U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 2-3, 2020

Welcome to our June 2-3, 2020, to be held via CherrystoneLIVE. This sale contains 1,215 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and Europe, including Austria, with a fine showing of Rocket Mail and Austrian Levant, France and Colonies, German Area, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, specialized Vatican City and other areas. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with many high values and sets covering all reigns from Aden to Zanzibar. This sale concludes with a good selection of large lots and collections, which range from single country albums to a specialized collections and multi-carton worldwide stocks and cover lots.

This is a public auction, with live Internet bidding (via CherrystoneLIVE at cherrystoneauctions.com). Our usual catalogues have not been printed for this sale, due to completely unreliable postal service (we hope to resume printing catalogues for the future auctions)

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #6865
RUSSIA
1964 three signed maximum cards, each with corresponding stamp and photograph of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts, individually signed by Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. (Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first cosmonaut to fly in space twice, when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight)
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Previous Lot Auction Index Next Lot

Back to Top