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  • Lot# : 7114 USA

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    1929 (10 July): Stampless cover, making its journey with the transatlantic 'Pathfinder' flight of the US pilots Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, starting the Bellanca J airplane at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, forced down at Santander Spain and continued to Rome, front with strike of "ROMA AEROPORTO LITTORIO POSTA AEREA 10. 7. 29" arrival cds. An airmail rarity, cert. Sieger (2001) American Air Mail catalogue vol. 1, no. 1092 unpriced.rnNote: With this flight 19 only stampless covers were transported, despatched by the mayors of US cities with a largie Italian population, in this case by the mayor of Seattle.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 7115 USA

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 7116 USA

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    1969: APOLLO 11 Flown Cover, with mission patch cachet, numbered "EEA-27" (Edwin Eugene Aldrin), signed by Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins, cancelled by Webster, TX August 11, 1969 machine cancel with adjacent "DELAYED BY QUARANTAINE AND LUNA RECEIVING LABORATORY M.S.C.-HOUSTON, TEXAS", an exceptional cover, one of a small number of examples that were both flown on Apollo 11 and signed by the three crew members, an exceptional piece of the history of space exploration. Cert. Hopferwieser (2000).
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 13,000 CHF

    Lot# : 7117 USA

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    1971: APOLLO 15, flown Lunar Mission cover, postmarked at the Kennedy Space Center (26 July, 1971) and again on the U.S.S. Okinawa (7 August, 1971), the day of the splashdown of the Command Module Endeavor, signed by the three crew members Alfred M. Worden, David R. Scott, and James B. Irwin, with accompanying notarized statement signed by the three attesting to the cover having been carried by them to the moon, numbered 235 of 300, extremely fine.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF
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