(Space) John H. Glenn (1921-2016), Marine Corps aviator who shot down (3) MIG-15's, U.S. Senator (OH) and astronaut; one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, flying Friendship 7 in 1962, plus he flew on the Space Shuttle "Discovery" flight STS-95 in 1998. Autograph on Mercury 6 cover with Space Craft green, purple and black cachet which pictures and names Glenn and his mission. Personalized "Best Regards, Bill-/JHGlenn,Jr". Extremely nice! (Image)

$125

(Space) James A. Van Allen (1914-2006), discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belts around Earth; nuclear physicist and space scientist. Signature, J.A. Van Allen, on an Explorer IV Space Launch cover. Explorer IV carried instruments designed by Van Allen to identify electrons, protons, etc. in the radiation belt. COSMOS Cat. #4, cv $225 (Image)

$275

Clark Co., NV-Nipton, CA Rocket, Mail Flight Covers (12), complete collection of (12) covers, plus perf and imperf S/S's of 4. Each cover with horizontal pair of (2) different stamps, either perf or imperf, attached to each Rocket 1 thru Rocket 6 flown cover, ccld "NIPTON/CALIF./DEC/31/P.M./1958" on U.S. postage stamps and rocket mail stamps tied to cover with "Flown/by Rocket/Dec. 31/1958" circular ccl. Each cover with pre-printed serial no. on reverse and hand-initialed "GSJ" (George S. James, Chairman of the Board of the Rocket Research Institute, Inc.). E-Z Rocket Mail Cat. #23A1a perf and imperf (S/S's), 23C1-6 and 23C1a-6a (perf and imperf on flight covers). Only 500 perf and 500 imperf flown on each rocket (Image)

$125

Transit 1B Space Launch, Cover, designed to help Polaris submarines with GPS tracking anywhere in the world. 4/13/60 Red and black cachet, address label franked with US #1107 and 1132. Also, autographed by 3 of the 4 main designers of the Transit Navigation System and logistics for it's operation: Dr. Richard B. Kershner, Dr. William H. Guier and Dr. George C. Weiffenbach. Cover is COSMOS Cat #22, cv $100 (Image)

$175

"Space Mice" Atlas Rocket, and Space Flight cover, 3 mice, Sally, Amy and Moe on short flight into space, Oct. 13, 1960, franked with #1153 flag stamp, pencil address. COSMOS Cat #34 Cat($100) (Image)

$100

1961 Rocket Mail, Complete Set, contains a perf and imperf S/S's of 2 and (4) covers with a pair of perf and imperf stamps on each of the (2) rocket flights. E-Z Rocket Mail Cat #41A1 perf and imperf and #41C1-2 and 41C1a-2a, all in excellent condition (Image)

$110

Explorer X Space Launch, Cover, designed to investigate the Earth's magnetic field and was the first to measure the shock wave generated by a solar flare. Franked with #1173, black cachet, unaddressed. COSMOS Cat #47 3/25/1961 Cat($100) (Image)

$100

Mercury-Redstone 3, Launch Cover, Alan Shephard/First Manned Mercury flight franked with US #1139, "Port Canaveral/FLA./MAY/5/A.M./1961" ccl, black cachet and light pencil address. COSMOS Cat #52 Cat($300) (Image)

$300

Squirrel Monkey "Goliath" Space, Flight Cover, brownish red and black SpaceCraft cachet with Patrick AFB Nov. 10, 1961 ccl. An Atlas rocket with Goliath aboard was to go 650 miles high and 5,000 miles away, but exploded about 3 miles off the ground. Clean, fresh and scarce cover! (Image)

$250

NASA Local Post Collection of, (54) different Miniature Sheets, each sheet contains 9, 10, or 12 stamps, all mint NH. Contains Gemini issues #G-1 to G-16 and G-18 to G-21; Mercury issues #M1 and M9-13; Apollo issues complete #A1-A20; Skylab issues complete #SL1-SL6; and Apollo-Soyuz issues complete #ASTP1-ASTP2. Very close to a complete collection depicting spacecraft, emblems and astronauts. All perforated. (Image)

$175