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Rocket and Space Flights

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 987		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1936 1st International Flight Commemorative Group, Commem. group of 9 of the July 2, 1936 McAllen, Texas Mexico flight plus Rumbel signed autograph and photocard, incl. Jan. 27, 1958 Texas flight, 23rd Anniversary flight, few later not flown but scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 988		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1958 Point Mugu, Calif., Ellington-Zwisler #22C1, Sep. 16 flown from USS Grayback (SSG-574) at sea with Port Hueneme, California, cancellation after landing at Point Mugu Naval Base, believed to be the first flown U.S. Government missile mail., precedes USS Barbero flown missile mail flight of June 8, 1959 by ten months, letter is signed on U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center letterhead by U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center Commander, Rear Admiral J. P. Monroe, U.S. Navy, September 16, 1958, date flown, hand cancel was made for the cover on the wing of the Regulus II missile after its flight by Port Hueneme Postmaster Arthur Haycox., light but readable, 2 small tone spots, extremely rare, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Covers were given to VIPs and invited Boy Scouts to the event, but only a few of the 55 flown covers have survived to the present time., with letter to Regulus II program manager attending event, Commander H. E. Van Ness, verifying that cover was flown . Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $4,255
Lot 989		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 Point Mugu, Calif., Regulus I Flown, Ellington-Zwisler #24C1, May 1, signed by the Postmaster, on Official env. (137 flown), accompanied with defaced cancels on cards signed by the Postmaster in black (#14) and red (#97), 100 exist in total, also RADM J. P. Monroe letter to Commander Erwin R. Baker, USN, flown on the missile's 1 May 1959 flight, Very Fine and rare. Similar lot WITHOUT the cards realized $4945 in our 2011 auction., only five such defaced cards exist in red, which have never been seen before at auction . Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,565
Lot 990		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 USS Barbero First Missile Mail, Ellington-Zwisler #25C1, U.S.S. Barbero June 8, 9:30 AM 1959 cancel and Jacksonville, Florida backstamp, addressed to Theodore Granik, host of the popular radio program "American Forum of the Air", without enclosure, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $550-650. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 991		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 Regulus II Flown Missile Mail, Ellington-Zwisler #27, Sept. 3 historic flight from Venice, Florida to Elgin Air Force Base, signed by Jerry Parsons, ground controller for the remote controlled missile, accompanied by certified letter which describes method used to get these unauthorized covers into missile, Fine to Very Fine very rare, , one of 12 covers carried . Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,220
Lot 992		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1960s Flight Reports; Walter Schirra and Virgil Grissom, Schirra signature (twice) on "Aircraft Flight Report", "31-03-1" in pencil as a pilot at Longley AFB, VA; Grissom signature "29-05-1" on similar report, Fine. Schirra - test pilot, one of original Mercury Seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury; Grissom, one of original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a Air Force pilot. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 993		Aerophilately; Space, 1965 Gemini GT-2 Signed by White, signed by Astronaut Edward "Ed" White for USS Eugene A. Greene, Jan 19, 1965, Very Fine. White would be America's first Astronaut to walk in space on Gemini mission GT-4, later would die tragically in training fire for Apollo (Jan 27, 1967)., autograph one of the most difficult to obtain . Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 994		Aerophilately; Space, 1965 Gemini GT-3 Signed by Young, crew member, signed this launch cover for his first space flight and first manned Gemini program space flight, cancelled March 23, 1965, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Very Fine. Mailed to space cover writer and collector, Don Schultz. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 995		Aerophilately; Space, 1965 Gemini GT-4 Launch and Recovery, signed by mission commander Jim McDivitt for both the launch on June 3, 1965 and recovery by primary recovery ship USS Wasp on June 7, 1965, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 996		Aerophilately; Space, 1965 Gemini GT-5 Recovery, signed by Charles "Pete" Conrad on USS Lake Champlain cover, cancelled August 29, 1965, his recovery date, Very Fine. Cover believed to be from collection of writer and space cover collector Donald Schultz. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 997		Aerophilately; Space, 1965 Gemini-Titan 6a Recovery, primary recovery ship signed by Astronaut Thomas "Tom" P. Stafford on board USS Wasp and cancelled on Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra's recovery date, Dec 16, 1965 in the Atlantic Ocean, personally annotated "Best regards" to space book writer and cover collector Donald Schultz, Very Fine, , period autograph of Tom Stafford in long form is difficult autograph to obtain . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 998		Aerophilately; Space, 1966 (Circa) Astronaut Edward Givens Signature, note the date on cover does not correlate with his time as Astronaut and cancel marred by writing over it, still a nice item, Fine to Very Fine. Member of NASA's Astronaut group 5, selected as Astronaut in April 1966, but killed in automobile accident June 6, 1967. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 999		Aerophilately; Space, 1966 Gemini GT-8 Neil Armstrong Signed, commander of the mission and on his mission's recovery date, March 17, 1966, in-flight emergency forced termination of the mission in the Pacific ocean, USS Boxer had long been scheduled to recover the astronauts, but was preempted by USS Leonard F. Mason due to the emergency recovery near Okinawa, Japan, scarce item, Very Fine. (1930?2012) American Astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 1000		Aerophilately; Space, 1968 Apollo 8 Signed by Anders, post mission cover from USS Yorktown, signed by Apollo 8 lunar module pilot William "Bill" Anders, cancelled January 6, 1969, after first manned flight to the moon the USS Yorktown recovered the Apollo 8 crew on Dec. 27, 1968, label showing Anders appears to be crew member Jim Lovell instead, Very Fine, , mission was Bill Anders' only space flight and his autograph highly sought by space cover collectors . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1001		Aerophilately; Space, 1969 Apollo 9 Flight Scott Signed, 2 recovery covers, first cancelled USS Guadacanal Mar 13, 1969, signed by command module pilot Dave Scott, second cancelled USS Nicholas Mar 13, 1969 and signed again by Scott, Very Fine. Commanded Apollo 15 and would become America's seventh Astronaut to walk on the moon. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1002		Aerophilately; Space, 1969 Apollo 11 Crew Signed, classic cover for the landing on the moon, July 20, 1969, signed by the 3 Astronaut crew, commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins, excellent example of this very desirable crew signed cover for the first Apollo moon landing mission, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 1003		Aerophilately; Space, 1969 Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong Signed, Jul 20, 1969 cancelled with cachet for Upper Miami Valley Stamp Club, popular cover for Apollo 11 mission, Very Fine. (1930?2012) American Astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 1004		Aerophilately; Space, 1969 Apollo 11 Signed, striking cover signed on launch date of July 16, 1969 by crew members Edwin "Buss" E. Aldrin, Michael Collins, also signed by Dave Scott (mission control and Apollo 15 moon walker), Alan Bean (Apollo 12 moon walker and Apollo 11 backup crew member), also signed by 3 additional astronauts Russell Schweickart, Charles Bassett and Clifton Williams, rare piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1005		Aerophilately; Space, 1971 Apollo 14 Crew Signed, autographed by commander Alan Shepard, lunar module pilot Ed Mitchell and command module pilot Stu Roosa, Kennedy Space Center Feb 9, 1971 cancel, signatures obtained in mission's time frame, Fine to Very Fine. America's third successful moon landing. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 1006		Aerophilately; Space, 1972 Apollo 16 Crew Signed, autographed by command module pilot Ken Mattingly, lunar module pilot Charlie Duke (twice) and mission commander John Young, signed on launch date April 16, 1972, Very Fine. America's fifth manned lunar landing mission., one of the most difficult Apollo crew signatures to obtain on cover . Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1007		Aerophilately; Space, 1972 Apollo 16 Signed, signed by cover designer and maker Carl Swanson and Astronaut Charlie Duke on Apollo 16 launch date, April 16, 1972, Very Fine. On this mission Charlie Duke became moon walker with Astronaut J. Young. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1008		Aerophilately; Space, 1975 Apollo/Soyuz Group of 3 Signed, matched set for launch of the test project, July 15, 1975, Cape Canaveral, Fla. cancels, each cover signed individually, commander Thomas Stafford, command module pilot Vance Brand and docking module pilot D.K. "Deke" Slayton, flight was Brand's first space flight and Slayton's only space flight, Very Fine. Mission would be first U.S. and Russian joint space flight, meeting in orbit and shaking hands with Cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Yaleri Kubasov on July 17, 1975. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1009		Aerophilately; Space, 1975 Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Signed, 2 covers, first signed by U.S. crew on launch date July 15, 1975 and has NASA applied cachet; second cancelled on rendezvous date and meeting of Soviet Cosmonauts of Soyuz 19, Alexi Leonov and Valeri Kubasov, cover signed by both of the Russian crew and U.S. crew, commander Tom Stafford, command module pilot Vance Brand and docking module pilot Deke Slayton, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1010		Aerophilately; Space, 1977 17 Early Pilot Signed Shuttle "Orbiter" Covers, later renamed Enterprise, from Feb 1977 to Nov 1977, five years before first space shuttle flight of Columbia in 1982, flights range from captive flights, approach and landing tests, free flight tests, ferry qualification flights and taxi and vibration test with Enterprise, minor dupl., interesting group of early space shuttle, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1011		Aerophilately; Space, 1978 Soyuz 30 Flown Signed, June 27 to July 5, 1978, flown aboard Soyuz 30, and carried to USSR Space Station Salyut 6, cancelled in space station on June 27, signed by Klimuk and first Polish Cosmonaut Hermaszewski, Fine to Very Fine. 7 day trip. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1012		Aerophilately; Space, Spectacular Russian Program Cover Lot, collection in 4 binders, incl. hundreds of covers, stamps, books and photos from beginning of space program through flights to the Mir, flown to either Salyut 6 or Mir space station, incl. 38 flown covers, 12 pennants, and 6 patches, many important photos from Nikolayev archive signed by him, many autographed covers and photos, all authenticated and most annotated on back with name of those who signed, which in many cases where the original source, no autopens (been verified), autographs start with Gagarin through 1990s incl. many rare photos signed by Cosmonauts that didn't fly; 1st album covers programs from Sputnik through Salyut 5 with many crew signed; 2nd volume starts with 17 daily schedules from center for Cosmonauts training for Soyuz 25 through Soyuz T-7, all signed by Alexey Leonov, 23 covers and one pennant flown to Salyut 6, also other crew signed photos, etc., and copy of Pravda with space station cancel; 3rd volume contains 15 covers and 9 pennants flown to Mir, also crew signed photos, desk medals, etc.; final volume contains 7 covers, 6 spectacular patches, and 3 pennants flown to Salyut 7, etc., overall 56 flown items and host of other signed material, also library of 30 books (in Russian) from Anatoliy Berezovoy with many signed, a unique offering, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $12,000-15,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1013		Aerophilately; Space, Group of Related, incl. signed photos (not autopen) for Russell Schweickart, Stuart Roosa, John Glenn (as senator), James Lovell on AC Electronics flyer, group of autopens, covers with NASA staff and Astronaut autographs incl. Apollo and Gemini, plus Charles Conrad on Gemini cover, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1014		Aerophilately; Space, Accumulation, incl. 23 autographed from various missions incl. Gemini (8), Mercury (4) and Apollo (4) flights (mostly autopen, but some genuine), plus group of First Days and Gemini commemorative covers, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $776
Lot 1015		Aerophilately; Space, Russia Group, 100+ for various flights and First Days, plus nice group of Cosmonaut photos, several signed, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374

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