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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 First Official Missile Mail USS Barbero SSG-317, flown dated June 8, 1959 U.S.S. Barbero, to Mayport, FL, incl. letter from Postmaster General, scarcer rounded back flap variety, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler #25C1, 3000 flown . Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 2		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1959 Regulus II Flown Missile Mail, Sept. 3 historic flight from Venice, Florida to Elgin Air Force Base, accompanied by certified letter from Charles Koch, which describes method used to get these unauthorized covers into missile, very scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler #27, one of 12 covers carried . Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 3		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1960 Regulus II Flight From Hawaii, flown from Oahu on date of Statehood to Barking Sands, HI, Honolulu Jul 4, 1960 cancel on cacheted cover, reverse has cachet signed by Col. J.J. Perry, 2 cover toning strips and 3 soil spots on reverse, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler #36C1, #19 of 43 flown . Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 4		Aerophilately; Rocket Flights, 1965 Third Unofficial Regulus II Flight, Point Magu to San Nicolas Island and returned by barge, flight information at left, signed by control pilot, Jim Hays, target drones which flew a total of 64 flights, Fine to Very Fine, no known record of one previously sold, but similar "second official flight" cover from same sender sold 15 years ago at auction for $780 . Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 5		Aerophilately; Space, 1971 Apollo 15 Recovery Ship, Captain's cover, with cachets at left, USS Okinawa Aug 7, 1971 duplex cancel, scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 6		Aerophilately; Space, 1972 Apollo 16 Recovery Ship, Captain's cover, with cachets at left, USS Ticonderoga Apr 27, 1972 duplex cancel, scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 7		Aerophilately; Space, 1978 Soyuz 30 Flown Signed, June 27 to July 5, 1978, carried aboard Soyuz 30 to Soviet space station Salyut 6, cancelled at space station on June 27 and signed by Klimuk and 1st Polish Cosmonaut Hermaszewski, Fine to Very Fine. After 7 day visit, returned their spacecraft to the Baikonour Cosmodrome. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $104
Lot 8		Aerophilately; Balloon, 1978 Double Eagle II Flight, first balloon to fly around the world, flight cachet and details at left, signed by both crew members (both now deceased), Fine to Very Fine, #949 of 1000 flown . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 9		Aerophilately; Space, Large Accumulation, few thousand flight and events, many crew signed and pilot signed, incl. Glenn, Schirra, Lovell, McDivitt, Slayton, plus 2 banker boxes of NASA photos signed (many with certs.), 1960 to modern, banker box of books (all signed) by people involved in Space program, some dupl., good variety, noted 1966 Gemini 8 lift off cover with NASA cachet, Challenger, Skylab, some Russian (few signed) and other related sprinkled throughout, worth a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $8,913

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