Worldwide Stamps and Covers Collections/lots worldwide
Sale No: 227
Lot No:613
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Australia 1935/37: Various experiments by the Australian Rocket Society, Lot six covers, an annex blue on silky paper for the Royal Silver Jubilee Experiment as well as a block of four unsused vignettes numbered '189' and issued for the 'ORION'-experiment on February 24th, 1936, on album pages EZ = $ 355/Hopferwieser = € 640. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 227
Lot No:614
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Austria 1932/35: Rocket experiments by Friedrich Schmiedl. Lot seven better cards and covers fired with diff. rockets inbetween July 23rd, 1932 and April 10th, 1935 EZ = $ 775/Hopferwieser = € 1'930. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
India 1934: Rocket experiment 'Ship to Shore' by Stephen H. Smith on September 30th, envelope fired from 'SS Pansey' with rocket Nr. 1 which exploded after about 30 m. 143 items carried with that rocket of which 140 have been recovered EZ = $ 250/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-1 = € 400. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 100.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 227
Lot No:618
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India 1934: Rocket experiment 'To lighthouse Saugor Island' by Stephen H. Smith on September 30th, envelope fired with rocket Nr. 4 bearing related label, the flight ended after 120 m (instead of 400 m) due to a wire fixed on the rocket, said 220 items to be carried withh that rocket EZ = $ 275/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-02a = € 300. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 125.00
Sold...CHF 100.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 227
Lot No:620
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India 1937: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith at the occasion of the 'All-India Scouts Jamboree', envelope fired with rocket Nr. 134 called 'Dr. R. Paganini' on February 1st, said only 87 items to be carried that day EZ = $ 300/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-35 = € 2'300. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 280.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 227
Lot No:621
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India 1937: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith at the occasion of the 'All-India Scouts Jamboree', envelope fired with rocket Nr. 135 called 'Dr. M. Kronstein' on February 2nd, said only 176 items to be carried with that rocket, in addition a separate red label signed by Stephen H. Smith EZ = $ 225/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-37 = € 1'500. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 400.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 227
Lot No:622
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India 1937: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith at the occasion of the 'All-India Scouts Jamboree', official postcard fired with rocket Nr. 136 called 'Dr. H. Radasch' on February 2nd, said only 132 items to be carried with that rocket, in addition a separate red label signed by Stephen H. Smith EZ = $ 225/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-38 = € 1'800. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 440.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 227
Lot No:623
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India 1937: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith at the occasion of the 'All-India Scouts Jamboree'. envelope fired with rocket Nr. 138 called 'Princess Elisabeth' on February 3rd, said only 288 items to be carried with that rocket, in addition a separate green label signed by Stephen H. Smith EZ = $ 200/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-39a = € 1'250. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 125.00
Sold...CHF 400.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 227
Lot No:624
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India 1937: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith at the occasion of the 'All-India Scouts Jamboree', marking the special event of the visit of Lady Olave Baden-Powell of Gilwell, rocket label bearing three lines surcharge in black BENGAL - GIRL GUIDES - RALLY 2. 3. 37, envelope fired with propaganda rocket Nr.7 on February 3rd, said a total of 1'030 items to be carried with that rocket, in addition a separate orange label showing the same overprint and signed by Stephen H. Smith on reverse EZ = $400/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-42a = € 3'500. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 350.00
Sold...CHF 1,600.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 227
Lot No:625
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India 1944 oCT. 25): Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith on October 25th, second gaz powered rocket called 'Calcutta/G.P.P. No.2' carring a total of only 15 cards with affiexed nuriture label '1 Pound BREAD - ONE UNIT'. Arocket mail rarity EZ = $ 300/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-74 = € 4'000. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Netherlands 1935/36: Rocket experiments by Karl Roberti, lot seven envelopes fired with diff. rockets in between May 9th, 1935 and June 4th, 1936, some duplication, in addition a later card from an experiment made by the Nederlandsche Ruimtevaart Studio in 1946 EZ = $ 400/Hopferwieser = € 740. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 200.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 227
Lot No:629
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Netherlands 1945: Rocket experiments by Adam de Bruijn, lot two covers and one card fired with diff. rockets inbetween May 7th an June 21st, in addition a horiz. strip of three unused labels (EZ Nr. 31A1) EZ = $ 264. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 100.00
Sold...CHF 100.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 227
Lot No:630
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India 1935: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith in Sikkim, rocket parcel firing over the river Ranakhali on April 10th, a large piece of thin paper bearing the special label and violet straight line postage duty free ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE, on reverse the compl. listing of the parcels content, a very special item with only 50 such cards been flown EZ = $ 300/Hopferwieser Nr, SS-15 = € 700. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 200.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 227
Lot No:631
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India 1935: Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith in Sikkim, two identical envelopes fired with rocket Nr. 51 from Surmsa over the river Ranakhali to Ray, both bearing related labels and violet duty free straight line ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE EZ = $ 130/Hopferwieser Ne. SS-14 = € 460- (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 170.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 227
Lot No:632
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India 1934: Rocket experiment 'shore to ship' by Stephen H. Smith on December 17th, envelope fired with rocket Nr. 21 or 22 from Mr. Walter Shanton's lighthouse in direction of 'S.S. Kustang' (which they never reached), included a miniaturised page ot the newspaper 'The News of the World' EZ = $ 300/Hopferwieser Nr. SS-07b = € 300. (Image 1)(Image)
Opening CHF 80.00
Sold...CHF 130.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 227
Lot No:633
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India 1937: Rocket experiments by Stephen H. Smith in Sikkim, lot four selected 'Rocketgrams' bearing related rocket labels and all the necessary cancellations, in addition four unused single labels as well as three blocks of four in 'tête-bêche' arrangement and printed on both sides, all labels signed by Stephen H. Smith, on album pages EZ = $ 485/Hopferwieser Nrn. SS-23/24/25/28 /= € 1'080. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 360.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 227
Lot No:634
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India 1935, Rocket experiment by Stephen H. Smith in Sikkim, Lot three covers fired by rockets Nos. 43 and 50, in addition two different labels, mounted on album pages EZ = $ 225/Hopferwieser Nrn. SS-10+SS-13 = € 590. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 125.00
Sold...CHF 180.00
Closed..Nov-26-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 227
Lot No:635
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USA 1956: Rocket experiment 'USA-Mexico' by Keith E. Rumbel on July 2nd, small sized envelope bearing red label and Mexican postage, carried by rocket Nr. 2 from McAllan over the river Rio Grande to Reynosa in Mexico, it finally crashed into a restaurant called "American Bar' and all the mail has been confiscated by the Mexican customs authorities and released after three months only. The straight line touching the label shows the variety 'dispateched instead of 'despatched' EZ = $150/Hopferwieser Nr. KR-05a = € 300. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Yugoslavia 1935: Rocket experiment by Karl Weihs and Friedrich Schmidl at Maribor on August 20th, cover fired with rocket 'JUG II' bearing postage and related vignette, cover numbered '164' out of a total of 282 EZ = $ 150/Hopferwieser Nr. FS-42 = € 200. (Image 1)(Image)
Sale No: 227
Lot No:1728
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1880/1980: Small remainder with several hundred stamps used/unused, mainly small values from Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Gambia, USA and some others, good to mixed condition and housed in two albums, on stockcards and on prepared auction lot sheets, all arranged in a box.