CUBA; Rocket Flight Cover; 1939 Oct 3, Havana – Exp.–Fumes, Excellent strike of «PRE-ENSAYO DEL PRIMER COHETE POSTAL AEREO / C-1 Oct 3 1939» cachet with the «3» inserted, franking a private blue label surcharged «C1 / 25 C» and tied by black «CAMPO EXPERIMENTA / HABANA, CUBA / OCTUBRE 3 1939» with the «3» being inserted in violet, backstamped «ADMON. DE CORREOS HABANA - CUBA 3 OCT 1939», Fine and scarce with only 21 covers flown and only a few known with the Havana arrival cancel (Hopferwieser (2016) = € 2’100 lot, E-Z 2C1a, unpriced) (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 1,200

CUBA; Rocket Flight Cover; 1939 Oct 8, Havana – Exp.-Fumes, Nice strike of «PRE-ENSAYO DEL PRIMER COHETE POSTAL AEREO / C-1 Oct 8 1939» cachet with the «8» inserted, franking a private red label surcharged «C 1 25C / 8 OCT 1939 / 3R ENSAYO», tied by black "CAMPO EXPERIMENTA - HABANA, CUBA OCTUBRE 1939", label with some toned perfs, still Fine and scarce with just 16 covers flown (E-Z 3C1, Hopferwieser (2016) = € 2‘100) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 1,000