out of this March 2016 Issue 67 world SPA07 SP(R)004 £150 Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov signed Russian Soyuz 6 cover

SP(R)005 £400 Georgy Shonin, Valeri Kubasov, Anatoly Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko, Vladislav , Vladimir Shatalov, and Aleksei Yeliseyev signed set of three matching Russian space covers

SP(R)006 £400 SP(R)012 Georgy Beregovoy, Vladimir Shatalov, Boris Volynov, £100 Aleksei Yeliseyev, Yevgeny Khrunov signed pair of Gherman Titov Russian space covers signed Benham 30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 FDC SP(R)019 £750 SP(R)021 £695 and Pavel Yuri Gagarin Popovich signed Russian signed 1962 space FDC Vostok 4 with a cover postmark

The two covers below were both flown on Soyuz missions to the SP(R)035 £350 Mir Space Station before returning Aleksandr Serebrov, Vasil Tsibliyev, Viktor back to Earth. They both feature Afanasyev, Yury Usachov, Valeria Polyakov the MIR ‘On Board’ cancels and signed Russian space cover carried to the Mir Station the relevant cosmonaut crew on Soyuz 17 and returned on Soyuz 18 signatures. The stamps and cancels were applied on the Space SP(R)036 £350 Station by the cosmonauts and Vasil Tsikliyev, Aleksandr the cancels where then destroyed Serebrov, Gennadi Manakov, when the Space Station burned Aleander Poleshchuk, Jean-Pierre up during re-entry. This series of Haignere signed Russian space carried covers are scarce with only cover carried to the Mir Station on 20-30 produced for each mission. Soyuz 16 and returned on Soyuz 17 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 1 Michael Collins His first was Gemini 10, during which he performed two space rendezvous and successfully completed two EVAs. Collins later served as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11, remaining in Lunar Orbit whilst his fellow crew members travelled to the surface in the Lunar Module. Collins was cut off from contact with Earth and his crew for 48 minutes of each orbit, and famously said that 'not since Adam has any human known such solitude' SP(A11)02A £450 Michael Collins signed 1969 Apollo 11 'First Men on the Moon' cover

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SP(A11)02B £450 Michael Collins signed 1966 Project Gemini cover with Guadal Canal postmark

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Buzz Aldrin He was the pilot for the final Gemini mission, Gemini 12, and he set a new record for time spent during an EVA. Aldrin was selected to be the Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 11 mission and followed Armstrong to the lunar surface to become the second man to walk on the moon. His first words upon stepping onto the surface were 'Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation' SP(A11)03W £500 Buzz Aldrin signed Buzz Aldrin cover with Moon Landing USA 20th July 1969 and Washington DC 9th September 1969 postmarks SP(A11)03G £500 Buzz Aldrin signed Apollo 11 Lunar Module (Eagle) Separation cover SP(A11)03P £350 Buzz Aldrin signed piece. SP(A11)03R £350 Buzz Aldrin signed 6 x 4 colour postcard of Aldrin on the Lunar Surface. SP(A11)03C £450 SP(A11)03U £395 Buzz Aldrin signed colour photo of Buzz Aldrin signed Apollo 11 US Navy Recovery Aldrin on the lunar surface SP(A11)03V £400 Buzz Aldrin signed 5th Anniversary Force cover of Gemini 12 with a Houston, Texas postmark SP(A11)03F £450 Buzz Aldrin signed Apollo 11 USS Salinan (ATF- 161) Fleet Post Office cover with a Jacksonville 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] launch date 16th July 1969 postmark

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Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong's first space flight was as the Command Pilot of Gemini 8, where he became NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. He is of course most famous for being the first man to walk on the Moon after descending from the Lunar Module of Apollo 11. When Armstrong uttered his immortal line it was broadcast live around the SP(A11)04D £3500 world to 450 million people. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins set of three Apollo £350 per month for 10 months 11 covers, each one signed by one of the crew.

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SP(M08)01A SP(GEN)08 £300 £175 , Gordon Cooper, and Maxime Wally Schirra signed Faget signed Space City Society cover with cover commemorating Houston, Texas postmark (Space City is Texas’ Schirra’s visit to the White nickname) House to be awarded his Astronaut Wings with Washington DC postmark from the day of the visit SP(A15)02F £100 Al Worden signed Apollo 15 Oldest Moonrocks cover with a 09/08/71 Houston, Texas postmark on the day SP(SH)001 £60 they were unpacked at the 1983 Challenger cover, carried into space. Lunar Sample Laboratory Launched on 30th August and returned on Facility in Houston, Texas 5th September 1983 (flight STS-8) - actually (where they remain today) flown into space - great item Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 8 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA07 Recovery Ship postmarks/Recovery Crew Signed SP(A10)03A £250 Gene Cernan signed Apollo 10 US cover with 26/05/69 landing day USS Chilton postmark SP(A08)02A £225 James Lovell signed Apollo 8 Recovery Force cover with USS Nicholas postmark (one of the recovery ships) SP(A17)02B £125 Ron Evans signed Apollo 17 Recovery Force cover with 19/12/72 day USS landing Ticonderoga postmark (one of the SP(A09)05A £125 recovery ships) James McDivitt and Commander George Rankin (Apollo 9 Recovery Pilot) signed Decade of Space Achievements FDC, our choice

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Al Worden, Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin signed rare and scandal-plagued limited edition Apollo 15 ‘Sieger Cover’ which was carried in the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module onto the lunar surface - with documents

Dave Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15) 01303 278137 Jim Irwin (Apollo 15)

Al Worden (Apollo 15)

This is one of the rare and scandal plagued Apollo 15 covers which were carried to the lunar surface aboard the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module, and signed by the entire crew - Al Worden, Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin. The Apollo 15 crew were involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ controversy after it emerged the crew had carried 398 covers (originally meant to be 400 but two were destroyed) onto the lunar surface provided by the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs permission. After the mission, 100 covers were given to Sieger and the remaining were to be divided equally amongst the crew. However the crew were disciplined for their actions and the covers were seized by the US government. It was not until 1983, after a successful law suit, that the covers were returned to them. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 10 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA07 COL1593 £750 Space Collection of 18, full colour cov- ers of which 11 are signed

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John Young served a record 42 years with NASA and is the only astronaut to have commanded four different classes of spacecraft - Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. Young was the first person to orbit the Moon alone during the Apollo 10 mission and became the ninth person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 16; he also commanded the first Space Shuttle mission.

His signature is one of the hardest moonwalkers to find and we are fortunate to have four great signed covers available.

SP(A16)02A £600 John Young signed AJS illustrated space cover with Edwards, California postmark

SP(A16)02B £650 John Young signed Gemini Recovery cover with 23/03/65 launch day USS Jones Paul Jones postmark (one of the recovery ships)

SP(A16)02C £600 John Young signed Gemini 10 cover with 18/07/66 launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark

SP(A16)02D £600 John Young and Bob Crippen signed Young and Crippen visit the Boston Aero Club cover

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