1962, USA / MERCURY 8 - FDC / Start Cover of Mercury 8, showing launching Atlas-Mercury-rocket and portrait of John Glenn; with postmark CAPE CANVERAL "20 Feb 1962"; with signatures of S. CARPENTER, W. SCHIRRA, J. GLENN, D. SLAYTON, A. SHEPARD, G. COOPER, V. GRISSOM

1962, USSR - stamp to honour the first four cosmonauts, perforated type of the supposedly largest stamp in the world; with signatures of the 4 cosmonauts Y. GAGARIN, V. TITOV, A. NIKOLAYEV & P. POPVICH & cancellation; slight crease left side

1961/63 RUSSIA / VOSTOK 1 & 6 - Two autographs of the first humans in space with an accompanying official letter: Autographs of Jurij Alekseevic GAGARIN as the first man in space on his flight on the 12th of April, 1961 (Vostok 1) and of Valentina Vladimirovna TERESKOVA as the first female in space on her flight on the 16th of June, 1963 (Vostok 6).
The autographs date were issued in October, 1963 as Mlle Claudine Falk required them from the USSR - and the Press Office of the Ambassador of the USSR in France sent both autographs accompanied by an official letter in french. This contemporary official letter and the Certificate of Authenticity from Bolaffi both guarantee for the origin of the autographs

1961, USSR - THE FIRST SIX RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS; six covers of the first six russian cosmonauts, each with corresponding stamp and original signature of Yuri GAGARIN, German TITOV, Andrian NIKOLAEV, Pavel POPOVITCH, Valery BYKOVSKY and Valentina TERESHKOVA; Sieger series

1964, USSR / WOSCHOD - three commemorative covers of the flights crew, each showing one cosmonaut with his picture, his own official stamp and his autograph: W. KOMAROW, K. FEOKTISTOW & B. JEGOROW. The launch of WOSCHOD on the 12th of October, 1964 surprised the NASA; for the first time 3 cosmonauts surrounded the Earth in a caspule. When they landed on the 13th of October, 1964, the political leadership of the Soviet Union had changed (from N. Chruschtschow to L. Breschnew).

1965, USA / GEMINI VI-A - signed photograph of the rendezvous with Gemini VII on December 12, 1965 - the first rendezvous manouvre of manned spacecrafts with a miminum distance of 30 centimeters. With signatures of P. STAFFORD & W. SHIRRA. Semi-glossy in generally fine condition with slight scratches; certificate by Autograph Collectors Club

1969, USSR / SOYUZ 4 & SOYUZ 5 - stationery cover 4 K., with special postmark "Earth Cosmos - Cosmos-Earth" 14.1.69; signed by V. SCHATALOV, B. VOLYNOV, A. YELISEYEV & E. KHRUNOV

1969, USSR / SOYUZ 4 - with Soyuz 4 flown FIRST EDITION of "Tseli Zveszdoplavaniya" (Objectives of Space Exploration) by K. Tsiolkovski, Kaluga 1929. On cover page handwritten confirmation and signature of the commander of Soyuz 4: "On board of Soyuz 4, 15th of January, 1969, V. SHATALOV". This first edition of Ziolkowski was in the possesion of the commander Wladimir Schatalow until March 1996. Photo certificate from Hopferwieser.
Shatalov launched with Soyuz 4 on the 14th of January, 1969. On the 16th of January, 1969, Shatalov conducted a docking maneuvre with Soyuz 5. Two cosmonauts, A. Yeliseyev & E. Khrunov changed from Soyuz 5 over to Soyuz 4. Soyuz 4 landed with 3 cosmonauts on the 17th of January, 1969

1969, USA / APOLLO 11 - signed Apollo 11 "Type 2 Dow-Unicover" insurance cover, showing a printed cachet of the first step on the moons surface and besides the portraits of the 3 crew members; postmark of Kennedy Space Center of 16 July 1969 (launch Apollo 11); with signatures of Neil AMSTRONG, Michael COLLINS & Edwin E. ALDRIN. Certificate by Göde

1969, USA / APOLLO 11 - specimen cover with "Moon Landing" cancellation "20 JUL 1969", No. 131 of 150, conducted to verify the procedures under vacuum conditions by Matthew Radnofsky before the actual flight of Apollo 11. Signed by Bolaffi and Diena with correlating photo certificates

1969, USA / APOLLO 11 - official NASA-photograph of Micheal COLLINS. With signature of M. COLLINS - he conducted the fourth EVA ever (with Gemini 10 in 1966) and was the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 (1969). Measurements ca. 20x25 cm; generally in fine condition, with few partial punch holes on left side and minor folds in the right corners.

1969, CAMEROON - complete sheet "Mahatma Ghandi" with RED INVERTED OVERPRINT type I for APOLLO 11 "FIRST MAN LANDING ON MOON 20 July 1969" in English & French, only 10 such complete sheets are known to exist; m.n.h., superb

1969, USA / APOLLO 11 - signature of Neil ARMSTRONG, the first man on the moon, on Belgium 1969 - miniature sheet 40 m.n.h., superb

1969, USA, Moon Landing, 10 C "Incognito Astronaut", lithographed rose red colour completely omitted, mint n.h., v.f., Bolaffi certified (Scott C76a)

1989, USA, 20th Anniversary Moon Landing, $ 2.40 "Ghost Astronauts", engraved black colour omitted, mint n.h., v.f., sign. En. Diena, Bolaffi certified (Scott 2419a)

1969, USA / APOLLO 12 - flown MOON COVER, No. 48 of 87, this piece was flown around the moon - but only transported with Apollo 15 in 1971; handwritten note Flown to the moon; with postmark Houston 10.12.1969 (day of dismissal from quarantine), on the backside handwritten confirmation of transport on Apollo 15 and signature of R. Gordon ... flown to the moon on Apollo 15; with signature of all three astronauts of Apollo 12 mission: Charles CONRAD, Richard GORDON and Alan BEAN. Signed Bolaffi and Diena with photo certificate Bolaffi. 6

1971, FUJEIRA / APOLLO 14 - Test print of complete sheet showing "Apollo 14", with gold overprint; superb

1971, GDR - miniatur sheet "10 Years of Manned Space" Journey", rare and decorative supplement for a collection: imperforated "PHASENDRUCK" without text and numbers, suberb