U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 8-9, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #500 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE CHALIAPIN, Feodor (1873-1938), Russian Operatic bass singer, famous for his acting and his voice; he settled in France after the Russian Revolution. A signed ppc showing Chaliapin in full costume, dated 1918, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #501 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68), Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on original black & white photograph showing Gagarin and three other cosmonauts in uniform,v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #502 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68), Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on color ppc showing young Gagarin in uniform | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #503 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE GAGARIN, Yuri (1934-68), Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space. His capsule was launched on April 12, 1961 and orbited the earth once. Signature on envelope, headed Estado do Rio de Janeiro, inside there is an invitation for the cosmonaut to attend an Embassy reception, along with Nikita Krushchev, 30 July, 1961 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #504 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE HARDING, Warren (1865-1923), U.S. President, signed "Proof of Publication", dated 9th April, 1892, while Harding was a publisher of the "Marion Star" | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #505 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE KOSCIUSZKO, Tadeusz (1746-1817), Polish patriot who also fought as a volunteer in the American Revolution. He was given US citizenship and made brigadier general. Returning to Poland in 1784, he led a heroic but unsuccessful fight for Polish independence. A printed military appointment (210:350mm) in Polish, headed "Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Naczelnik Naywyzszy Sily Zbroyney Norodowey" (commander in chief), dated 1794 and signed "Kosciuszko", some restoration, fine and very rare | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #506 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE LINDBERGH, Charles (1902-74), 1926 first flight cover Chicago-St.Louis route, Springfield, home of Abraham Lincoln cachet, addressed to Harry S. New, postmaster general, signed "C.A. Lindbergh", pilot, also W.H. Conkling,postmaster of Springfield, v.f. and attractive Lindbergh cover  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #507 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE NAPOLEON I (1769-1821), general and emperor of the French. A military document, single page (200:320mm), headed "Du Premier Consul de La Republique Francaise", addressed to the Minister of War, with red "Secret Papier" hs, numbered and signed "Bonaparte", as the First Consul, around 1800, countersigned by Gautier, with additional comments, probably by Napoleon in margin, fine and scarce document signed "Bonaparte" | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
| Lot #508 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE ROOSEVELT, Franklin D (1882-1945), U.S. President, 1932 typewritten judicial proposal, rejected by Roosevelt as governor of New York, with gold seal of the state affixed alongside, countersigned by the secretary, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #509 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE RUSSIAN ROYALTY. ELIZABETH, Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741, younger daughter of Peter the Great & Catherine I, 1744 royal decree headed "We Elizabeth I", with full seal, countersigned by various officials, some toning, otherwise fine, very rare | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
| Lot #510 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE RUSSIAN ROYALTY. NICHOLAS I (1796-1855), Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 despot and autocrat, absolutely opposed to all liberal reforms or independent thought. A document datelined St.Petersburg 11 February 1832 awarding order of "St.Anna ThirdClass", fine-v.f. and rare | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #511 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE RUSSIAN ROYALTY. NICHOLAS II (1868-1918), the last Tsar of Russia whose ineptitude and misgovernment helped bring about the Bolshevik Revolution and the overthrow of his dynasty, three page document awarding a high decoration, dated 16thOctober, 1914, boldly signed "Nikolai", countersigned by other officials, with oval 8 Nov. datestamp, fine-v.f. and extremely rare | Price Realized $2,100.00 | |
| Lot #512 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE RUSSIAN ROYALTY. PAUL I (1754-1801), Tsar of Russia from 1796-1801. His despotism at home and erratic policies abroad caused widespread discontent. He was assassinated by the Guard officers anxious to secure the succession of his son Alexander I; document headed "We Paul I" awarding the "Order of St.Anna" July 31, 1797 and signed "Pavel" at bottom, fine and very rare | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #513 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. United States Space Program, collection, 43 mostly different signatures on 23 cards, FDCs or official NASA Space Flight crew photographs (five diff.), signed by John Young, Thomas Mattingly, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, Alan B.Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, Neil Armstrong, Gus Grissom etc., signature cards include Wally Schirra, Donn Eisle, Frank Borman, James Lowell, David Scott, William Anders, Russel Schweikart, John Glenn, plus others | Unsold | |
 | Lot #514 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. A special boooklet containing 13 color ppcs of various Soviet cosmonauts, signed on their photographs by Yuri Gagarin, A.G. Nikolayev, P.R. Popovich, V. Bykovsky, Valentina Tereshkova, V.M. Komarov (died in crash) and P.I. Belayev, others not signed, v.f. and scarce | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #515 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. A large color photograph of six early Soviet cosmonauts, signed by Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, etc., v.f., with Novosti Press Agency hs dated 1964, rare | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #516 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE SPACE. A large black & white photograph of 10 early Soviet cosmonauts, signed by seven of them incl. Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, etc., rare | Price Realized $700.00 |
