Price List - General Space Covers (Part4) /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

General Space Covers
(Part 4)

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This list contains all types of covers for air and space events, such as space manned flights, space recoveries from ships, satellite launches, space anniversaries, special air flights and balloon events, etc.

Notes

All covers are the number 6 size unless otherwise noted.
All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.
All covers are cacheted unless otherwise noted and a description is given so you know exactly what you are ordering.
Where stamp(s) used on the cover are significant such as being a space stamp or a flag stamp or related to the event or location, they will be described. Otherwise the stamp(s) used on the cover may be a definitive or an unrelated issue.
All autographs are genuine.
Covers are not listed in any particular order.
When ordering, it is IMPORTANT that you order by LIST ID AS WELL AS ITEM ID. Please use the ORDER FORM.

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Price List

LIST ID

ITEM ID

PRICE

CANCEL DATE

CANCEL LOC

AIRSPC04	4019	$3.50	07/24/1965	C
15th ANNIVERSARY FIRST MISSILE LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL, with a Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent Flag stamp, With brown printed cachet that covers most of the envelope showing various missiles, rockets and satellites launched from Cape Canaveral, and printed text: "Commemorating 15th Anniversary, First Missile Launched, from Cape Canaveral. A V-2 with an Army WAC Corporal 2nd stage. July 24, 1950" (Part of the Cape Canaveral name and the 1965 portion of the cancel is unreadable as it falls on the dark portion of the cachet). Cover comes with a illustrated insert card that shows the first missile launched and has printed text as described on the cacheted cover. IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4019FQ	$6.00	07/24/1970	C
20th ANNIVERSARY FIRST ROCKET LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL (JULES VERNE ITEM), with a Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 6 cent Apollo 8/Moon space stamp (#1371) that also ties a V2-WAC Corporal Rocket/Jules Verne cinderella label souvenir sheet to the cover. With 2 color ORBIT printed cachet that shows Jules Verne and a drawing from his book of men experiencing weightlessness, and printed text that reads in part: "20th Anniversary of First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral. About 600 Vehicles Orbited since 1958; 21 Manned Spaceflights, 5 Astronaut Moon Flights." The two color cinderella label shows picture of a WAC Corporal Rocket and copy of the Fort Bliss rocket postage stamp (#976), with printed text: "20th Anniversary of First Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1950, 1970, July 20, 1950 V-2 WAC Corporal Rocket - Bumper #8". IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4019G	$5.00
CINDERELLA SOUVENIR SHEET: 20th ANNIVERSARY FIRST ROCKET LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL, this is an imperforated mint PAIR of labels of the V2-WAC Corporal Rocket (which was used on ORBIT cacheted covers for this anniversary). EACH of the two color cinderella labels shows a picture of a WAC Corporal Rocket and copy of the Fort Bliss rocket postage stamp (#976), with printed text: "20th Anniversary of First Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1950, 1970, July 20, 1950 V-2 WAC Corporal Rocket - Bumper #8". (Note: this is not a cover but a MINT SHEET OF 2)

AIRSPC04	4019H	$5.00
CINDERELLA SOUVENIR PROOF SHEET: 20th ANNIVERSARY FIRST ROCKET LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL, this is an imperforated mint PAIR of labels of the V2-WAC Corporal Rocket (which was used on ORBIT cacheted covers for this anniversary). EACH of the two color cinderella labels shows a picture of a WAC Corporal Rocket and copy of the Fort Bliss rocket postage stamp (#976), with printed text: "20th Anniversary of First Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1950, 1970, July 20, 1950 V-2 WAC Corporal Rocket - Bumper #8". (Note: this is not a cover but a MINT SHEET OF 2, the 20th anniversary design was printed on paper that had some unknown printing on the backside, which shows up slightly on the front side, so I am calling this a PROOF sheet).

AIRSPC04	4021A	$4.00	03/16/1976
(ROBERT GODDARD) 50th ANNIVERSARY FIRST LIQUID FUEL ROCKET LAUNCH COVER, with a March 16, 1976 Auburn MA machine cancel on a 13 cent Flag stamp. With a 2 color SPACE VOYAGE printed cachet showing Dr. Goddard standing by his rocket about be launched and text: "50th Anniversary of Historic Launch at Auburn, Mass., First Liquid fuel rocket launch March 16, 1926. Launched by Dr. Robert H. Goddard, who laid the foundation for most of the U.S. developments in long range rockets and spaceflights."

AIRSPC04	4032	$4.00	07/21/1979	F
WERNHER VON BRAUN PICTORIAL AUSTRIAN CANCELLED CARD, with a Gmund Austria hand cancel showing Dr. Von Braun, the Saturn/Apollo 11 rocket launch and Moon footprint, and the word text in German (for the 10th Anniversary of the first Moonlanding, and 20th year of GWF?), with red printed cachet of the Apollo 11 emblem/patch and two small logos, one which is the FISA, and 14 lines of printed text all in German, the first line reading "Der Adler 1st Gelandet" which roughly translates: "the Eagle 1st landed" (the Apollo 11 lunar module which landed on the Moon was called the Eagle). Cancel is on card which has a gold colored border. IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4038A	$5.00	06/16/1977	WS
GERMAN/AMERICAN ROCKET PIONEER WERNHER VON BRAUN DEATH COVER, with a White Sands Missile Range machine cancel. Cover has a purple and flesh tone colored SPACE VOYAGE printed cachet that illustrates various important events in the life of von Braun, such as the Apollo 11 launch and moonlanding, first launch at Cape Canaveral of German V2 on Wac Corporal, etc. with word text that reads in part: "Dr. Wernher von Braun, Mar. 13, 1912- June 16, 1977. Von Braun directed the launching of 1000s of V2s at White Sands, N.M. during the late 1940s; the first serious US Government rocket studies........".

AIRSPC04	4038J	$4.00	06/16/1977	K
GERMAN/AMERICAN ROCKET PIONEER WERNHER VON BRAUN DEATH COVER, with a Kennedy Space Center FL space pictorial machine cancel on 13 cent Flag stamp. Cover has a black printed cachet, (unidentified) that shows bust of Dr. von Braun, with word text: "Wernher von Braun, born Wirsitz, Germany - March 23, 1912, Died Alexandria, Virginia - June 16, 1977.". (The KSC pictorial machine cancel shows the short lived front silhouette of the space shuttle/and booster with slogan "Beginning a new era, Space Shuttle.", this slogan became known as the "mickey mouse" cancel as it resembled the mickey mouse hat with the large ears, and thus it was soon replaced with a different illustration of the space shuttle).

AIRSPC04	4063A	$10.00	06/17/1965
GEMINI 4 TRACKING SHIP COMMEMORATIVE COVER, With a Rodman, Canal Zone machine cancel of June 17, 1965 on a 5 cent U.S. Flag stamp AND a 4 cent Canal Zone stamp showing a ship (very unusual mixed combination of stamps on such a cover). With DOCUMENT typed cachet filled in and autographed by the Executive Officer of the USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14). The typed cachet reads: "This cachet was stamped and countersigned on June 7, 1965 in Lat.21 South, Long.82 West upon completion of four days of orbiting the astronauts J. McDivitt and E. White. It was mailed upon arrival at the first port of call, after completion of the above. (signed) Executive Officer. ". there is one line of black rubber stamp text that reads "USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)" and one additional typed line reading "Project Gemini IV". IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4065	$5.00	06/16/1965
GEMINI 4 HOMETOWN CELEBRATION, With a Jackson Michigan machine cancel on a 5 cent Flag stamp on the date of the celebration. (Jackson Michigan is the hometown of Gemini 4 Astronaut James A. McDivitt). Cover has a black Gemini 4 photo printed cachet (unidentified) depicting Astronaut McDivitt, the Gemini 4 launch and the Gemini 4 recovery and printed text reading "Astronaut Lt. Col. James McDivitt, Home Town Celebration, Jackson Michigan, June 16, 1965." Cachet also has a printed simulated autograph of James A. McDivitt.

AIRSPC04	4074A	$16.00	12/21/1968	K
APOLLO 8 LAUNCH, WITH OFFICIAL NASA/KSC CACHET, With pictorial machine cancel showing NASA emblem and rocket launch, of Dec. 21, 1968 Kennedy Space Center FL on a 8 cent Dr. Goddard/Rocket space stamp (#C69). With blue on white official NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER printed label cachet showing the Apollo spacecraft over the moon, with printed text: "Apollo 8." IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4074D	$18.00	12/21/1968	K
APOLLO 8 LAUNCH SPECIAL, WITH OFFICIAL NASA/KSC CACHET, With pictorial machine cancel showing NASA emblem and rocket launch, of Dec. 21, 1968 Kennedy Space Center FL TIES THESE TWO STAMPS TO THE COVER: a 6 cent USA Flag stamp AND a 30 cent Paraguay space stamp (#898) featuring the ITU emblem and 4 different communications satellites over earth: Relay, Syncom, Echo and Telstar. With blue on white official NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER printed label cachet showing the Apollo spacecraft over the moon, with printed text: "Apollo 8." IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4075	$3.00	12/21/1968	K
APOLLO 8 LAUNCH, With Kennedy Space Center Florida space pictorial machine cancel, on 5 cent "The Sciences" stamp, with black rubber stamp cachet (unidentified) showing a portion of the moon and word rubber stamp text: "Apollo 8". (Size of cachet 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". This cachet design is similar to the design on the official NASA label cachet for Apollo 8).

AIRSPC04	4083A	$5.00	12/21/1968	F
ANTIGUA APOLLO 8 NASA TRACKING STATION COVER, With a hand cancel of Dec. 21, 1968 St. Johns Antigua tieing 2 Apollo tracking station space stamps to the cover: both 4 cent stamps (#199) are identical and show the NASA Antigua Dow Hill Tracking Station Antenna pointing skyward. (Stamps are inscribed: "N.A.S.A. Apollo Project Dedication Dow Hill Tracking Station"). With return address of the tracking station, the stations NASA APOLLO emblem rubber stamp cachet and rubber stamp text: "Apollo 8." IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4085D	$18.00	12/27/1968	K
APOLLO 8 SPLASHDOWN, WITH SCARCE KSC POSTAL METER CANCEL, With a Dec. 27, 1968 Kennedy Space Center FL 6 cent RED Postal Meter cancel that reads: "See Your Spaceport NASA Tours.". With blue JJF all purpose space printed cachet showing an American flag, a rocket launch, a satellite in orbit and an Apollo capsule in space and a black on white privately produced label showing the Apollo spacecraft over the moon, and printed text: "Apollo 8." (SCARCE: Seldom seen KSC Postal Meter used on a collectable space cover). IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4085F	$3.00	12/27/1968
APOLLO 8 SPLASHDOWN COMMEMORATIVE COVER, With a hand cancel of Dec. 27, 1968 San Jose CA. With a black printed cachet (cachet is marked probably by the artist: "Whippole Yalc Chestly" and also marked "Sponsor San Jose Calif", cachet shows the 3 Apollo astronauts with their names beneath their busts, an earth globe showing the orbital path of the Apollo 8 capsule around the moon and printed text: "Commemorative Cachet, Man's First Manned Flight to and around Moon (10 times) Dec. 21, Dec. 27, 1968, Splashdown 7:21 AM. American First.." IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4087A	$4.00	12/27/1968
APOLLO 8, USS NICHOLAS, SECONDARY RECOVERY SHIP COVER, With a hand cancel of Dec. 27, 1968 USS NICHOLAS on a flag stamp. With a violet official rubber stamp cachet for Apollo 8, showing a saturn rocket with Apollo capsule configuration, and text: "Apollo 8, AS503 manned flight. US Navy Recovery Force, Pacific. Moon Orbital Flight." With small address label. IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4096AQ	$3.50	03/03/1969	F
APOLLO 9, GREAT BRITAIN CONCORDE FIRST DAY COVER (#581), with a first day of issue hand cancel of London, March 3, 1969, on a 4p stamp showing the Concorde in flight over Great Britain & France. With a black printed cachet showing a rocket in flight and text: "Apollo 9 -- 3rd March 1969, First Launch of Complete Apollo Spacecraft with Lunar Module." Small printed address. (Unusual cover commemorating an Apollo 9 event on the first day of issue of one of the Concorde stamps). IMAGE

AIRSPC04	4125A	$6.00	03/13/1969
APOLLO 9 RECOVERY - ASTRONAUT McDIVITT SLOGAN CANCEL, With a Jackson Michigan machine slogan cancel on Apollo 9 recovery date, on a 1 cent definitive stamp that clearly reads: Salute Astronaut McDivitt" there is also a 5 cent Gemini Space CApsule stamp (#1332) on cover cancelled on the selvage. (Jackson Michigan is the hometown of Gemini 4/Apollo 9 Astronaut James A. McDivitt). Cover has a black printed cachet (unidentified) that shows Astronaut McDivitt, his launch and his capsule being recovered, with word text "Astronaut Col. James McDivitt, Command Pilot, Gemini 4 - Apollo 9, Jackson, Michigan, His Home Town". Light pencil address.

AIRSPC04	4135	$5.00	07/24/1969
APOLLO 11 SPLASHDOWN - RECOVERY SHIP WITH OFFICIAL NAVY CACHET, With a U.S.S. NEW hand cancel (4 bar) on a 6 cent Apollo 8 space stamp (#1371) and a black OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY RECOVERY FORCE rubber stamp cachet depicting thelunar module and the Apollo capsule and text reading "Apollo 11, AS 506, manned lunar landing, U.S. Navy Recovery Force, Atlantic." (Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing flight). Rubber stamp address.

AIRSPC04	4175W	$3.00	08/07/1971	F
APOLLO 15 SPLASHDOWN, with Apia, Western Samoa pictorial hand cancel showing Apollo spacecraft with parachutes for the Apollo 15 flight, on a 20 s. Apollo Astronaut/Splashdown W. Samoa stamp. Two-color Apollo 15 emblem printed cachet.

AIRSPC04	4176Q	$2.00	08/07/1971	F
APOLLO 15 SPLASHDOWN, From Grand Turk Tracking Station, with Turks and Caicos Island postage stamp and hand cancel. With Autograph and return address of tracking personnel. Nice rubber stamp cachet for splashdown.

AIRSPC04	4178	$3.00	08/07/1971
APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Kawishiwi (AO-146) hand cancel on 8 cent Flag stamp. With official Navy Recovery Force violet rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy".

AIRSPC04	4178A	$3.00	08/07/1971
APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Kawishiwi (AO-146) hand cancel on 6 cent Apollo 8/Moon stamp (#1371). With official Navy Recovery Force violet rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". Label Address. (note: not all of the Kawishiwi name is readable, just "ishiwi (AO-146)".

AIRSPC04	4178F	$3.00	08/07/1971
APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Austin (LPD-4) hand cancel on 10 cent First Man on Moon space stamp (#C76). With official Navy Recovery Force black rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". Airmail border envelope, Note: there is a small label stain were a peelable address label was.

AIRSPC04	4178G	$3.00	08/07/1971
APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Austin (LPD-4) hand cancel on 8 cent Flag stamp. With official Navy Recovery Force black rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy".

AIRSPC04	4377Z	$50.00		SET
COMPLETE SET OF SIX APOLLO MOONLANDING COVERS, All 6 covers, one for each flight of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17, have cancels of the actual moonlanding date (cancels can be from Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral or Kennedy Space Center FL, and either machine or hand cancelled) on a space stamp or a flag stamp. Each cover has a different two color printed cachet by SPACE CRAFT COVERS (by Swanson), one for each flight, that show a drawing of a moon landing scene with appropriate detailed text. Most covers have a small one line printed address, (which is customary on this cachetmakers covers. Note: No Apollo 13 cover is included in this set, as there was no moonlanding due to the explosion in space and the moonlanding was aborted. (This set of 6 covers specially priced at $50.00, retail price if purchased separately would be much higher).

AIRSPC04	4530	$3.00	01/26/1979	L
VANDENBERG AFB CA SHUTTLE GROUND BREAKING, with a Lompoc CA machine cancel, with two color Space Voyage printed cachet and printed text: "Vandenberg A.F.B. California Shuttle Ground Breaking, January 26, 1979. Shown at left is futuristic artist's version of Shuttle on Vandenberg AFB pad. Vandenberg AFB California is Postal Branch of Lompoc."

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