United States, Mammoth Space Event Cover Collection, 1957-2012. 5,000+ event and first day covers with perhaps two-thirds from the United States; virtually all with better cachets and unaddressed including Space Voyager, Centennial, Sarzin, Orbit, Space Craft, Swanson, Sokolsky, and Space City Cover Society; while some refer to early events in manned and unmanned spaceflight, the predominant subject is the Space Shuttle program; interspersed amongst numerous autopens including Kerwin, Borman, Eisele, Irwin, Bean, Grissom, Young, Cooper, Conrad, Collins, Aldrin, Armstrong, McDivitt, Scott and Schweichert are a number that might be genuine (different than known autopen matricies); signatures that appear "good" include Brand, Gregory, Hoften, Holmquest, Covey, Fullerton, Williams, Henize, Truly, Nelson, Hauck, Mullane, Lenoir, Shriver, Ride, Garneau, Hartsfield, Fabian, Wang, Dunbar, Lousma, Buchli, Merbold, Nagel, Bluford, Carpenter, Glenn (4), Allen, Conrad, Borman, Engle McDivitt & White on Orbit launch cover (backdated postmark), von Braun, Slayton, Acton, Bobko, England, Thornton Lind, as well as a Shepard and Grissom (including a "Gus" over his stamp) on a Togo mini sheet, in addition to several early cosmonauts on cover; an uncommon opportunity for the dealer with an internet following, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $2,000-3,000

Space & Space-Related Collection, 1955-2010. A two-volume special collection of souvenir pages, plate blocks, full sheets, souvenir cards, first day covers, program for Twin Space, Stamp Commemorative Ceremony, Moon Landing Commemorative Air Mail Stamp Ceremony Program, booklets, total face $452.88 , what was checked was o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 18 lbs.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

U.S. Experimental Early Space Exploritation and Rocket Mail Collection 1936-1962. Approximately 90 covers along with a lovely selection of picture postcards and publicity photographes mounted on tall European size scrapbook pages, starting with three early experimental rocket mail covers, one from Canada to USA May 1936 over the Niagara Falls into New York and two 1939 postcards from the World's Fair Rocket Mail exhibit, then jumping to 1954 with the early experimental rocket and test flights or commemoratation of previous Rocket Mail test flights, covers proceed from early unmanned missions, with high altitude tests and early Project Mercury launch of Monkey into space in 1961 followed closely after by the famous John Glenn Jr. flight, includes various newspaper clippings and publicity releases describing the events of various flights, several signatures including a possible autopen of Wernher von Braun, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.6 lbs.
Estimate $800 - 1,200. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $800-1,200