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United States, Useful recovery ship remainder lot, Mercury, two MA-7 Captain's covers (not signed by CO but autographed by Scott Carpenter), rare USS Farragut SRS, two MA-8 PRS signed by the Captain, corner card from USS Bennington postmarked on the PRS, USNS Huntsville (part of Task Force 130) cancelled on the USS Kearsarge, beautiful MA-9 Beck (B323) autographed by the CO and Gordon Cooper, attractive USS Fletcher SRS; Gemini, pair of GT-3 Primes autographed by the CO and RADM as well as four SRS (including a Beck), two GT-IV Captain's covers and a foreign envelope with a helo signature, GT-V, GT-VI, 2 GT-VII with signatures, Beck GT-VIII SRS, GT-IX machine and the tougher hand cancel, two GT-XI with autographs, three GT-XII, a Captain's cover, a PRS with a violet cachet, and a third in black; Apollo, Ap-9 PRS, USNS Vanguard support, a pair of autographed Ap-10, UDT swimmers on Ap-11 SRS, pair of lovely Ap-13 SRS (one with key of Ap-13 Review Board, and the other the Governor of American Samoa on a Beck), Ap-14 PRS, Ap-16 PRS, and Ap-17 PRS autographed by the Prime Recovery pilot; 46 envelopes of which 27 are Prime; some toning on MA-8 covers. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
United States, Pioneer women in the shuttle program, Shannon Lucid (2) on an Ames wind tunnel test and another on an envelope canceled at Marshall Space Flight Center; Anna Lee Fisher (2) on a Goddard Space Flight Center cover postmarked for the first launch of the shuttle program and another for the STS-51A mission; Sally K Ride (3) on a STS-3 cover, STS-2 Goldstone tracking cover, and a Johnson Space Center cover for the announcement of Group 8; Jerrie Cobb (a Mercury 13) on a SpaceCraft MA-6 launch envelope; bonus items include an early Vandenberg launch (Dec 4, 1959), all six original Canadian astronauts on a FDC, and high value FDC for $9.35, $9.95, $10.75, $10.75 9a different one), and $14; 15 items in total. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:05:32 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6563
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United States, NASA leadership autographs on 22 covers, only three seats available to fly to the Moon but LOTS of moving parts (and people) to get them there; set of three KSC envelopes with either 6 or 7 signatures each; Gerald Ford noted on one; CAPCOMs who signed included, Brand, Hartsfield, Schweickart, Mattingly, McCandless, Bobko and Crippen; flight directors Eugene Kranz (3), Christopher C Kraft, Gerald D Griffin and Glynn Lunney; flight surgeon Charles A Berry; Center Directors Rocco Petrone, John Clark, and Robert R Gilruth; top leadership George M Low, Tom Paine (2), James E Webb (3), Sam C Phillips, Hugh Dryden, and Robert C Seamans; stray autographs include Deke Slayton, David Brinkley and Spiro T Agnew; lastly are astronauts acting as CAPCOM on a shuttle mission including Overmyer, Gregory, Lind, Thagard, Thornton, Berg and Wang. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:06:33 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6564
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Curious Orbit Covers cachet-based signed folders, elaborate cardstock intended to be folded in booklet form; the left (intended as the back cover) has the engraved Orbit Covers cachet used on envelopes; each has Project Mercury stamps postmarked at Cape Canaveral on launch day; present are MA-8 (x4) (Schirra), MA-9 (x3) (Cooper), GT-3 (x2) (Grissom/Young), GT-IV (McDivitt/White), and GT-V (x2) (Conrad/Cooper); each is signed by a NASA Director or recovery personel, mostly helo or UDT swimmers; 24 seldom seen autographs. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:07:16 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6565
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, NASA leadership autographs on cover, attractive grouping of key personnel on a variety of envelopes; George M Low (NASA Administrator), George E Mueller (Associate Administrator), Rocco A Petrone (KSC Dir of Launch Operations), Robert R Gilruth (x2) (Dir Manned Spacecraft Center), John L Clark (Dir Goddard Space Flight Ctr), Tom Paine (NASA Administrator), and Floyd L Thompson (Dir Langley Research Ctr); total of 8 items. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
United States, Curious mission related covers, 22 covers seldom seen; extremely rare salvage ship USS Preserver from Gemini V; Gemini VI scrub cover postmarked at the Kennedy Space Center; PRIME (SV-5) postmarked Vandenberg AFB; 5 Project ASSESS covers for each flight day, Jun 2-6, 1975; scarce Prime Recovery Ship (PRS) USNS Range Recoverer Master postmarked Oct 10, 1970 for the Mars chute castor rocket; Approach and Landing Test (ALT) envelopes postmarked at Edwards AFB for Free Flight 1 and 2; a total of 5 covers carried from Det 15, 39 ARRW (Patrick AFB) on Chopper 4 in support of STS-1; very unusual Shuttle Launch Area Security envelope from USCGC Steadfast (autographed) responsible for escorting a Soviet "Fishing" Trawler from the Restricted Impact Area; four UTC Liberty SRB recovery ship covers for STS-2, one postmarked KSC Nov 16, 1981 and three Cape Canaveral on Nov 20, the three CC covers are autographed by the Master (Bond, James Bond); autographs of two Test Directors on a STS-6 mission emblem envelope; lastly is an envelope carried in a rescue tank (Hard Top One) in support of STS-45 and signed by KSC Pad Rescue #5. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
United States, Sarzin historical space documents, even before Project Mercury Clyde Sarzin was creating folded vellum-like presentations cancelled on the appropriate day; 22 in this group include Enos (2), Shepard (3), Grissom (3), Glenn (5), Carpenter (2), GT-3, GT-IV, GT-V, Brien McHahon, Echo 1 (2), and the Cuba Blockade. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
United States, Artwork of Robert McCall (Scott 1434-35), wonderful grouping of McCall FDCs; entire envelope sketch and signature on Decade of Achievement (1434-35); autographs of Robert McCall and Jerry Carr on a Skylab (1529) cover and what appears to be a printed drawing of a water recovery on an envelope reverse; two Pioneer (1556) covers each with great sketches related to the stamp; four ASTP (1569-70) envelopes (three difference cachets); and lastly a First Man on the Moon (C76) FDC signed by Paul Calle in red; 10 autographed covers in total. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:10:35 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6571
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, 1963 (Dec 10), Wernher von Braun collection, useful group of eight autographs and one autopen for reference; bold felt tip on Dec 1963 Cape Canaveral launch with thermographic cachet; signatures on the three values of 1934 German rocket mail labels; delightful autographs on Ft Bliss V-2 plate block; autopen is a pattern 1 on an Apollo 11 cover correctly cancelled in Houston on the day of the Moon landing. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 2,000.00
Sold...US$ 2,000.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:12:01 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6572
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, (1963), Phenominal NASA Group 3 collection, pristine collection of all 14 NASA astronauts selected in Oct 1963;each on an individual cover postmarted in Washington, DC on the announcement date; all are addressed to a prominent collector with attractive franking and amateurish (but handsome) artwork; included is a lovely ALS from Charlie Bassett and a second envelope signed by Richard Gordon; autographs of Anders, Bean, Cernan, Collins, Chaffee, Williams, Cunningham, Schweickart, Aldrin, Freeman, Eisele, Gordon, Scott, and Bassett, not easily duplicatable. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
United States, (1965), NASA KSC Officials from 1965-75, SA-10, Spirit of 7/6 light (3), Spirit of 7/6 dark, GT-IX (2), 1967 Fire Prevention, AS-501, AP-9, AP-12 (3), 10th Anniversary MR-3, AP-17 (suspect signatures); also SL-2, SL-3, and SL-4 on a single trifold card; BONUS: 7 Vandy Officials including Magsat (2), Landsat-C (4) and Tiros-N; toning upper left corner of SA-10, SA-10 and 1967 Fire Prevention are scarce. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
United States, 1989, $2.40 Moon Landing first day covers (Scott 2419), high denomination values on FDCs honoring space exploration; 44 of the $2.40 20th anniversary stamp (2419) including a lovely example postmarked in Houston with the a stamp (C76) created by the artist's father, Paul Calle; 5 aerograms with the $9.35 value (1909) and 2 from the $10.75 stamp (2122); commercially used stamps on large piece including, 4 $3 shuttle (2544), 6 $3.20 shuttle (3261), and 2 $3 Mars Pathfinder (3178); bonus, USPS A Tribute to Space Exploration with an encapsulated $9.95 stamp (2842) FLOWN in space (and designed by Paul and Chris Calle) on a beautiful envelope with a 29 cent (2841) Calle designed stamp. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 18:14:09 EST
Sold For 170
Worldwide A-Z Russia
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6575
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U.S.S.R., Pilot of Starship, published by Detgiz in 1961, this 49 page book with cardboard cover, is autographed on the title page by Gagarin and Titov (who added 4 Apr 1963); book has scrapes and is aged (and in Russian) but the pictures are wonderful and the autographs are bold. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 10:14:07 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6576
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U.S.S.R., Soviet tribute to Yuri Gagarin autographed by 42 cosmonauts and astronauts, 1986 casebound volume published in Moscow honoring the life of the first human in space; his humble roots and early military training through his Vostok 1 flight around the world and his celebrity for the remainder of his life; 220 glossy pages mostly B&W with a few color at the beginning and end; must have been signed at an ASE conference since a third are NASA astronauts; a wonderful book (if you read Russian). Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 10:14:50 EST
Sold For 225
Postal History Soviet and Russian Space Flights Vostok Flights (1961-1963)
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6577
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U.S.S.R., First cosmonauts in uniform autographed on postcard, Gagarin, Titov, Nikolayev and Popovich has signed below their image dressed in military dress; not postally used; very attractive. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 10:15:31 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6578
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U.S.S.R., Delightful booklet of Vostok autographs, produced by the government in 1964 this trifold booklet has a stamp honoring the pilot from each Vostok flight; Gagarin (Vostok 1), Titov (Vostok 2), Nikolayev (Vostok 3), Popovich (Vostok 4), Bykovsky (Vostok 5) and Tereshkova (Vostok 6); presumably transmitted in a badly damaged envelope (included). Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 10:15:57 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6579
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
U.S.S.R., Vostok-1 through 6 autographed covers as issued by the Moscow Philatelic Department, these are the key Kniga covers that every USSR/Russian collection requires; for many the best way to ensure you get a genuine Gagarin, Titov, Nikolayev, Popovich, Bykovsky, and Tereshkova; minor foxing around stamps; photocopy of undated Kniga cert. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 10:16:43 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6580
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U.S.S.R., Similar set of autographed Vostok flights, fresh with multicolored Kniga cachets. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
