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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 754

Postal History
Unmanned Rocket Test Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6421
Symbol: Cat No: Dec 13

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image United States, 1958 (Dec 13), Gordo monkey flight, propelled into space aboard a Jupiter ICBM; launched the week NASA announced Project Mercury intended to put an American in orbit; premium Goldcraft artwork. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:24:01 EST
Sold For 180

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6422
Symbol: Cat No: Sep 9

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image United States, 1959 (Sep 9), Big Joe 1 postcard, great example of the BJ-1 flight on an Atlas postcard; Port Canaveral hand cancel very readable, a wonderful example; included is the "return to port" date (Sep 10) on a Navaho missile postmark, poor contrast but legible; a key item. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 130.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:24:31 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6423
Symbol: Cat No: Sep 9

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image United States, 1959 (Sep 9), Big Joe 1 postcard, Titan postcard with scarce BJ-1 Project Mercury qualification launch date; also a "return to port" Sept 10 postcard showing a Redstone missile, unfortunately the black postmark on a night sky is quite hard to read; key none the less. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:24:49 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6424
Symbol: Cat No: Nov 10

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image United States, 1961 (Nov 10), Goliath monkey flight, riding an Atlas ICBM this astrochimp was lost when the booster exploded; Patrick Air Force Base machine cancel; attractive SpaceCraft multicolored art. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:25:31 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6425
Symbol: Cat No: Nov 29

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image United States, 1961 (Nov 29), Mercury-Atlas 5 Monkey covers, Swanson generic missile with Patrick AFB machine cancel, Harry Gordon add-on to Port Canaveral AM hand cancel, Sarazin Port Canaveral PM hand cancel, and Zazo Port Canaveral AM hand cancel; lot also includes a Jan 20, 1961 colony of chimps work towards upcoming flight,Oct 13, 1969 Sarazin space mice, and photo add-on and printed Nov 10, 1961 Goliath envelope; total of 7 items. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:26:22 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6426
Symbol: 		image United States, 1961, Monkey flight in Atlas ICBM, chimp Scatback was integral to this early Bio Sat mission; green generic Swanson rubber stamp cachet; Patrick Air Force Base machine cancel postmarked once the post office opened the following day; label stain, very scarce and desireable Mercury qualification flight. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 130.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:26:51 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6427
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image United States, Tough Project Mercury qualification dates, few collectors paid attention to qualification flights are and therefore absent from many collections; BJ-1 (better example with the Atlas postcard), Thor postcard with the Sep 10 "return to port" date; MR-1A with generic Swanson; MA-3 with generic Swanson; LJ-5B with attractive Rocket fired from Wallops Island; Sarzin MA-2; generic Swanson MR-BD; Sarzin MR-3; and Sarzin MR-4; 9 important items for your collection. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 250.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:27:07 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6428
Symbol: Cat No: MR-3

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image United States, Project Mercury before John Glenn, grouping of sub-orbital and unmanned Mercury flight covers; Patrick AFB machine cancel on blank cover postmarked the day before America's first manned spaceflight (MR-3); Port Canaveral hand cancels (one Sarzin capsule up, another capsule down); two Sarzin (MR-4) Phase 2 covers and a Fuerst Virgil I Grissom airmail envelope; two Harry Gordon MA-4 robot covers postmarked at Port Canaveral; and two MA-5 (Enos) envelopes, one a PM Sarzin and the other blank and addressed to Barbara Baker. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:27:24 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6429
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image United States, Monkeys, robots, and ballistic space shots, a similar grouping with the exception that one of the Enos cachets is Zaso, and the robots are Sarzin and generic Swanson. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:27:54 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6430
Symbol: Cat No: mice

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image United States, Sometimes the best man for the job isn't, ever since humans have flown balloons and rockets, biological specimens and animals have gone along; Sarzin Sally, Amy and Moe (mice) travelled on a 5000 mile ride in an Atlas ICBM (1960), a white rat payload accompanied a sounding rocket from Wallops Island (1964); as part of the Mercury spacecraft qualification series a Rank flocked Ham launch (MR-2), a Sazin Ham launch (1961), and a USS Warrington recovery envelope (SRS), also a Sarzin Enos flight (MA-5) cover; three autographed Scout sounding rocket envelopes from the NASA facility at Wallops Island investigating inner ear biology in frogs (1970); good stuff. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 130.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:28:17 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6431
Symbol: 		image United States, Mercury and Apollo qualification flights, Unglamorous (but vital) engineering tests; six Mercury and six Apollo; Goldley May 9, 1960 Beach Abort (BA), Hudson Nov 8, 1960 Little Joe 5 (LJ-5), Hudson Mar 18, 1961 Little Joe 5A (LJ-5A), Swanson Apr 25, 1962 Mercury Atlas 3 (MA-3), Swanson Apr 28, 1961 Little Joe 5B (LJ-5B), document cachet Sep 13, 1961 Mercury Atlas 4 (MA-4); Sokolsky May 13, 1964 Little Joe II (A-001), White Sands Dec 8, 1964 Abort 2 (A-002), White Sands May 19, 1965 Abort 3 (A-003), White Sands Jun 29, 1965 Pad Abort Test 2 (PA-2) (2 examples), Orbit Jan 20, 1966 Abort 4 (A-004). Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:28:41 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6432
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image United States, Mercury qualification flights prior to orbit, a better group of covers and postcards leading up to Glenn's orbital Atlas flight; BJ-1 on a Jupiter IRBM, "return to port" Sep 10 on a Bomarc postcard; BA on Hudson document cachet (beautiful cancel); LJ-5 addressed to Zaso with Hudson rubber stamp; black Swanson generic missile fired for MR-1A; Goldey (sealed with slight wrinkles) for MA-2; Hudson LJ-5A; Harry Gordon attractive MR-BD hand cancel; Swanson generic MA-3; Hudson LJ-5B; Sarzin MR-3; and Swanson MR-4 in green; 12 great examples of important flights. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000

Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:29:06 EST
Sold For 700

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6433
Symbol: Cat No: May 13

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image United States, 1964 (May 13), Little Joe II, the remarkable success of the Saturn, Saturn 1B, and Saturn V was due to extensive qualification testing; HiLite (Tom Dixon) cover postmarked May 13, 1964 for the A-001 abort test; a Rank flockless LJ-II envelope from A-001 also postmarked Satellite Beach later in the month for the SA-6 launch; great looking WSMR cachet and roller cancel from Las Cruces for the May 19, 1965 test of A-003; four copies of the PA-2 pad abort with Sokolsky art in purple; to sweeten the pot a GT-VI Agena scrub with silver Sokolsky is included; 8 covers in total. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:29:35 EST
Sold For 110


Mercury Flights (1961-1963)
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6434
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image United States, 1961 (May 5), Shepard U.S.S. Lake Champlain Prime Recovery Ship, Arguably the most difficult Prime to acquire; a superb hand cancel with standard rubber stamp; beautiful full vintage Shepard autograph (possible atypical autopen?) with partial address of Peter Van Miert, an early Astrophilatelist; this will be the finest Prime Recovery Ship in your collection, outstanding postmark; label stains and evidence of prior photo mount in left lower corner; hinge remnant on reverse, reportedly only 44 philatelic covers were mailed from the ship; in contrast the U.S.S Hornet mailed 250,000 philatelic covers for Apollo 11. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000

Opening US$ 1,000.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:30:04 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6435
Symbol: Cat No: July 21

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image United States, 1961 (July 21), Grissom Prime Recovery Ship Type II with AUTO, Locating a genuine Grissom autograph is a find; getting one on a Type II U.S.S. Randolph Prime Recovery Ship is extra special; don't let this get away; faint label stains noted. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 3,250.00
Sold...US$ 3,250.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:31:59 EST
Sold For 3250

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6436
Symbol: Cat No: July 21

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image United States, 1961 (July 21), Grissom U.S.S. Randolph Type II Prime Recovery Ship, Recovery ship covers from the suborbital flight of Grissom are rare. Especially difficult is finding a complete, legible Type II postmark; this one also has an attractive magenta Registry hand stamp; the signature is an autopen; Very faint toning from glue lines and slight residual from address label, Type II (ship name on top) are very scarce. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:32:29 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6437
Symbol: Cat No: July 21

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image United States, 1961 (July 21), Grissom Type I U.S.S. Randolph Prime Recovery Ship, Amvet label (overwritten as Second Manned Space Flight) on fresh suborbital Prime; the hand cancel is quite crisp and the airmail envelope adds color. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:33:07 EST
Sold For 225

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6438
Symbol: Cat No: July 21

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image United States, 1961 (July 21), Grissom U.S.S. Lowry sub-orbital Secondary Recovery Ship, Airmail cover with superb hand cancel on uncommon Secondary Recovery Ship; accompanying note on ship letterhead addressed to Les Winnick explains Commanding Officer autograph added in 1964; also USS Remey and USS English (MA-7); USS Kaskaskia and USS Renshaw (MA-8); Canton Island (MA-9); and USS Fort Snelling (MOL), only the second sub-orbital Secondary Recovery Ship cover we've seen in 30 years—and the only autographed example. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:33:40 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6439
Symbol: Cat No: 1193

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image United States, 1962 (Feb 20), Glenn Prime Recovery Ship with bold P.M. cancel, Non-backdated envelope serviced on the destroyer that collected Col. Glenn; stamped corner card ship information with add on picture and vintage J H Glenn Jr signature, while covers with other than Mercury stamps (#1193) are considered genuine, these scarce P.M. versions are especially desirable. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:35:25 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6440
Symbol: Cat No: Feb 20

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image United States, 1962 (Feb 20), Glenn Prime Recovery Ship with P.M. postmark, Very attractive U.S.S. Noa hand cancel with P.M. cancel (not backdated) on seldom seen aerogram; Gordon-type add-on cachet and vintage J H Glenn Jr autograph complete this exceptional item, while Feb 20th postmarks with non-Mercury stamps are considered non-backdated, these scarce P.M. versions are considered unimpeachable. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:37:10 EST
Sold For 450
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