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  • Lot# : 464 USA

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    1827 (July 4): Entire letter from Hanover New Hampshire to Troy New York, struck on obverse with intaglio handstamp "HANOVER / N. H." in sawtoothed box in blue dated in manuscript "5 July", "12½" rate to New York, a clean example of a stampless classic, written on a holiday.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 465 USA

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    1828 (Oct. 8): Entire letter from Opelousas Louisiana to Oxford nearby New Haven Connecticut, struck on obverse with fancy intaglio "OPALOUSAS. / LA" handstamp in black dated in manuscript "Oct 8", no other postal markings, some toning and internal separations.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 466 USA

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    1836 (Sept. 24): Entire letter from Derby Line Vermont to New York, struck on obverse with fancy intaglio handstamp "DERBY LINE / VT." in notched arc band in black dated in manuscript "Sept 24", "18¾" rate to New York, file fold through marking, still an extremely fine strike.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 467 USA

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    1849 (Sept. 7): Entire letter from New Orleans to St. Louis, struck on obverse with distinct 27 mm intaglio "STEAMER SULTANA OF St. LOUIS" handstamp in red, no other postal markings, some toning and spots, nevertheless a fine shipmail item. rnNote: Not to be confused with the steambot Sultana, a commercial side-wheel steamboat constructed of wood in 1863, which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,167 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 468 USA

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    1844: American Letter Mail Co. (5 c.) black imperforate, a horizontal pair with good to exceptional margins, used on 14 Nov 1844 second sheet of entire letter from New York to Philadelphia, each cancelled by manuscript black ink line, with circular "Forwarded By / American Mail. Co." Philadelphia cachet in red (Nov 15) at right. The adhesives with scissor cut in margin only and unaffected by file folds, an exceptional and very scarce usage with the adhesives tied to the cover. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2007).rnrnProvenance: The Stuart estate, Nov 1944.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 469 USA

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    1844, Hale & Co., 6 c. blue, used on cover, from Boston to Philadelphia, just touching part of one side otherwise margins all round, pre-cancelled by magenta cross, very fresh printing, fixed to a clean uncreased entire, with pencil street note above ink address, letter headed up '24 June 1844', very fine example, rare; one of three Hale & Co. manuscript pre-cancels known in magenta and the earliest recorded pre-cancel; an important piece and very attractive. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2012).rn 
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 470 USA

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    1845: New York, N.Y., 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed ACM with red ink, canceled with blue pen strokes, goodmargined single on fine cover with strong color and impression. Sent from "NEW YORK 30 JUL 5" to Paxton Mass(achusetts), signed Raybaudi und Bolaffi.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 471 USA

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    18478: Franklin 5 c. pale red-brown on blued, a used example with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at top, cancelled by barred grid obliterator in red. Signed Georg Bühler Scott = $ 425.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 472 USA

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    1847, Franklin, 5 c. red-brown, imperforate, USA first issue, good to large margins with part right sheet margin, vivid printing, used on fragment in combination with Canada, 1851, 3 p. red, imperforate, first issue, printed on laid paper, full to large margins, bright shade, tied by the Canadian seven ring target cancel, a red 'Kingston U.C.' datestamp 4 June 1851 in red alongside and handstruck "10" mark in red, there is a vertical crease affecting the 5 c. which has a tone spot in bottom right margin, very rare mixed franking, cancelled in Canada to pay the new treaty rate, an important piece of North American postal history.rnrnReferance: "The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada", by Winthrop S. Boggs, illustrated on page 87.rnProvenance: Ex. Dale-Lichtenstein Collection; Ex. Dr. Robertson Collection.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 473 USA

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    1856: Jefferson 5 c. red-brown, a single example with large even margins all round, used on 1857 single rate cover from New Orleans to Bordeaux tied by "New Orleans / La." cds in black (March 17). Endorsed and carried on Cunard Steamer "America", with "BOSTON / BR: PKT" in black (March 25) and London cds on reverse in red (April 7) and framed "GB / 1F 60c." accountancy marking in black. Calais entry marking and charged '8' décimes handstruck on arrival. A rare example of the '3 Month rate' applicable from 1 Jan 1857 until 31 March 1857. Some minor file folds not affecting the superb adhesive. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (1998).
    Starting bid : 900 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 474 USA

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    1856: USA Jefferson 5 c. red-brown, two single examples with ample to large margins, right hand stamp just shaved at top, tied to 1856 double rate entire letter from New Orleans to Chalons sur Sâone, France endorsed "English Steamer via Liverpool from Boston 2nd August", by "New Orleans" cds's (July 21) in black. "NEW YORK / BR. PKT." transit in red (July 29) and thence carried on Cunard Line "Niagara" with London cds on reverse (Aug 11). Circular "Etats-Unis Paq. Br. / Calais" cds in black on obverse (Aug 12) and charged '13' décimes to pay in black for double rate on arrival. Some stains from gum at top but a rare entire. rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. L. Kapiloff, Siegel, New York, 3 Oct 1992, lot 42.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 475 USA

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    1851/55: Franklin 1 c. deep blue, Type IV and Washington 10 c. green, Type II in a horizontal pair with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at right, used on 1855 cover endorsed "per U. States Mail Steamer" from New Orleans to Paris tied by black barred handstamps on despatch with "New Orleans" cds in red (July 15) at left. The fine 10 c. pair also tied by "NEW YORK / AM. PKT." cds (July 25) and carried on Collins Line Steamer "Pacific" with London transit cds (Aug 6) in red on reverse; thence via Calais where charged '8' décimes due in black: tariff of 1 Sept 1851. File fold affects the 1 c. but a most attractive and scarce 21 cent prepaid rate (5 c. internal + 16 c. for American Packet).
    Starting bid : 900 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 476 USA

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    1851: Washington 12 c. black, a horizontal pair with ample to large margins all round, used on 1856 entire letter from New York to the Poste Restante in London endorsed and carried on Collins Line "per Atlantic for Liverpool" cancelled by circular red grid handstamp. "NEW YORK / 3" credit marking below (May 24) in red and London (June 5) arrival alongside. The addressee had moved to Paris and thus the entire was charged '16' décimes due on delivery as the letter was considered as a double rate unpaid letter on arrival. A remarkable and most attractive entire.rnrnProvenance: Collection Krug.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 477 USA

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    1857/61: 3 c. red-brown and 12 c. black, perf. 12, used on 1858 cover from New Orleans to Paris endorsed "per first Steamer", tied by "New Orleans / La." cds in black with "NEW YORK / 6" credit handstamp alongside in black; the New York PO realising that the cover weighed over ¼ ounce. Struck with framed "SHORT PAID" in red,  the cover was carried by Cunard Line Steamer "Africa" with "Et. Unis Serv. V. Br. A" cds in black (May 10) on obverse and the letter taxed at double rate with '16' décimes due mark in black. A fine and attractive cover Scott = $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 478 USA

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    1861, Washington 3 c. rose (2), used with 1861 Jackson 2 c. black, two single examples, on 1863 advertising cover from Philadelphia to Guatemala, dated 22 October 1863, tied by two strikes of the Philadelphia datestamp and two grid cancels in black, with part New York Packet mark dated 24 October in red, addressed to "Hon. E. O. Crosby", President Lincoln's Ambassador in Guatemala, the cover was taken on an American steamer at the letter rate of 10c per oz.; horizontal filing crease, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamps, some acid ink erosion and stained, rare cover, being the only known example franked with US 2c black Jacks to Guatemala. 
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 479 USA

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    1861: Washington 10 c. yellow-green, used on cover from Washington to Guatemala, dated 19 March 1862, tied by Washington DC circular datestamp in black dated 20 March, with charge mark "2" in blue alongside. The envelope is addressed to "Hon. E. D. Crosby" (Elisha Oscar Crosby) and contains an extensive letter, headed up "Washington March 19th, 1862", contains interesting historical content relating to President Abraham Lincoln; ".....Mr. Lincoln will get the nomination at the Republican Convention which assembles in Blatimore in June or I will confess that I am politically blind. 13 State Legislators have already passed resolutions favouring his re-election and think they express the voice of the people, and if nominated his election is a certainty, beyond all question. Which is more than can be said for any other aspirant...."; the two page handwritten letter is signed; 'Sam' N. Hilton'; a wonderful snapshot into US politics during the American Civil War period. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2003).rnRemark: Elisha O. Crosby (1818 - 1895) served as the US Minister Resident to Guatemala from 1861 to 1864, and was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 480 USA

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    1986 (Jan. 28) Space Shuttle STS-51-L "Challenger" - Launch Cover signed by crew members Scobee, Smith, Resnik, Onizuka, McNair and first teacher S. Christa McAuliffe on airmail envelope franked with vert. pair of 'Health Research' 20c. tied by KSC machine cancel (Jan. 28 AM), bearing special cancels 'First Shuttle /"Pad B" Launch' in black and '25th Space / Shuttle Launch / Mission 51-L' in violett alongside. Very Fine. McAuliffe was chosen among 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space and had been scheduled to conduct two classes while in space. Greg Jarvis signature was added later, by someones other hand just to be ment to complete the crew signatures, as Jarvis was a late addition to the flight. A very scarce signed Launch Cover of the Challenger disaster. Probably only ten overs known.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 481 USA

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    1869: 10 c. yellowish orange, a used example on 1870 cover to Paris tied in black by rare fancy segmented oval handstamp, a superb strike, with San Francisco despatch cds alongside (Aug 12), via New York with transit cds in red (Aug 20). Carried on Inman Line Steamer "City of Brussels" with poor London transit cds on reverse in red and struck there with "GB / 40c." accountancy mark applied in black. An over-payment of the double 2 x 4 c. US rate. Charged at French triple rate with '15' décimes due marking in black on arrival (Aug 31). Slight imperfections to reverse with top flap missing but a rare usage of this short-lived fancy cancellation. Signed Stanley Ashbrook with explanation (1956).rnrnProvenance: Collections Krug, Baker.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 482 USA

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    1869: 15 c. blue & brown, Type II, a used example on 1869 cover with complete contents from Philadelphia to Paris, initially cancelled by black cork with "PHILADELPHIA / PAID / 12" credit cds in violet (Dec 10), carried on the French Paquebot "Pereire" with octagonal "ETATS-UNIS / PAQ. FR. H No. 1" datestamp (Dec 11) struck in red (Salles fig. 1713). Both these cancellations deleted in manuscript, as was the adhesive, when the cover was forwarded unpaid to EGYPT with "Forwarded By / Drexel Harjes & Co. / Paris" cachet in blue. French P.O. in Alexandria arrival cds (Jan 9, 1870) in black and charged there on arrival with '6' décimes handstruck in black. An extraordinary destination for the 1869 issue and a spectacular usage.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 483 USA

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    1930: Visit of the 'Graf Zeppelin', fine and fresh set unused with clean hinge remants and large part og, $1.30 and $2.60 values have both an uniform sheet margin to the left.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 580 CHF

    Lot# : 484 USA

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    First Solo Flight, Europe to North America 1932 (Aug. 18): Envelope, carried by Captain James A. Mollison on his first solo record flight from Dublin to New York, with his own signature and endorsed "Carried by me on first first Transatlantic solo East-West crossing'. On front with golden Dublin City Seal with adjacent endorsement of Alfred Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin' at left, plus another smaller red seal of St. John signed 'Jas. W. Britain Mayor of St. John, New Brunswick' with add. note 'received Aug.19/32'. On reverse with the golden New York City Seal and 'received at New York by T.H.Ayder Aug. 21/32' in manuscript, in absence of Mayor Jimmy Walker. An attractive and rare cover. One of only seven covers carried.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 485 USA

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    First Solo Flight, Europe to North America 1932 (Aug. 18): Envelope, carried by Captain James A. Mollison on his first solo record flight from Dublin to New York, with his own signature and endorsed "Carried by me on first first Transatlantic solo East-West crossing". On front with golden Dublin City Seal with adjacent endorsement of Alfred Byrne, Lord Mayor of Dublin' at left, plus another smaller red seal of St. John signed 'Jas. W. Britain Mayor of St. John, New Brunswick' with add. note 'received Aug.19/32'. On reverse with the golden New York City Seal and 'received at New York by T.H.Ayder Aug. 21/32' in manuscript, in absence of Mayor Jimmy Walker. An attractive and rare cover. One of only seven covers carried.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 486 USA

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    'Seafarer Atlantic Record Flight' 1933 (July 22/23): Interesting documentary with 25 original press photos, including an Associated Press photo together with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the lawn of his Hyde Park Estate in New York, dated July 30, 1933, five photos of the crashed aircraft, together with 1933 NY 'Daily News' (Monday July 4): MOLLISONS CRASH, letters and cards of official receptions with original menu card for reception at Bridgeport (Aug. 4, 33) given to Jim and Amy Mollison as well as two signed 'crash-covers' addressed to Paddy Saul's brother in New York. A fine and very rare offer.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 487 USA

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    1885, Special Delivery, 10 c. blue, Roosevelt small Die Proof, on white paper affixed to original greyish card backing, extremely fresh, deep shade, very fine example.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 488 USA

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    1885/1893, Special Delivery, group of six 10 c. Plate Proofs, four in blue and two in yellow-orange, three printed upon card, two on thin paper, one mounted to backing, all fresh and fine, an attractive and useful selection.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 489 USA

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    1847/ Extensive collection set out in two large Leuchtturm albums and six stockbooks, with some additional material in two folders and two large envelopes, includes a specialised, mainly used, stamp assembly organised on printed pages by catalogue numbers, begins with a used Scott no. 1, some gaps early on, although many good runs, commemoratives and souvenir issues have more comprehensive coverage, many complete used sets, stockbooks contain some duplication although sorted, with specialist notations on specifications, as well as airmail stamps, special delivery, postage dues, parcel post and small selection of Hawai, Canal Zone and additionally a group of covers, including two Zepppelin 1930 First Europe-Pan American Round Flight cards, overall good to fine, some intriguing items, a good collection,
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 490 USA

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    1855/59: Little archive of 3 envelopes (all with contents) perhaps from a gold digger to his father in Switzerland. Two envelopes are from ONTONAGON, the cancel on the envelopes says 'ADVENTURE MICH' of which one with as much as 5x TWELVE CENTS Washington,  two pairs and a single (Scott 17). The third 'MINNESOTA MINE MICH'. All show different frankings, all addressed to Grellingen bei Basel Canton Bern (now the region has been moved to the canton of 'Basel Land').
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 491 USA

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    1862/98: Group three covers incl. USA  1861 Washington 10 c. green on 1862 cover with full content from San Francisco to New York; Hawaii 1897 cover from Lihue, Kauai County to Bern bearing 1893 Arawa 12 c. blue, and 1898 registered cover from Honolulu to Metz, Lorraine bearing 10 c. green, 12 c. blue, and 25 c. blue of the 1893 pictorial issue. Ex collection Provera.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 492 USA

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    1865/32: Lot letters, stationery envelopes, postcards cards and picture postcards, including one envelope from the Confederate States, 3 letters with stamps 1865/67 from NEW ORLEANS to BORDEAUX, two with Lincoln 15 Cents, one with 30 Cents Franklin. a group of 13 stationery items from Hawaii, all different (one used). The picture postcards often with, military, transport or fire departement topic. One stationery postcard Canada. In total 57 items.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 493 USA

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    Postal Services in the 1946 Atomic Tests Exhibit Collection, expansive collection documenting the postal history of Operation Crossroads, which consisted of a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted in mid-1946, replete with better items including Joint Task Force 1 cachets, hand-drawn cartoon by Grant Powers (official artist for Operation Crossroads), earliest and latest recorded dates of Branch Number 13746, several covers from Kwajalein Base, November 1946 cover with typed "Joint Crossroads Committee" return address, one of 30 covers flown on the F-13 with Major George Birdsong on Test Baker Day, official card of participation and dog tag from a member of Landing Craft Infantry USS LCI 1067, inbound cover to doctor on the U.S.S. Panamint, April 1946 cover celebrating the broadcast of Jack Benny's Radio Show from the U.S.S. Saratoga, Japanese Battleship Nagato covers, cover carried on B-29 "Dave's Dream" the day of the Able test and signed by nine of the 14 people on board, and much more, plus ancillary material including newspapers detailing the bomb tests, nearly all mounted on exhibit pages with detailed descriptions, very fine, an extraordinary collection for the World War II-era postal historian which could easily be reworked into another exhibit or incorporated into an existing collection, careful viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1233 USA

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    Pan America Airways - Sikorsky S 42 Crash at Port of Spain, Trinidad 1935 (Dec. 20): Legal sized airmail envelope (trimmed at left) from Chrysler Corporation in "Detroit, Michigan Dec.13.(19)35" to Rio de Janeiro, backstamped "New York G.P.O. Dec. 14th" bearing on front straight line 'ACCIDENT D'AVION' cachet in black and Rio de Janeiro (Dec. 27th) arrival mark on reverse. Ex the Brian Moorhouse estate Nierinck 351220a
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1363 USA

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    1857, Washington, 12 c. gray-black, horizontal pair, used on a redirected cover with, GB, 1857, 4 d. rose, from New York to Liverpool, dated 18 May 1860, the US franking tied by black large circular cancel, with "19" and circular "PD" in red alongside, on arrival in Liverpool the 4 d. applied and forwarded to Paris tied by "466" duplex dated 28 May 1860, Calais transit over the red "19", on reverse, as well as Liverpool datestamp, there is a London transit dated 29 May 1860, minor soiling; from the famous forwarding correspondence "Brown, Shipley & Co." Liverpool; a rare and stunning US combined with GB franking for the onward journey.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1405 USA

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    Stratosphere Balloon EXPLORER II - 'U.S. Army National Geographic Stratosphere Flight' Rapid City South Dakota 1935 (July 12): Fine selection of five envelopes, including an illustr. envelope with National Geographic certificate handstamped. "From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection / Authenticated By H.R. Harmer Inc. N.Y.' in red, signed by Capt. Albert W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson, further two envelopes bearing 'BALLOON BURST INFLATING / 3 A.M. JULY 12, 1935' handstamp, of which one signed by Mission Commander Capt. Anderson, Capt. Stevens the pilot and scientific observer and Captain Randolph P. Williams as appointed alternate pilot. Fine.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1406 USA

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    Balloon Record Flights 1957/60: Maj. David G. Simons signed commemorative envelope of his 1957 High Altidude Record Flight at 19 miles (31 km) above the Earth as well as Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger two signed photographs together with 1960 (Sept. 10) cover of his World Record for the highest skydive—102,800 feet (31.3 km) which lasted from 1960 until 2012. Fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1407 USA

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    Auguste Piccard 1932/33: Selection of five 'Balloon' covers, incl. Belgium Balloon set franking on registered cover from 'Gent 10.XII.32' to Geneva, further four souvenir covers of Piccard's 'Century of Progress Stratosphere Balloon Flight' (Aug. 5 1933) commemorating the Stratosphere Balloon ascension during the 1933 World's fair in Chicago, IL. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1409 USA

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    Ballon Mail 1985/92: Lot two Gordon Bennett Balloon Race of Palm Springs CA 1985 (May 4) including Kittinger and Reed signed envelope and a "Little Muddy River" wreck cover recovered in Glendale Nevada, further cover of 1992 ChryslerTransatlantic Challenge signed by Wim Verstraeten (B), Bertrand Piccard (CH) and Yves d'Oultremond (B) as well as a sample of 'Man High I Balloon produced by WINZEN REASEARCH Inc. Minn. USA (1969).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1462 USA

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    1959 (Sep 9): Big Joe 1 postcard, franked with 4c. on picture side, tied by "PORT CANAVERAL FLA SEP 9 P.M. 1959", scarce Project Mercury BJ-M001 launch date.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1463 USA

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    1961 (May 5): USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, fine and clear strike on envelope franked with US 4 c. of Alan Shepards MR-3 Mercury Redstone Space Flight. An extremely rare and classic Space cover of the "Recovery Ship for the First U.S. Manned Space Flight". One of only 44 covers canceled on the USS Lake Champlain.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1464 USA

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    1961 (July 21): Grissom Type I "U.S.S. Randolph (CVS-15)" Prime Recovery Ship, clear and fine strike on 11c. aerogram with PROJECT MERCURY / AUSTRONAUT CAPT. V.I. GRISSOM / SPACECRAFT "LIBERTY BELL 7' in blue. The Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight July 21, 1961. The spacecraft Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed 'Liberty Bell 7' and was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Recovery ship covers from Grissom's suborbital flight are rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1466 USA

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    Apollo 1 1967 (Jan. 27):  5 c. stationery envelope with machine cancel of 'Patrick Air Force Base FL', handstamped in red: FIRE IN SPACE CRAFT / GRISSOM WHITE CHAFFEE / PERISHED 6 31 PM, clean and fine commemorative item of Apollo I tragedy, when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1467 USA

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    Apollo 11 - 1969 (July 20): ‘Type 1' Lunar Landing insurance cover imprinted cachet of lunar surface activities, postmarked at Houston on July 20, 1969, the moon landing date of the Lunar Module Eagle, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. These historic covers were flown to Houston after launch for cancellation by Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford in his T-38 jet. In very fine condition. The famous insurance covers, first produced for Apollo 11, were to provide financial security for astronauts' families in case of disaster. They have earned near-legendary status as the ultimate space-related philatelic item and one of the most sought-after formats for astronaut autographs.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1468 USA

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    Apollo 15 - 1971 (July 26): Cacheted postal cover honouring the Apollo 15 mission insignia, franked with Moon landing special issue tied by Kennedy Space Center date of launch slogan machine cancel, signed at top left in black “Landed at Hadley Moon, July 30, 1971 Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin and also signed in the lower left corner by Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin, backstamped "USS Okinawa Aug. 7 1971 AM". On reverse with typed and notarized inscription: “This is to certify that this cover was on board the Falcon at the Hadley-Apennine, Moon, July 30–August 2, 1971” and is notary stamped and signed 'Mrs. C. B. Carsey', below stamped "H.W. Sieger" and signed by him with a handwritten serial number '#058'. In very fine condition. The Hadley–Apennine is a region on the near side of Earth's Moon that served as the landing site for the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crew landing on the Moon.They explored the area using the first lunar rover, which allowed them to travel much farther from the Lunar Module lander than had been possible on missions without the rover. They collected 77 kg of lunar surface material. 
    Starting bid : 8,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1469 USA

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    US-Missions 1935/88: Album with 95 covers with many signed by crew members, starting with 1935 First Airmail Stratosphere Flight, further Mercury project covers (35) with 1962 USS Randolph recovery ship, Gemini project (8) with four recovery items, Apollo project (33) as well as eight items of Columbia and Challenger missions. A fine offer with many better items, viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1476 USA

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    US-Satellites 1958/70: Fine selection of 65 covers, including 1958/59 Explorer Satelite Launches (9) with one of Mombasa (1970), 1960 Wallop's Island (4), 1958 Vangaurd (3), Discoverer (27) as well as 1962 Mariner I and Transit 1B and 2A.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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