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Postal History Aircraft Flights Later Aircraft Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6401
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United States, 1960, North American Aviation X-15 pilot autographs, North American's Project 1226 envisioned a single seat aircraft with the performance characteristics of a V-2 missile; it would be hypersonic (above Mach 5) and fly to the edge of space; until the space shuttle, no winged vehicle had flown higher or faster; autographs include, Scott Crossfield on an early X-15 envelope (Boy Scout cachet) postmarked the day he lit "the big engine"; Forest S Peterson on a 20th anniversary cover commemorating the Crossfield flight; Neil Armstrong (who flew the earliest altitude profiles) on an index card along with a very clean X-15 cover from his first flight in 1960; a Decade of Achievement FDC signed by Scott Crossfield, Robert Rushworth, and Robert White; an unusual envelope postmarked at White Sands on launch day for the first space shuttle flight signed by William Knight; an Edwards AFB cancel for the return of STS-1 autographed by Robert Rushworth; an Apollo 11 FDC signed by Forest Peterson; an X-15 cover dated Mar 1968 with Bill Dana's name under the cachet (but not his signature); and an autograph of Joe Engle training to pilot the space shuttle (after having flown the X-15); 10 pieces in all. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
United States, 1972, Bell Aircraft Experimental Supersonic - 1 (XS-1), during the Second World War aircraft in steep dives encountered extreme compressability; planes were flying so fast the air couldn't get out of the way which resulted in severe stress on structures and problems with control; Bell Aircaft designed a 50 caliber bullet shaped rocket powered plane to "break the sound barrier"; grouping includes index card autographed by Chalmers (Slick) H. Goodlin, the first to pilot the plane; a FDC with a stamp from Lesotho picturing Chuck Yeager and the X-1 with his autograph; a Project Mercury FDC signed by Bob Hoover, the X-1 chase pilot; a Smithsonian Milestone of Flight cover (number 1) issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of supersonic flight (the envelope was FLOWN supersonic); a 30th anniversary cover postmarked at Edwards AFB autographed by Chuck Yeager; and a 40th anniversary postmark from his hometown in Hamlin, WV signed by Chuck Yeager; 6 items in all including 5 autographs. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:01:09 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6403
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, 1973, Wingless lifting body covers with pilot autographs, in order to create vehicles that could travel from orbit to runway, NASA investigated shapes where the lift comes from the fuselage instead of wings; this collection has 28 autographs (mostly pilots); M2 covers for Cecil Powell (unsigned), Jerry Gentry, Bill Dana and Bruce Peterson; most are X-24B covers including first captive and first powered flights, as well as numerous autographs (including Dave Scott, Tom Mc Murtry and Gary Krier who did not fly it) including John Manke (3) and Mike Love (9); various colors of Boy Scouts of America rubber stamp cachets; a total of 28 envelopes. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
United States, 1977, NASA test flight of Ardvaark, Gulfstream and Jet Star, in the 1970s extensive work at Dryden was performed with the F-111, C140, and modified Gulfstream (STA 946); autographs of Einar Enevoldson, Steve Ishmael, Gary Krier, Ronald Grabe, and Stan Boyd signed the F-111 covers; Don Mallick, Ray Young, Ed Gibson and Don Lind signed the C140 Jet Star; autographs on the Gulfstream included Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton and Richard Truly; 14 covers in all. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
United States, c. 1981, X-Series experimental aircraft autographs, Prosser cachet series of 5 envelopes each autographed by the appropriate test pilot; includes Scott Crossfield (X-1), Frank Everest (X-2), Chuck Yeager (X-3), Charles Tucker (X-4), and Peter Girard (X-13). Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:02:25 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6406
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United States, 1986, Voyager Test Flight, flown cover signed by the pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:02:51 EST
Sold For 300
Satellites
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6407
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United States, 1958-62, early satellite launches including Goldey cachets, nice mix of launches; Pioneer 1 (5 Goldcraft), 2 (5 Goldcraft), 3 (3 Goldcraft), 4 (2 Swanson) and 5 (2 Swanson); Explorer 1 (Swanson), 3 (5 Swanson), 4 (3 Swanson), 7 (Swanson) and 8 (Swanson); Vanguard 1 (2 Goldcraft and 2 Swanson), 2 (Goldcraft) and 3 (Goldcraft and 2 Sarzin); Mariner 1 (2 Swanson) and 2 (2 Swanson); two Thor firings from Vandenberg April 16, 1959 (listed in McMahan in the 1960s for $12 but rarely seen); another 10 including a Rank flocked Mariner 2; 41 covers (18 Goldeys) in all. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:14:35 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6408
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United States, 1958, Explorer I, elusive first Goldcraft artwork for this series; Patrick Air Force Base machine cancel; light pencil address. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)
Suggested Bid $100-150
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:15:35 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6409
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United States, 1959, Discoverer I & II, in the late 1950's the CIA was intent on gathering photographic intelligence on Soviet military installations; codename CORONA, ultra high resolution cameras were carried in a series of missiles launched from California; the cover name of the series was Discoverer; the Vandenberg Air Force Base hand cancel document the launch site required to achieve a polar orbit needed to spy on the Russians, scarce Flick printed cachets, the Discoverer II envelope has been hand colored. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:16:17 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6410
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United States, Explorer satellite program, Goldcraft premium color cachets for I,III,IV,VI,VII, and VIII;unaddressed or with unobtrusive rubber stamp address. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:16:49 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6411
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United States, Pioneer lunar program series, ahead of it's time the US Army and then NASA launched Thor-Able missiles at the Moon; beautifully captured on premium Goldcraft printed cachets; for perspective, it had been less than a year since Werner Von Braun had launched America's first successful satellite. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:17:13 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6412
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United States, Discoverer series, CIA Corona spy satellite series launched into polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base; early pieces tough to get since launches not widely advertised; 22 covers with minimal duplication; contains key numbers 1, 2, 4 and 7 fired in 1959; cachets are mostly generic Swanson; includes Zaso, Sarazin and a Goldey. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:17:52 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6413
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Discoverer satellite series launched from Vandenberg, purported as a developmental technology series, Discoverer was actually CIA cover for the CORONA spy satellite series designed to take high resolution film images of Soviet military installations; this lot has 42 envelopes beginning with Discoverer 15 and ending with Discoverer 38; very slight duplication noted; most cachets are the Holden (Swanson?) generic missile orbiting from the West Coast, some are Sarzin, others Zaso, and four are the attractive photo ringed in red inset into the envelope reminiscent of a Crosby; CORONA was an important story and this group will help you tell it. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:18:22 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6414
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United States, Explorer, 5 early covers, produced by Sarzin; includes Explorer I,III,VI,VII, and IX; all have Port Canaveral hand cancel; unaddressed or to Sarzin. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:18:56 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6415
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United States, Vanguard I, II, and III, Goldcraft printed cachets postmarked at Patrick Air Force Base (Vanguard I) and Port Canaveral (Vanguard II & III), after some embarrassing false starts, Vanguard achieved orbit and qualified a number of technologies including the use of solar cells to generate electricity in space. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:19:24 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6416
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Thor, Titan and Atlas postcards cancelled for launch, for some reason a dealer went crazy and postmarked stamps on the face of Air Force missile postcards in 1959 and early 1960; included are 12 for Explorer 7 (Oct 13, 1959), the day after Echo (Oct 27, 1959), 9 for the 5000 mile flight of Atlas ICBM (Oct 29, 1959), and 6 for Transit 1-B (Apr 13, 1960); good dealers stock of 28 cards. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:19:58 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6417
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United States, NASA "Officials" from White Sands, JPL, and Ames, 60 envelopes related to satellites; 10 TRW Navstar envelopes; several covers from the JPL stamp club related to Voyager; wind tunnel test covers from Ames; and a nice series of Viking rubber stamps from Pasadena and the spacecraft tests at White Sands; clean lot for the specialist in "Officials" other than KSC or Vandy. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:20:44 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6418
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Key satellite scientists and principal investigators, appropriately the lot starts with a real photo postcard of a captured V2 erected at White Sands Proving Grounds; autographs of Walter R Dornberger (von Braun's superior), Albert Pullenberg (rocket pioneer), Kurt Debus (von Braun contemporary); Mercury capsule designer Max Faget, astronomers Sir Bernard Lovell (2) and Lubos Kohoutek, scientists William Pickering (2) and James van Allen (3), author Arthur C. Clarke; solar eclipse expedition from Woods Hole (1959) signed by the Chief Scientist and the six expedition members; and several lovely SpaceCraft envelopes covers in signatures supporting Explorer 43, Eole, SERT, Mariner 8, Mariner 9 and RAM-C; a fun group of 57 autographs on 27 envelopes. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:21:48 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6419
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United States, Hodge-podge with hidden gems, we start with the beginning of the end, a Mailgram (Sep 1974) heralding "an important step in electronic transmission of letter mail"; covers for Telstar, Echo, and COMSAT; crisp Ap-11 VIP card postmarked on July 20, form letter to Boeing employees in lunar rover contractor cover, autograph of Jerrie Cobb (Mercury 13), FLOWN RAF Woodbridge HC-130 during STS-2, numerous FDCs for 1331-32, 1371, C76, 1434-35 (2 sets of KSC/Huntsville/Houston), Niki Wenger (Teacher in Space finalist), corner card FDCs from Philco Ford, Sperry Rand, and NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; 10 different shuttle launch envelopes from Genesis Graphics; bonus hand-drawn cachets (they actually look like Little Joe and not the Redstone or Atlas) for the Mercury flights, the MR-3 is actually 1st anniversary cover and there isn't a MR-4 but the MA-6, MA-7, MA-8 and MA-9 all look good. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:22:43 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6420
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Mariner I & II probes to Venus, seldom seen collection of project leader autographs on add on cachet; signed by Mariner I Program Manager, Spacecraft System Manager, and Mariner Project Manager;; Mariner II envelope toned with pronounced label stain. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)
