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Sale 58
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Lot 365 |
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United States, 1935, "Explorer II" Balloon Flight Event Covers. Lot of two different including a cover with a Rapid City, S. Dak(ota) July 11, 1935 machine cancel and a blue printed "U.S. Army & National Geographic Stratosphere Flight" cachet. The other cover has a November 11, 1935 cancel (one day after the flight) and a faint White Lake, S. Dak(ota) hand cancel. This cover was flown on the balloon chase plane (typed cachet) and is signed by the pilot. The cachet reads: "Carried in Army Transport airplane #31-400 following Stratosphere Balloon from Stratobowl in the Black Hills. Ascended at daybreak. Landed at 4:30 PM. C. S. T." An important pair of covers.
Estimated Value $350 - 500.
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$360 |
Lot 366 |
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United States, 1975, NASA "Cosmic Ray Lab. "Balloon Flight Cover (No. 9/44) This cover has a Sep. 27 USPS, Texas machine cancel and a printed green cachet and a red, handstamped cachet that reads, in part: "NASA Johnson Space Center. …The detection of cosmic positrons and antiprotons, using superconducting magnets and radiation detectors." Also, a blue Sept. 26, 1975 cachet that reads: "Space Shuttle Covers on balloon, landed near Corrigan, TX" and the signature of Dr. Robert Golden and the notation NASA CR 2. The back of the cover has a black handstamped "Cover No. 9 of 44, Robert S. Baudwin." A copy of a NASA 1976 letter from Robert L. Golden to Robert Boudwin discussing the flight is included. Scarce.
Estimated Value $150 - 250.
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