1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "VERSUCHSRAKETE V 16" - on 27.09.1933 flown tissue paper cover from the "Hochlantsch" to St. Jakob, 387 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 63; with imprinted 3 G on white paper & imprinted pair of blue triangular vignette, cancellations St. Jakob & Liebenau b. Graz and special postmarks V 16. vf. Ellington-Z. 19C1

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "HUBDRACHE D-1" - earliest known mail with jet propulsion; on 06.12.1933 flown cover from the "Schöckl" to the "Jägerwirt", 200 pieces flown, cancellations Graz, Hannover & Bremen, special postmark D1. vf

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "KATAPULTRAKETE K 1" - on 29.12.1933 flown cover from a boat in the reservoir "Pernegg" to Murtal, adressed to Graz; 379 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 44; with double overprint on rocket mail vignette, blue vignette, special postmarks K 1. vf. Ellington-Z. 23C1c

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "KATAPULTRAKETE K 1" - on 29.12.1933 flown cover from a boat in the reservoir "Pernegg" to Murtal, adressed to Graz; 379 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 199; with special postmark "Raketen Flugzuschlag bezahlt", blue vignette, special postmarks K 1. vf. Ellington-Z. 23C1a

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "KATAPULTRAKETE K 2" - on 29.12.1933 flown cover from a boat in the reservoir "Pernegg" to Murtal, adressed to Graz; 387 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 318; with 30 G vignette (violet) with inverted overprint "Katapultpost", blue vignette, special postmarks K 2. Small spot, otherwise vf. Ellington-Z. 24C1b

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "KATAPULTRAKETE K 2" - on 29.12.1933 flown cover from a boat in the reservoir "Pernegg" to Murtal, adressed to Graz; 387 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 65; with 30 G vignette (violet) WITHOUT overprint "Katapultpost", blue vignette, special postmarks K 2. vf. Ellington-Z. 24C1c

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "KATAPULTRAKETE K 2" - on 29.12.1933 flown cover from a boat in the reservoir "Pernegg" to Murtal, adressed to Graz; 387 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 101; WITHOUT 30 G vignette and with special postmark "Raketen Flugzuschlag bezahlt", blue vignette, special postmarks K 2. vf. Ellington-Z. 24C1a

1933, F. SCHMIEDL / "UNTERWASSER-KATAPULTRAKETE UK 1" - on 29.12.1933 cover from a failed underwater start trial t in the reservoir "Pernegg", adressed to Graz; 100 pieces transported, Schmiedl-no. 69; with blue vignette and handwritten note of Schmiedl. vf.

1935, F. SCHMIEDL / "NOTVERORDNUNGSRAKTET N 4" - on 10.04.1935 flown card (bright green) from the castle to the city of Pernegg, adressed to Graz; 1.136 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 511; with imprinted 12 G, special postmarks N 4 (dark green). vf. Ellington-Z. 28P1c

1935, F. SCHMIEDL / "NOTVERORDNUNGSRAKTET N 5" - on 10.04.1935 flown card (bright green) from the Fischbacher Alpen to Pernegg; 598 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 310; with imprinted 12 G, cancellation Pernegg & special postmarks N 5 (black-blue). vf. Ellington-Z. 29P1b

1935, F. SCHMIEDL / "NOTVERORDNUNGSRAKTET N 6" - first rocket with liquid fuel; on 21.12.1935 flown registered cover from the "Kanzel" to Gösting / Graz; 27 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 26; with cancellation Gösting, & special postmark N 6. vf, some spots on the back. Ellington-Z. 30C1

1935, F. SCHMIEDL / NOTVERORDNUNGSRAKETE N 7 - on 21.12.35 flown card from the Kanzel to Gösting, Graz, only 28 pieces flown, Schmiedl-no. 16; with cancellation Gösting 21.XII.35. Card creased, signed by Schmiedl. Ellington-Z. 30C1. 6

1935, G. ZUCKER / "BODENSEE - RHEINECK" - on 07.06.1935 flown cover from yacht "M.S. Silberhecht" to Rheineck (CH), 227 pieces flown; with cancellation Rheineck "7.VI.35", special postmark & vignette of rocket flight, signature of G. Zucker and cpatain Nager. superb. Ellington-Z. 1C1

1935, G. ZUCKER / "BODENSEE - NACHTFLUG" - cover for rocket start on 08.06.1935, rocket started from yacht "M.S. Silberhecht", 350 pieces prepared; with ship cancellation "An Bord M.S. Silberhecht", special postmark & orange vignette of rocket flight. superb. Ellington-Z. 2C1

1935, G. ZUCKER / "1. SCHWEIZER RAKETENFLUG SÄNTIS" - stationery card flown on 27.07.1935 from railway station "Wasserauen (Appenzell)" to "Alp Sigel", 250 pieces flown; with cancellation Lindau "26.7.35", special postmark & green vignette of Swiss rocket flight, signature of G. Zucker. vf. Ellington-Z. 3C2

1959, REGULUS - flown cover of first official missile mail with cruise missile "Regulus"; launched on 08.06.59 from submarine USS BARBERO (SSG-317) to vicinty of Mayport, Florida; adressed to "Mr. T. J. Borucki" in Berwyn, Illinois. Cover franked with 4¢ 48-Star Flag tied by USS Barbero duplex handstamp "JUN 8 1959 9:30 a.m.", backstamped Jacksonville FLA one hour later; the envelope is type I with eagle & seal watermark; incl. official letter from the Postmaster General. Certificate of Authenticity from Bolaffi. Ellington-Z. 25C1

1956, USA / MERCURY - official NASA-photograph (from 1974) of the 7 astronauts selected for the Mercury Program. With handwritten personal dedication ("To Michael") and signature of Alan SHEPARD - he was the first American and the second human in space (with Freedom 7 in 1961) and the oldest man on the moon (with Apollo 14 in 1971). Measurements ca. 20x25 cm; generally in fine condition, with slight folds on left side

USA / MEDALS from MERCURY-REDSTONE 4 & GIOTTO - 2 rare covers with medals from Cape Canaveral & Houston issued in 1986; both with a medal containing metall from each spacecraft; reversed no. 0797 & 1330

1961, USSR / GAGARIN - 30th Anniversary, outstanding collection of unique drawings and designs, regarding Yuri GAGARIN, the first human to fly into outer space with VOSTOK. To be highlighted are 7 blueprint drawings by the well-known Russian graphik designer/artist G. KOMLEV for stamps, each signed by the artist, different sizes, formats and compilations (ref. Michel 6185-6188, souvenir sheets 218+219; Zagorsky 6241-6244, souvenir sheets 221+222). Collection completed with more stamps, souvenir sheets and covers regarding space and Gagarin.

1961, RAS AL KHAIMA - miniature sheet showing the first four American astronauts on separate stamps (Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper); with original signature of Alan SHEPARD, the first Amerikan in space with MERCURY-Redstone 3 on the 5th of May, 1961. Publishes 20.11.1966, m.n.h., Superb