383rd Auction

Österreich: 1935, Schmiedl Notverordnungsrakete N4 vom 21.12., R-Brief mit vier Marken mit Stempel "GÖSTING 21.XII.35" und rotem Cachet-Stempel "N6/27" sowie Unterschrift Schmidl in einwandfreier Erhaltung, sehr selten, es wurden nur 27 Briefe befördert

Österreich: 1935, Schmiedl Notverordnungsrakete N7 vom 21.12., Karte mit Winerhilfe-Ausgabe 5+2 Groschen mit Stempel "GÖSTING b. GRAZ 21.XII.35" und dunkelvioletter Cachet-Stempel "N7/01" sowie Unterschrift "Schmidl", adressiert nach St. Peter, in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Auf diesem Flug wurden nur 28 Belege befördert, hier die Karte mit der Nummer 1, sehr selten

Wernher von Braun: 1949, eigenhändiger Grußtext "In herzlicher Erinnerung an unsere schöne Zusammenarbeit..." und Unterschrift "Wernher von Braun" auf Fotokarte "V-2 Rocket - U.S.ARMY PHOTO" mit Poststempel von "EL PASO AUG.25"49" an und weiterem Grußtext und Unterschrift "Joachim Küttner", adressiert Knut Eckener in Friedrichshafen. Die Karte hat einen Eckbug im Bereich der Unterschrift und kleine Flecken, trotz der kleinen Einschränkungen eine sehr seltene Karte aus der Anfangszeit in den USA

Austria: 1928/35, interesting collection from FS-01 with many different covers and cards as well as plenty of vignettes including varieties, proofs and specials, including postal stationery envelopes, R-card and some covers from Yugoslavia, together in three albums

EUROPA: 1933/2015, interesting collection with early rocket mail covers, a.o. from Roberti, Smith (India), Schmidl and Zucker with better and interesting part of rocket research in the III Reich with fieldpost covers from Kummersdorf, Peenemünde with a.o. cancellations "Versuchskommando Nord" and sender's form "SS-Rekruten Depot Debica" as well as a card from the concentration camp "Dora Mittelbau". From the 1960s onwards, mostly decorative covers and cancellations (including from Kourou), some with signatures and proofs with, among others, Mauritania Mi.-Nr. 266-68 as imperforated colour proofs in complete sheet sets, clean on 96 exhibition pages (few covers removed by the collector).

SOVIET UNION: 1965/2015, interesting collection of the various space programmes with many different decorative and special envelopes/cards with better and several signatures, including various on-board mail covers with signatures from Soyuz 39 with a.o. S7 and from TM 3 with various covers from TM5-15 as well as R-letter to Mir (22.07.93). In addition a.o. Poland souvenir sheet II, neatly on 80 exhibition pages (few covers are removed by the collector)

USA: 1933/2012, extensive collection from the beginnings to Space Shuttle programme with many different decorative and special covers, partly with autographs (mostly printed resp. with signature cancellation with i.a. "X-15" cover with e. signature of the pilot "William J. Knight" (reached a top speed of 7300 km/hour in 1965) and on-board cover STS-76 with seven signatures as well as proofs with i.o. Mauritania Mi.No. 217 as imperforated colour proof in complete sheet, clean on 96 exhibition pages (few covers removed by collector)

1933/45, interesting collection with 55 entire items, including 29 rocket mail covers and cards German Reich (8 x autograph G. Zucker), 2 covers Austria, 1 letter GB, 14 covers France, 4 x Netherlands, 3 x Australia, 2 x USA, clean condition