission. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 648		Aerophilately; Astronauts, U.S., Lovell, James, Lot of 3 covers signed by Lovell; Apollo 8 with official NASA cachet, Apollo 8 Primary receiving ship USS Yorktown, and Apollo 13 primary receiving ship USS Iwo Jima, Fine to Very Fine. Gemini 7 mission, Gemini 12 mission commanded by Lovell, crew member of Apollo 8, Spacecraft Commander of Apollo 13 flight, first man to journey twice to the moon. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 649		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 650		Aerophilately; Space, Astronaut Collection, housed in 13 binders, several hundred signed photos, covers and cards from various astronauts, noted test pilots, some Apollo and large group of Space Shuttle missions, NASA staff members, almost every astronaut has a bio accompanying the signature, incl. Swiget, Evans, Yeager, Gordon, Aldrin and many others, noted USS Hornet Apollo 12 cover Beck cachet with hand cancel (not normal machine cancel, but not mailed), formed over many years, a very interesting collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 651		Aerophilately; Space, Lot of 25 Flown or Pilot Signed Covers, for various experimental or space related aircraft starting with XFY-1 first flight in 1956 and ending with two Challenger flown, also incl. "flying Platform, 8 Mar 56 by Hiller Helicopter Co., F89 Scorpion from Yuma AFB in 1956, Two by F9F 8 Cougar's from USS Lexington in 1957, Aerial Platform VZ-7AP in 1959, 3 X-21A, covers signed by pilot Jack Wells 18 Apr 63, NF-104A Super Starfighter in Sept 1968, and Radio controlled aircraft in 1969, also cover signed by G. P. Yeager at demonstration of "Flying Man" apparatus at Kent England in 1966, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $661
Lot 652		Aerophilately; Space, Covers and Mission Patch Labels, estimate 800-1000, mostly 1970s, some dupl., plus adhesive labels depicting mission patch designs of Apollo 15, 16, 17 and 2 different Sky Lab labels, all in dupl., estimate 50-200 of each, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 653		Aerophilately; Space, Collection of Related, several hundred cacheted 1st Days for various "space" related issues, numerous cachet makers, plus Skylab program signed by various NASA officials (incl. Charles Conrad) in attendance (with letter of provenance from Monte Eiserman), also signed postcard of Chuck Yeager, great lot for this area, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 654		Aerophilately; Space, 3 "Chimp" Covers, all cacheted and postmarked Port Canaveral, first Jan 31, 1961 for "Ham, our first little man in space", other 2 for Enos postmarked Nov 29, 1961, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $184

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