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Aerospace - Space Flights and Astronauts

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1072		Aerospace; Space, 1960 Flown USAF Space Discovery XVII, To NASA's First Administrator, Honorable T. Keith Glennan, Exceptionally RARE and FLOWN space mail cover by U.S. satellite Discoverer 17, this rare cover was contained in the Discoverer XVII satellite launched by the U.S. Air Force into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, November 12, 1960, and subsequently recovered by C-119 aircraft over the mid-Pacific Ocean, The cover is boldly marked, "FIRST AIR MAIL-OUTER SPACE-" on the front of the cover, would be the centerpiece of a world class space collection, USAF fact sheet accompanying the flown cover states, "On the thirty-first pass, after traveling approximately one million miles, the capsule from Discoverer 17 was released from the orbiting satellite at 2:31 pm PST. At 3:05pm PST, Captain Gene W. Jones piloting C-119 Pelican II snagged the capsule on his first attempt (over the mid-Pacific)". Ellington-Zwisler #39C1 (reported 28 flown), This is only the second time the rare flown Discoverer XVII cover has been offered at auction. At auction in California, 2008, similar cover and letter addressed to General Lyman L. Lemnitzer sold for over $35,000 . Estimate $30,000-35,000. View details and photo	Realized $42,550
Lot 1073		Aerospace; Space, 1959-60 "Monkey" Launch Covers, 2; cancelled Wallop Island, VA Dec 4, 1959 with "Sam" and Jan 21, 1960 with "Mrs. Sam", flight hs. in violet, scarce items, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1074		Aerospace; Astronauts, 1969 Apollo 11 F.D.C. Signed Collins and Armstrong, 1st day of SEP 9 1969 and JUL 20 cachets, Apollo 11 cachet on reverse, signatures in blue, clean. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 1075		Aerospace; Astronauts, Apollo 11 Collins, Armstrong, and Aldrin Signatures, All three on single 6½" by 8½" card, card with tone spots. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1076		Aerospace; Astronauts, Grissom, Capt. Virgil, On "Aircraft Flight Report and Maintenance Record" from "21-06-2" (1962) at Langley Air Force base, signed twice in pencil, second American to fly in space and first person to fly in space twice. Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Kennedy Space Center . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1077		Aerospace; Astronauts, Borman, Frank, signature in black pen on cover with cachet "Flown on T-33 By Astronaut" Jan 22 1964, with enclosure ms. by Borman "These covers were on a T-33 flight to L.A. on 17 Oct 1963 Frank Borman", clean. Ex Barbara Baker. Flew Gemini 7 and commander of Apollo 8 . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1078		Aerospace; Astronauts, Apollo 12 Crew Signed, Houston Nov 20, 1969 cancel on flight cacheted cover, 3 signatures at right, Very Fine. Brookman $500. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1079		Aerospace; Astronauts, Mattingley, Ken, In blue pen on 23 May 1966 test flight cover, got the measles prior to Apollo 13 flight, bumped and subsequently went on Apollo 16 . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1080		Aerospace; Astronauts, Glenn Jr., John, Nice signature on Gordon cachet cover (1st orbital flight and also the Project Mercury stamp FDC released to the public), Feb 20, 1962, nice period signature in blue pen, 1st U.S. man in space, flew Mercury-Atlas 6 . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1081		Aerospace; Astronauts, Borman and Lovell, Both signatures in black pen on Dec 4 1965 orbital cachet cover, clean, crew of Gemini 7 . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1082		Aerospace; Astronauts, Collins, Michael, Signature on Oct 23 1963 test flight cover in blue pen, future astronaut was test pilot at time of signing, clean. Ex Barbara Baker. 1st flew on Gemini 10 with John Young, second spaceflight command module pilot for Apollo 11 . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1083		Aerospace; Astronauts, Schirra and Stafford, Signatures in blue (Schirra) and Stafford (black) on orbital cachet cover Dec 15 1965, clean, crew of Gemini 6A . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1084		Aerospace; Astronauts, Bull, John, Signature in blue on test flight Nov 12 1981 cover with STS-2 cachet on reverse. Ex Barbara Baker. Astronaut, conducted simulation and flight test research in advanced flight systems for both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft at NASA, died from pulmonary disease . Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1085		Aerospace; Astronauts, See, Elliot, Signature in black on Jan 19 1965 Fort Myers cover, couple light smudges, 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 $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1086		Aerospace; Astronauts, Schirra, Walter, On "Aircraft Flight Report and Maintenance Record" from "26-04-1" to "02-05-1" at Langley Air Force base, signed twice in pencil, year would be 1961, also stapled to copy "Aircraft Discrepancy and Work Record", one of original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, America's first effort to put humans in space, was the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo) . Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1087		Aerospace; Astronauts, Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich (1934-1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man to fly in space (1961), signature in black on Jan 10 1964 Moscow cachet cover, clean, signed Sieger. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1088		Aerospace; Astronauts, 1965 Sealab II Signed Carpenter, 2 diff.; 1st with cachet and with Bill Coffman TMI (DV) Seal-Lab Office, other corner card "Sealab II/USN Dolphin Mail…", signed by "Team #2" incl. future Astronaut Scott Carpenter with note from photographer John Beanes, clean, Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and fourth American in space . Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $75
Lot 1089		Aerospace; Astronauts, See, Elliot and White, Edward, 2 covers; 1st See signature (genuine) in black with autopen of Neil Armstrong on Mar 23 1965 cover; 2nd Edward White (genuine) in black with autopen of James McDivitt Gemini 4 Jun 3 1965 cancel cover, clean. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 1090		Aerospace; Space, 1967 "In Tribute" Apollo 1 Funeral Covers, 8 with 2 diff. cachet, 4 different dates, 4 diff. cities incl. Washington D.C., West Point, N.Y. Planetarium, all except one with 5¢ flag over building, all unaddressed. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $69
Lot 1091		Aerospace; Space, U.S. Modern Accumulation, several hundred in banker box, #C76 and other First Day's, events, missions, some stamps, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1092		Aerospace; Space, 1963 to 1974 U.S. Lot, approx. 400 organized by flights, mostly recovery force material, incl. primary and all secondaries for many of the mid-1960's flights, a very few Beck or other printed cachets, most having hs. recovery force cachets, clean lot. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $161

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