ISS - 2002 - International Space Station - Soyuz TMA-1 - space letter "Zaletin" n.147 out of 200 carried on Russian-Belgian Soyuz TMA-1 flight - canc. and postmarks: canc. of departure from Baikonur Cosmodrome of 30.10.2002; azure double circle postmark of Soyuz TMA-1 crew and Soyuz TM-34 crew aboard ISS station; red souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" dated 1.11.2002 (Soyuz TMA-1/ISS docking); "ISS" board octagonal postmark; red souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" dated 9.11.2002 (Soyuz TM-34/ISS undocking); circular canc. "Star City" of 11.11.2002, Soyuz TM-34 landing following day - on the back, small sheet with Russian pioneer Tsiolkovsky quotation + Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34 double circle postmark and oval postmark "Odissea Technology Exploration Science" both in azure - signatures of the Soyuz TMA-1 crew, Commander S.Zaletin, Y.Lonchakov and the Belgian F.De Winne - authenticity cert. in English by Commander Zaletin - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2003; the film mentioned is lacking) - very good quality - Foto - (12647F)

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ISS - 2011 - Expedition 27, Soyuz TMA-21 - space letter marked at the Post Office of Baikonur Cosmodrome on 5.4.2011, launch day of Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-21 "Yuri Gagarin" - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 7.4.2011, the day when Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft docked with the ISS - signatures of the 6 astronauts aboard the ISS on 7.4.2011: Italian P.Nespoli; Russian D.Kondratyev, A.Samokutyayev and A.Borisenko; American R.Garan and C.Coleman - very good quality - Foto - (12801F)

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ISS - 2013/2014 - Expedition 37/38, Soyuz TMA-10M - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 26.9.2013, the day when Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft docked with the ISS, round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" dated 11.3.2014, undocking day and octagonal "ISS" - signatures of the 9 astronauts: Italian L.Parmitano; Russian F.Yurchikhin, O.Kotov, S.Ryazanskiy and M.Tyurin; American R.Mastracchio, K.Nyberg and M.Hopkins; Japanese K.Wakata - very good quality - Foto - (12802F)

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ISS - 2014 - space letter Dragon (CRS 3) - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 20.4.2014, the day when the American unmanned supply spacecraft Dragon (CRS 3) docked with the ISS - signatures of the astronauts aboard the ISS on 20.4.2014: Russian A.Skvortsov, M.Tyurin and O.Artemyev; American S.Swanson and R.Mastracchio; Japanese K.Wakata - the space letter was not carried on board Dragon spacecraft but delivered to the ISS and brought back to the Earth by a Russian cosmonaut aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft - very good quality - Foto - (12803F)

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ISS - 2014 - space letter Cygnus (CRS 2) - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 16.7.2014, the day when the American unmanned supply spacecraft Cygnus (CRS 2) docked with the ISS - signatures of the astronauts aboard the ISS on 16.7.2014: Russian A.Skvortsov, M.Suraev and O.Artemyev; American S.Swanson and G.Wiseman; German A.Gerst - the space letter was not carried on board Cygnus spacecraft but delivered to the ISS and brought back to the Earth by a Russian cosmonaut aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft - very good quality - Foto - (12804F)

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ISS - 2016 - Expedition 48/49, Soyuz TMA-20M - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 7.9.2016, undocking day of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-20M from the ISS - signatures of the 6 astronauts aboard the ISS on 7.9.2016: Russian A.Ovchinin, O.Skripochka and A.Ivanishin; American J.Williams and K.Rubins; Japanese T.Onishi - important ex. witness to Space History: Soyuz TMA-20M is the last vehicle of the Soyuz TMA-M series to fly into Space - very good quality - Foto - (12805F)

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ISS - 2016/2017 - Expedition 51, Soyuz MS-03 - space cover travelled with wrong date in the board round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment", 18.11.2016 instead of 19.11.2016, the true date when the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-03 docked with the ISS - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was also marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" dated 2.6.2017, undocking day of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-03 from the ISS - signatures of the 4 astronauts: Russian O.Novitskiy; French T.Pesquet; American J.Fisher and P.Whitson - very good quality - Foto - (12806F)

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ISS - 2017 - Progress MS-05 - space letter sent from the Earth, registered letter from Hong Kong to Russia, then to the International Space Station aboard the unmanned supply spacecraft Progress MS-05, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 24.2.2017, the day when the Russian spacecraft Progress MS-05 docked with the ISS - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS + 2 registered letter acknowledgements of receipt - perhaps the first registered correspondence sent from Hong Kong into Space - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12807F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-04 - official space letter of "Roscosmos" (Russian State Corporation for Space Activities) - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" dated 20.4.2017, the day when Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft docked with the ISS, souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" dated 3.9.2017, undocking day - travelled "Roscosmos" space letters are largely absent from the philatelic market - very good quality - Foto - (12808F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-04 - space letter sent from the International Space Station to the Earth aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-04, written by the Russian cosmonaut S.Ryazansky to his father, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 3.9.2017, undocking day of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-04 from the ISS - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12809F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-05 - space letter sent from the Earth to the International Space Station aboard the spacecraft Soyuz MS-05, including handwritten message - originally the letter was sent during "Finlandia-2017" (FEPA European philatelic exhibition, Tampere) from the stand of the private company "Peterspost" through private channels to Moscow (Tampere - Helsinki - Saint Petersburg - Moscow) then delivered to the ISS - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 29.7.2017 (one on the back), the day when the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-05 docked with the ISS - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12810F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-06 - space letter sent from the Earth, registered letter from Kemer (Turkey) to Russia, then to the International Space Station aboard the spacecraft Soyuz MS-06, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 13.9.2017, the day when the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 docked with the ISS - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS + registered letter acknowledgement of receipt - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12811F)

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ISS - 2017 - Expedition 53 - Russian official postcard commemorative of the 60th anniversary of the first satellite in the world (the special canc. is no.192 in the offical catalogue of Russia) - aboard the International Space Station it was marked with board canc.: the Russian official special one for 4.10.2017, day of the anniversary "60th anniversary of the first sputnik", octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 4.10.2017 - signatures of the 6 members of the ISS crew aboard on that day: Italian P.Nespoli; American R.Bresnik, M.Vande Hei and J.Acaba; Russian A.Misurkin and S.Ryazansky, whose grandfather M.Ryazansky had been one of the developers of the first satellite in the world - very good quality - Foto - (12812F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-05 - space letter sent from the International Space Station to the Earth aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-05, written by the Russian cosmonaut A.Misurkin, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 14.12.2017, undocking day of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-05 from the ISS - on the back of the space cover, note written by cosmonaut A.Misurkin "Sent to the Earth aboard Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft" - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS + copy of the registered letter acknowledgement of receipt by means of which it was sent to the addressee on the Earth on 11.1.2018 - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12813F)

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ISS - 2017 - Soyuz MS-07 - space letter sent from the Earth, registered letter from Vienna (Austria) to Russia, then to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft, addressed to cosmonaut A.Misurkin, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" (on the back) both dated 19.12.2017, the day when the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-07 docked with the ISS - in the upper left-hand corner of the space cover, note written by cosmonaut A.Misurkin "Delivered from spacecraft Soyuz MS-07" - franked with the Austrian postage stamps with the zodiac sign of cosmonaut A.Misurkin - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12814F)

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ISS - 2018 - Soyuz MS-06 - space letter sent from the International Space Station to the Earth aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-06, by Russian cosmonaut A.Shkaplerov to his wife, including handwritten message - aboard the International Space Station the space letter was marked with board canc.: octagonal "ISS", round "Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment" and souvenir canc. "Russian Segment of International Space Station" both dated 28.2.2018, undocking day of Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 from the ISS - on the back of the space cover, note written by cosmonaut A.Shkaplerov 2 "Sent to the Earth aboard Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft" - enclosed, photo of the letter taken aboard the ISS - cert.Rodin (AIEP 2018) in English - very good quality - Foto - (12815F)

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RUSSIA - 1994 - X Congress of the participants to the Space flights 9-16 August 1994 - 5 commemorative covers with signatures of the cosmonauts among which Valentina Tereskova, first woman in Space - financial cert.Bolaffi (2001 with reproduction of the cover with signature Tereskova) - very good quality - Foto - (12652F)

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RUSSIA - 1998 - orbital station Mir - space letter and radiogram n.03 of 10 of Expedition 26, cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka and Sergei Avdeyev - the space letter is franked with pair of r.500 issued in 1994 to commemorate the Cosmonautics Day; the 2 pages radiogram contains the programme and the instructions for the extra station activities - both documents were cancelled with board canc. on 15.9.1998, day of the first extravehicular activity (EVA) - octagonal "CC*CP 15.09.98" (only the cover), star pentagonal and octagonal in blue (the half impression on the radiogram, up in the middle, fits the half impression on the space letter cover back) - signatures of the cosmonauts G.Padalka and S.Avdeyev - on the back of the cover, circular dry postmark of the 26th Mir crew - financial cert. Bolaffi 100% (2000) with translation of the radiogram text - very good quality - Foto - (12644F)

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RUSSIA - 1998 - orbital station Mir - space letter with private mail Earth-Space n.3 of 17 carried to Mir aboard the unmanned supply spacecraft Progress M-40, addressed to cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka (Expedition 26) and including a 2 pages handwritten message by his daughter Katia - aboard the station, the letter and the text were marked with board canc.: octagonal "CC*CP 27.10.98" (only the cover), Progress M-40/Mir docking day, star pentagonal and octagonal in black (the half impression in the middle of the handwritten text fits together the half impression on the space letter cover back) - the space letter returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-28 on 28.2.1999 - authenticity cert. in English by Commander Padalka - very good quality - Foto - (12645F)

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RUSSIA - 2000 - orbital station Mir - Mir "2000", the first space letter of the new millennium - cover n.160 of 200 carried on board Mir aboard Soyuz TM-30 - canc. of departure from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 4.4.2000; octagonal canc. "CC*CP 06.04.00", Soyuz TM-30/Mir docking; board postmarks in black, both Ussr and Russia pentagonal ones, and star octagonal; octagonal canc. of departure from Mir together with Soyuz TM-30 crew "CC*CP 16.06.00"; circular canc. "Star City" of 16.6.2000; on the back, small sheet with Russian pioneer Tsiolkovsky quotation + Mir board star octagonal canc. - signatures of the cosmonauts Zaletin and Kalery - authenticity cert. in English by Commander S.Zaletin - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2000; the videotape mentioned is lacking) - very good quality - colour commemorative folder - Foto - (12638F)

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USA - 1968 - Apollo 8, first flight around the Moon - 50 ex. complete sheet n.30932 of multicoloured c.6 (Unificato n.1144) issued on 5.5.1969 to commemorate the second manned mission of the USA Apollo space programme that led men around the Moon for the first time from 21 to 27 December 1969 with ten lunar orbits - signatures of the crew: F.Borman, J.A.Lovell, W.A.Anders - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2005 with "Ex Collezione Icarus" handwritten) - very good quality - Foto - (12656F)

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USA - 1971 - Apollo 15, "Moon Rover" - 50 ex. complete sheet n.33162 of multicoloured c.8+8 (Unificato n.1205+1206) issued on 2.8.1971 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Space exploration, of Apollo 15 Moon landing and the first Moon walk aboard "Moon Rover" made by D.Scott and J.Irwin during more than 66 hours spent on the Moon in the about 12 days of Apollo 15 mission (26.7-7.8-1971) - signatures of the crew: D.Scott, A.Worden, J.Irwin - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2005 with "Ex Collezione Icarus" handwritten) - very good quality - Foto - (12657F)

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USA - 1967 - Programme Gemini - c.5+c.5 "Gemini Unknown" - lack of the American flag on the space capsule in the value in the middle in the block of 9 ex. issued for the mission, two values c.5+c.5 in pair (Unificato n.1100+1101) - financial cert. Bolaffi 100% 1998 - very good quality - Foto - (12660F)

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USA - 1969 - Unknown Astronaut c.10 Air Mail multicoloured ex., variety with the 7 red lines of the American flag above Neil Armstrong's space suit shoulder lacking (Unificato n.A76a) - in a philatelic folder Bolaffi 1969-1979 to celebrate the X Anniversary of the Moon Conquest, large format with silver colour case which contains, besides the 2 cert., historical and philatelic news (pp.10) and the reproduction of newspapers about the first mission on the Moon - G.Bolaffi (cert.1979) - En.D. (cert.1979) - very good quality - Foto (parziale) - (12658F)

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USA - 1975 - c.10 Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury, 2 ex. (Unificato n.1317), one ex. variety without red print of the star - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 110% 1999) - very good quality - Foto - (12661F)

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