Price List - Apollo/Saturn unmanned flight commemorative covers-various cachets /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

Apollo/Saturn:
(The Early Unmanned) Commemorative Flight Covers,
with Various Printed Cachets.

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Item ID#0210 below,
(SA-4) Saturn 1 launch.

General Notes

All items are covers unless otherwise noted.

All covers are the standard U.S. #6 size (approximately 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches), as collected in the USA, unless otherwise noted.

Foreign covers may be slightly smaller in size than the standard U.S. #6 size and if so, their size will NOT be noted. Any cover larger than a number 6 size will be noted or any item of an unordinary size will be so noted.

All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.

All covers are cacheted unless otherwise noted. A brief description of the cachet is given of the event being commemorated.

If covers are autographed they are genuine, unless otherwise noted.

Where stamp(s) used on the item are of significance, such as being a space stamp or a flag stamp or related to the event or location, it will be described. Otherwise the stamp(s) used on the item may be a definitive issue or an unrelated commemorative issue, and will not be described.

Items listed here may not be listed in any particular order.

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Price List

LIST ID

ITEM ID

PRICE

CANCEL DATE

CANCEL LOC

AP01	0180AQ	$25.00	11/16/1962	C
SATURN SA-3 ROCKET LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel on 4 cent Project Mercury space capsule stamp (#1193), with two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing the saturn launch, with text: "SA-3 Saturn Moon Rocket, Saturns will launch man to the moon and satellites to Venus & Mars. To further test: the booster propulsion, control system, verify structural & aerodynamic desigh of the rocket & prove the functioning of the launch complex. Launched 12:45 pm EST" Unaddressed.

AP01	0180BQ	$75.00	11/16/1962	C
SATURN SA-3 ROCKET LAUNCH, AUTOGRAPHED COVER, Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel on 4 cent Project Mercury space capsule stamp (#1193), with two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing the saturn launch, with text: "SA-3 Saturn Moon Rocket, Saturns will launch man to the moon and satellites to Venus & Mars. To further test: the booster propulsion, control system, verify structural & aerodynamic desigh of the rocket & prove the functioning of the launch complex. Launched 12:45 pm EST" Unaddressed. Autopen autographed by Wernher von Braun. (NOTE: an AUTOPEN autograph is one that is made by a machine using a template, rather than the individual signing in person, and this cover is accordingly priced lower than a genuine autograph.) IMAGE

AP01	0200MQ	$25.00	03/28/1963	C
(SA-4) SATURN LAUNCH, With Cape Canaveral Florida machine cancel, on 5 cent Flag stamp. with two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing the Saturn rocket on the launch pad, with printed text: "4th Test of U.S. Super Rocket, SA-4, One more step toward the sending of men to the Moon and back.... "

AP01	0210	$15.00	03/28/1963	C
(SA-4) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on definitive stamps. With a black and white unidentified printed label cachet showing the Apollo/Saturn on the launch pad, with text reading: "Saturn I". IMAGE

AP01	0215	$16.00	03/28/1963	C
(SA-4) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 8 cent airmail stamp. With a black and white early Swanson rubber stamp cachet (unidentified) showing a rocket being launched from Cape Canaveral, with text reading: "Rocket fired from Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral. An additional "Saturn" black word rubber stamp has also been added to the bottom of the cachet.

AP01	0255AQ	$25.00	01/29/1964	C
(SA-5) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent flag stamp. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing an Apollo capsule being separated from a Saturn booster rocket, with text reading: "Saturn SA-5, World's Most Powerful rocket, Second stage (S-IVB) payload of 38,000 lbs. orbited into space. Launched 11:25 A.M. EST". Small one line rubber stamp address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0310AQ	$20.00	05/28/1964	C
(SA-6) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent flag stamp. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing a Apollo capsule separating from the Saturn rocket and picture of an astronaut. With text reading: "Saturn SA-6, First unmanned 'Boilerplate' model of the Apollo spacecraft with escape tower to orbit Earth. Paving the way for manned lunar landing and other space probes. Launched 1:07 P.M. EDT". Small one line rubber stamp address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0310CQ	$20.00	05/28/1964	P
(SA-6) SATURN LAUNCH, Patrick Air Force Base FL machine cancel on 5 cent flag stamp. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachetshowing a Apollo capsule separating from the Saturn rocket and picture of an astronaut. With text reading: "Saturn SA-6, First unmanned 'Boilerplate' model of the Apollo spacecraft with escape tower to orbit Earth. Paving the way for manned lunar landing and other space probes. Launched 1:07 P.M. EDT". Small one line rubber stamp address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0350Q	$20.00	09/18/1964	C
(SA-7) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent World's Fair postal Stationery envelope. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing a Apollo capsule being separated from a Saturn booster rocket, with text reading: "Saturn SA-7, Apollo moonship model put into orbit. Big step nearer Lunar journey. Launched 12:22 P.M. EDT". Small one line rubber stamp address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0360	$17.50	09/18/1964	C
(SA-7) SATURN LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent definitive stamp. With a green SARZIN printed cachet showing an astronaut walking with his helmet off and an Apollo capsule overhead, with 5 lines of text reading:"Saturn 1 Apollo. World's mightiest space rocket, 19 stories tall and weighing 570 tons, blazed skyward today under a force of 1.5 million pounds of thrust, throwing an Apollo spacecraft into orbit 115 to 135 miles high. etc. etc.". Cover has a Sarzin rubber stamp address.

AP01	0450Q	$15.00	05/25/1965	C
(SA-8, SATURN) PEGASUS 2 LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent Flag stamp. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing the Pegasus Satellite with solar arrays extended, which was launched by a Saturn rocket, with text reading: "Pegasus-2, Meteoroid Technology Satellite. To orbit the Earth as a targer for high-speed meteoroids. Launched by Saturn 1, 2:35 A.M. EST". Small one line printed address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0500HQ	$15.00	07/30/1965	C
(SA-10, SATURN) PEGASUS 3 LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel on 5 cent Flag stamp. With a two color SPACE CRAFT COVERS printed cachet showing the Pegasus Satellite with solar arrays extended, which was launched by a Saturn rocket, with text reading: "Pegasus-3. Saturn 1 rocket concluded its flight program with a 10th straight success. A record unmatched by any other free world launch vehicle. Launched by Saturn 1, 9:00 A.M. EDT". Small one line printed address (which is normal on most early SPACE CRAFT COVERS cacheted covers.) IMAGE

AP01	0550	$15.00	11/09/1967	C
(AS-501), A SPECIAL APOLLO 4 LAUNCH COVER, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel that ties both a U.S. Flag stamp and a Paraguay 40 cent space stamp (#809) to the cover. The Paraguay stamp shows an early view of an orbiting Apollo capsule and lunar module concept on the Moon. With a black printed cachet (unidentified) showing the Apollo/Saturn 5 with its various stages identified, and titled: "Saturn 5 Launching", An additional "Apollo 4" blue word rubber stamp has also been added. (A scarce cover since very few covers were prepared with this added Paraguay stamp).

AP01	0555	$15.00	11/09/1967	C
(AS-501), A SPECIAL APOLLO 4 LAUNCH COVER, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel that ties both a U.S. Flag stamp and a Paraguay 40 cent space stamp (#840) to the cover. The Paraguay stamp shows Rocket Pioneer Wernher von Braun and the Saturn Rockets he developed which will take the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. With a printed cachet (unidentified) showing the Apollo/Saturn 5 with its various stages identified, and titled: "Saturn 5 Launching", An additional "Apollo 4" blue word rubber stamp has also been added. (A scarce cover since very few covers were prepared with this added Paraguay stamp).

AP01	0565	$12.00	11/09/1967	C
(AS-501), APOLLO 4 LAUNCH, Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on a 5 cent Flag stamp. With a black printed cachet (unidentified, looks like a SARZIN) showing the Saturn lifting off from the launch pad, with text titled: "World's mightiest rocket Saturn 5, on to the Moon, Saturn 5 successful, plus 6 additional lines of text abou this rocket. label address.

AP01	0600	$5.00	11/09/1967	K
(AS-501), APOLLO 4 LAUNCH, Kennedy Space Center FL space pictorial machine cancel. With a multicolor BECK printed cachet (identified with a "B" number at the bottom right of the cachet) showing an outline of an Apollo space capsule, with cachet text: "Apollo Manned Flight AS-204, 3 Man Flight, U.S. Navy Recovery Force/Atlantic. Typed address. NOTE: These cachets were originally prepared for the Atlantic recovery ships of the Apollo 1 flight [AS-204] however on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in the command module during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight killing astronauts Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee. The cacheted envelopes were held and serviced for the next Apollo launch on Nov. 09, 1967 at KSC.

AP01	0605A	$3.00	11/09/1967	K
(AS-501), APOLLO 4 LAUNCH, Kennedy Space Center FL space pictorial machine cancel. With a purple official U.S. Navy rubber stamp cachet showing an outline of an Apollo space capsule, with cachet text: "Apollo Manned Flight AS-204, 3 Man Flight, U.S. Navy Recovery Force/Atlantic. Typed address. NOTE: These cachets were originally prepared for the Atlantic recovery ships of the Apollo 1 flight [AS-204] however on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in the command module during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight killing astronauts Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee. The cacheted envelopes were held and serviced for the next Apollo launch on Nov. 09, 1967 at KSC.

AP01	0605B	$3.00	11/09/1967	K
(AS-501), APOLLO 4 LAUNCH, Kennedy Space Center FL space pictorial machine cancel. With a black official U.S. Navy rubber stamp cachet showing an outline of an Apollo space capsule, with cachet text: "Apollo Manned Flight AS-204, 3 Man Flight, U.S. Navy Recovery Force/Atlantic. rubber stamp address. NOTE: These cachets were originally prepared for the Atlantic recovery ships of the Apollo 1 flight [AS-204] however on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in the command module during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight killing astronauts Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee. The cacheted envelopes were held and serviced for the next Apollo launch on Nov. 09, 1967 at KSC.

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