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Lot# : 552 USA
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1932/92: Selection of var. Balloon Flights starting with Auguste Piccard's 'Century of Progress Stratosphere Balloon Flight' (Aug. 5 1933) commemorating the Stratosphere Balloon ascension during the 1933 World's fair in Chicago, Stratosphere Balloon EXPLORER II - 'U.S. Army National Geographic Stratosphere Flight' Rapid City South Dakota 1935 (July 12), 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.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 553 USA
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 554 USA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 : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 555 USA
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Lots & Collections US-Rocket Mail and Satellites 1958/70: Fine selection of 65+ covers, including 1959 (Sep.9) Big Joe Project Mercury Launch, Apollo 2 1966 (Jul 5) 'Saturn 1B AS-203' Launch, 1967 (Jan 27) Patrick Air Force Base FL 'Fire in Space Craft', further 1958/59 Explorer Satelite Launches (9) with one of Mombasa (1970), 1960 Wallop's Island (4), 1958 Vanguard (3), Discoverer (27) as well as 1962 Mariner I and Transit 1B and 2A.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 557 USA
1 / 3Prephilately 1813 (1 June): Entire letter from New Orleans, Louisiana via Havana to Veracruz, Mexico, charged in red with '3' reales in transit. Cert. Comex (2014).1 / 1Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 558 USA
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1851: Remarkable tiny entire letter (63 x 33 mm.) with embossed colourless illustration of lady on horseback with wreathed "TO" below, endorsed "per Express" addressed to "J.C. Kindman, Present" and reverse with paper seal reading "IF YOU NEGLECT ME YOU LOSE ME". The love letter enclosed reads: "Agawam¹ '51, Tues. Eve; My dear Charles, Are you still in the land of the living? If so, permit me who am so much the younger of the twain to speak a word to thee. Why in the world do we not either see you, hear from you, or let us know the reason why? Do you know how it grieves me to see you so negligent? Oh! Charles! "You'll break my heart, I fear you will, if you continue so" ² If you do not write soon I fear you will never receive another such a long letter from me as this. Yours to the end, Hannah".rn1. Agawam is now Ipswich, Massachusetts.rn2. The quote in the letter comes from an old Kentucky song called "Fanny Gray, A Ballad of Real Life."rnA quite remarkable and most unusual cover.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 559 USA
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Issued Stamps 1847: 10 c. George Washington on folded letter from CINCINATTI to PHILADELPHIA, the stamp has full to very large margins all round, very large at left, tied by red grid cancel, the cancellation is light and clean, signed next to the stamp with pencil and signed 'Ward' on backside.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 560 USA
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1867 (28 Nov.): Cover from Quincy Illinois to Lenzburg, Switzerland, endorsed "via Liverpool", bearing 1861/62 30 c. orange, tied by Star fancy cancel with adjacent QUINCY despatch cds in black and framed "Franco Preuss. resp. Vereinsl. Ausg. Gr." handstamp in blue at top right, reverse with Prussian "VERVIERS COELN" TPO datestamp in blue, Baden "BAD. BAHNHPOST" TPO in black, BASEL transit and LENZBURG arrival (17. Dez.) cds's.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 561 USA
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Air Mail 1932: Washington 3 c. purple, used on official First Transatlanic Flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuanian, dated 15 July 1933, tied by Brooklyn duplex in black, carried on the ill fated 'Lituanica' which crash in Poland 650km away from the intended destination, with event postmark in black alongside the commemorative cachet in violet, cover number '270' (there being 983 sold to support the flight costs), to the reverse a Kaunas arrival dated 18 July 1933.rnNote: The 'Lituanica' was a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown from New York across the Atlantic by Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas in 1933. After successfully flying 6,411 km (4,043 miles), it crashed, due to undetermined circumstances, 650 km (404 miles) from its destination, Kaunas, Lithuania. Both pilots perished.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 562 USA
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1918/1928: Group of four air mail covers including, 1920 first flight USA to Cuba with event cachets and arrival franked with three 2 c.; an American Maritime Agencies envelope franked with 24 c. Jenny tied by 'Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. - New York' duplex in violet dated 18 July; 1918 16 c. Jenny tied to 'Winged Letters' Inaugral aerial post flight and 1928 Graf Zeppelin first flight cachet on commemorative postcard from Lakehurst to London; condition very mixed, a scarce selection.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 563 USA
1 / 13Lots & Collections 1851-2002: Collection from 19th century on mostly modest contents, from 1975 never hinged, including many booklets and mini-sheets, so there is postally valid material for a quite considerable amount. At the end officials, revenues, Canal Zone, Hawaii, 6 albums in total. Catalog value according to the consignor Michel about € 7000.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 564 USA
1 / 91869/1972: Dealers stock of almost exclusively unused stamps, comprising two large stock books and three folders, in the main never hinged, a very fresh and clean accumulation, some blocks and multiples, imperforates and the odd marginal, good range of the lower values, some better, several sets, signigicant duplication in places, nicely organised chronologically, a very fine collection.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 565 USA
1 / 31887/1990 ca: Extensive collection in two large boxes, that consists mostly of US Postal subscription from years 1970 to 1990, incl. three Lighthouse Albums, beginning with a few used items from the classic period. There are a few albums with full sheets (commemoratives and semi-postals), also blocks of four, FDCs, covers, postcards and other valid postage. Over $1´000 valuable face value.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 566 USA
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1900-1910ca.: About 500 picture postcards either to Switzerland or to France or uncirculated. 168 cards are housed in an album with a good range of topics as Indians, Chinatown, industries, timber industry, buildings, transports and expositions (Louisiana Purchase 1904), there are also American Sports, Patriotic Cards including various presidents, US Army etc. Quite a lot of cards with Irish themes, such as St. Patrick's Day. There are nine souvenir folders from Chicago (Chicago and it's beautiful parks), Cleveland, St. Louis etc. one the cover without the cards (Cherokee).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHF -
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