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United States, 1948 Rocket Firing - 3¢ Fort Bliss Centennial, large die proof (Scott 976P1a), on 6" x 8" card punched for a 3-ring binder, magenta "Engraver's Stock Proof…" handstamp on the back along with blue serial number 959941A; small "C" conrol punch in "U.S." at the lower left replaced, Very Fine. Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $750-1
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:31:16 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6362
Symbol:
United States, 1955, Fastest Man Alive carries envelope in Bell X-2, before writing Fastest Man Alive, about his experiences as a test pilot, Frank K Everest Jr was flying rocket powered aircraft; the plane was able to reach an elevation of 126,000ft and speeds in excess of Mach 3; this envelope accompanied the pilot (he probably sat on it) on the first powered flight in 1955; the machine cancel missed the stamp but the test pilot confirms in a handwritten note (included) that the cover was indeed aboard; these covers rarely come to market and there are precious few of them; the EZ valuation from 1972 is woefully out of date, Letter from BGEN Everest confirms item flown. Ellington-Zwisler 74; $175. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
United States, 1959 (Jun 8), First Official Missile Mail - U.S.S. Barbero (Ellington-Zwisler 25C1), Official cacheted cover franked with a 4¢ American Flag commemorative tied by a Jun 8 "U S S BARBERO" duplex handstamp and backstamped at Jacksonville, Fla. on the same day; addressed to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh; includes a short personal letter, dated June 26, from Postmaster General Summerfield to the Director of the museum, Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $1,500 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
United States, 1959 (Jun 8), First Official Missile Mail - U.S.S. Barbero (Ellington-Zwisler 25C1), Official cacheted cover franked with a 4¢ American Flag commemorative tied by a Jun 8 "U S S BARBERO" duplex handstamp and backstamped at Jacksonville, Fla. on the same day; addressed to U.S. Congressman, Harold C. Ostertag, in Washington D.C.; includes the original Postmaster General Summerfield presentation letter dated "June 1959", Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $1,500 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
United States, 1959 (June 8), U.S.S. Barbero missile mail from the PMG, First Official Missile Mail addressed to Harry L. Lindquist; lovely example of one of 3000 FLOWN by Regulus I missile from a US Navy submarine to Mayport Naval Air Station in Florida; letter of greeting enclosed; faint foxing to left edge of cachet. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
United States, 1962 (Apr 23), X-15 rocket plane, autographed by pilot and future astronaut Neil Armstrong; flight 91 on April 20th, 1962 (latered canceled at Edwards Air Force Base on April 23rd);the speed flight at 207,500ft reached Mach 5.31; by September he was selected as one of "the New Nine" astronauts; his first spaceflight, as Commander of GT VIII, is documented on the envelope with a roller cancel from Patrick Air Force Base. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
United States, 1963 (Jul 4), Peter Kedzierski - Freedomland, N.Y. - Rocket-Man Mail (Ellington-Zwisler 54C1), cover with "First Rocket-Man Mail…Using 'Buck Rogers' Flying Rocket Belt" cachet and photographic "Rocket-Man" Rocket Stamp (E-Z 54A1); franked with 8¢ postage tied by a Jul 5 Bronx, N.Y. machine cancel; signed by Bell Aerosystem Test Pilot Kedzierski and by the test's witness (and addressee), Harry A. Gordon; also included is a mint block of 4 of the Rocket Stamp, Very Fine. Ellington-Zwisler $350+ Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
United States, 1970 (Nov 29), X-24A Lifting Body FLOWN, Test pilots at Edwards AFB carried a few covers for collectors during flights; Jerry Gentry brought this envelope to 70,000ft and Mach 1.37; lifting bodies were precursors for development of return-from-orbit vehicles including the Space Shuttle. Ellington-Zwisler 140. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:36:43 EST
Sold For 600
Worldwide A-Z Yugoslavia
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6369
Symbol: Cat No: 2C1, 2A1a
Yugoslavia, 1935 (20 Aug), F. Schmiedl & H. Weihs - Hoce - "Jug I" (Ellington-Zwisler 2C1, 2A1a), appropriately cacheted cover with black "Jug I" Rocket Stamp, franked with a 25p black tied by a Aug 20 Hoce c.d.s.; also includes a sheet of 4 of the "Jug I" stamp, lightly hinged in the selvage only; the sheet is hand numbered "12", the stamps numbered "045" to "048" (the stamp on the cover is no. "260"), Very Fine. 200 of these covers were flown. Hopferweiser FS-41a, 41V; €320 ++ ($360). Ellington-Zwisler $450 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Ellington-Zwisler $450 Suggested
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:37:12 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6370
Symbol: Cat No: 3C1, 3A1a
Yugoslavia, 1935 (20 Aug), F. Schmiedl & H. Weihs - Hoce - "Jug II" (Ellington-Zwisler 3C1, 3A1a), appropriately cacheted cover with black "Jug II" Rocket Stamp, franked with a 25p black tied by a Aug 20 Hoce c.d.s.; also includes a lightly hinged sheet of 4 of the "Jug II" stamp; the sheet is hand numbered "103", the stamps numbered "409" to "412" (the stamp on the cover is no. "151), Very Fine. 205 of these covers were flown. Hopferweiser FS-42a, 42V; €320 ++ ($360). Ellington-Zwisler $500 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Ellington-Zwisler $500 Suggested
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:37:36 EST
Sold For 150
Austria
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6371
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Austria, Rocket Covers & Stamps, 1933-63, balance of the Austrian collection/stock; 21 items with some duplication; includes better covers (E-Z numbers) 23C1a (cat. $300), 25C1b ($125) & 29C1 ($150); virtually all identified by E-Z number in 5½" x 8½" sheet protectors in a small 3-ring binder; all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:38:37 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6372
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Austria, Schmiedl honors the X-15, a remarkable tribute by the first astrophilatelic pioneer to the North American Aviation rocket plane; this extraordinary collection consists of 21 cards from different X-15 flights; each was one of 50 cards (individually numbered) to which Schmeidl affixed a signed and numbered vignette; three have been autographed by pilots (Rushworth, Dana and Engle); also 23 mint X-15 vignettes all numbered and signed; a must for the experimental aircraft or Schmiedl specialist; scuff on face of etiquette. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:39:47 EST
Sold For 130
Belgium
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6373
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg, Rocket Covers & Stamps, 1934-63, balance of the Benelux part of the collection; about 100 different items plus a good deal of duplication; mostly more modern material but including plenty of older covers and some interesting collateral; we note better material (E-Z numbers) Belgium #1C1 (cat. $225), Netherlands #1C1 ($250), 5A1d ($150) and Luxembourg #1C1 (2 @ $100); most identified by E-Z number and all in 5½" x 8½" sheet protectors in two small 3-ring binders; virtually all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:40:49 EST
Sold For 500
Worldwide A-Z Cuba
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6375
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Cuba, Rocket Covers & Stamps, 1934-63, balance of the Cuban collection/stock; about 25 different covers, stamps and souvenir issues/covers with up to about five of an item; best items include E-Z #1A1a (used block of two pairs, E-Z $100+), 4C1 (3 @ $100), 4C2 (3 @ $175) & 4C2a (2 @ $200); all in 5½" x 8½" sheet protectors in a small 3-ring binder; all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:41:49 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6376
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Cuba, Rare set of rocket mail test launches, 1939, Special opportunity to acquire all three test launch envelopes leading to the Official Cuban Rocket Mail flight of which 2,581 were produced; 1st Test Launch traveled 12 meters before it exploded leaving only 60 covers; 2nd Test Launch travelled 500 meters with 21 covers; 3rd Test Launch rocket was named "Marilyn" after the experimenter's daughter (born an hour before the launch) and attained good speed, altitude and direction but encountered headwinds and settled back within 200 meters of the firing point (only 16 covers flew); all are addressed to the Cuban Rocket Society and are superb condition;also includes two envelopes from the official first flight (15 Oct 1939), although they were probably not carried, also a stylist cream colored card with the overprinted stamp and strong cancel as well as the card without the stamp, a gummed (but without denomination) S/S like item and a red as well as blue label from 1940; catalog value $5,300+. Hopferweiser AF-02a; €1,800 ($2,020). Hopferweiser AF-03a; €2,100 ($2,350). Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:42:23 EST
Sold For 1200
Postal History Airmail Postal History Rocket Mail
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6377
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Europe, Rocket Covers & Stamps, 1934-84, the balance of the European collection/stock consisting of well over 100 different items, mostly post-1960, from Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Yugoslavia, etc.; arranged and identified in 5½" x 8½" sheet protectors in two small 3-ring binders with up to 4 or 5 of an item; highlights include (E-Z numbers) France #2C2 (6 @ $175), 2C1 ($125), 3C1a ($175), 4D6 ($100), Great Britain #1B4-6 ($190), 60C1 ($125), Italy #9C1 ($225), Poland #X1C1 ($250), Switzerland #OA1a & OA1c ($300), and Yugoslavia #4C1 (2 @ $200); virtually all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.2 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:44:01 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6378
Symbol:
Europe, Fine assortment of rocket pioneers, typed letter signed on letterhead Dornberger accompaning flown 1961 Rocket Research Institute cover (EZ 41C1a) Walter R. Dornberger Commander of Peenemunde from 1937-1945, Pullenberg (x3) on matching cachets, Nebel (x10), Von Braun (pattern 1 autopen), Holzer, Schmiedl, Sanger (x2), unknown (x2), Stullinger (x2) and Oberth (x5), also personal 5x7 photograph signed by Oberth and Alfred Klein; an attractive lot. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:45:04 EST
Sold For 350
Worldwide A-Z Germany Empire & Reich
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6379
Symbol:
Germany, Balance of Better Zucker Rocket Stamps/Labels, 1933-34, about 30 different items: sets, singles and sheets, with modest duplication in 5½" x 8½" sheet protectors in a small 3-ring binder; better items include (mint unless noted) E-Z #2A3b (with Aisslinger certificate), 3A2b (sheet of 8), 3A3b, 4A4c, 5A1+5A3 (two se-tenant gutter pairs, both used), 5A7 (2 used), 6A1a (3, one used), 6A1b, 6A2b (2, mint & used), 6A4c single & tête-bêche pair, 6A5a (2), 6A5d (2) and, 6A6c; all clean and F-VF. A marvelous lot of this very scarce material. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Ellington-Zwisler $5,000 Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Ellington-Zwisler $5,000 Suggeste
Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:45:43 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6380
Symbol:
Germany, Balance of Better Zucker Rocket Covers, 1933-34, 15 flown covers or cards, all in plastic sleeves, comprising the following E-Z numbers: 5C1 (4, two with 4A4, one with 4A4a, one with 5A1 & 2); 5C2 (3, two with 4A3, one with 4A3 & 4); 6C1 with 6A4-6; 6A1a (2, one with 6A1-3 + Michel WZ 9, one with 6A4a, 5a); 6C2 (2, one with 6A1-3 (½m on picture side), one with 6A2 & 3 only); and 6C2a) (3, one with 6A1, one with 6A3 tête-bêche pair & 6A5a - all on the picture side, and one with 6A5a; also included is an unflown #2D1; all clean and F-VF. Ellington-Zwisler $3,200+ Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)