542 Astronomy/Astronomie
Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Price |
N55742 |
L |
GERMANY (1928) Hand* holding magnifying glass* over globe*. Letter with illustrated cachet for KOSMOS - 25 Years of Progress.
|
$10 |
N90582 |
FDC |
DENMARK (1946) Tycho Brahe*. FDC with cachet and philatelic cancel.
|
$5 |
N90594 |
FDC |
JAPAN (1952) Hisashi Kimura*. FDC with cachet.. Scott No 494.
|
$5 |
N90616 |
FDC |
POLAND (1953) Copernicus. Set of 2 in blocks of 4. Scott Nos 578-9.
|
$25 |
N88334 |
FDC |
HAITI (1958) Observatory*. FDC of imperforate corner block of 4. International Geophysical Year. Scott No 426, Yvert No 386.
|
$40 |
N90518 |
FDC |
FRANCE (1958) Le Verrier*. FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Le Verrier discovered the planet Neptune by theoretical calculations. He also held a position in the government as administrator of tobaccos. Scott No 870, Yvert No 1147.
|
$5 |
N88345 |
FDC |
JAPAN (1960) Okayama Observatory*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 707.
|
$5 |
N55714 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1962) Archenhold Observatory*. Nice circular cancel on envelope showing Zeiss telescope.
|
$5 |
N90682 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1963) Weil der Stadt. Kepler. Illustrated cancel and cachet on envelope. Birthplace of Kepler.
|
$5 |
N90683 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1964) Kepler. Planets. Constellations. Illustrated cancel and cachet on card.
|
$5 |
N90684 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1964) Galileo*. Illustrated cancel on cover. 500th year of birth.
|
$5 |
N90685 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1964) Planetary orbits*. Galileo. Illustrated cancel on cover. 500th year of birth.
|
$5 |
N90611 |
FDC |
POLAND (1969) Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 1659-61.
|
$5 |
N90597 |
FDC |
GREAT BRITAIN (1970) Herschel*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 616. Discovery of Uranus.
|
$5 |
N67259 |
FDC |
FRANCE (1970) Galaxy*. Haute-Provence Observatory*. Philatelic First Day document with special engraving thematically related to the stamp and printed description and explanation of the stamp on the reverse. Scott No 1281, Yvert No 1647.
|
$10 |
N90593 |
FDC |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1970) Maximilian Hell*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1669. A crater on the moon is named after him.
|
$5 |
N90614 |
FDC |
POLAND (1970) Views of Bologna, Ferrara, Padua.Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 1745-7.
|
$5 |
N90687 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on express letter. Horse mail along Copernicus trail label tied by similar cancel. Very interesting!
|
$10 |
N90688 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on registered letter. Horse mail along Copernicus trail label tied by similar cancel. Very interesting!
|
$10 |
N90678 |
OBL |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1971) Kepler. Illustrated cancel and cachet on envelope.
|
$5 |
N90691 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on letter. Balloon cancel tying label celebrating stamp day.
|
$6 |
N90692 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on card. Balloon cancel tying label celebrating stamp day.
|
$6 |
N87294 |
CAR |
ASCENSION (1971) Unexploded booklet of 24. Scott Nos 138-43.
|
$20 |
N90670 |
FDC |
GERMANY (1971) Elliptic orbit*. Unaddressed FDC with pasted-on cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1072, Yvert No 549.
|
$3 |
N90693 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on express letter. Balloon cancel tying label celebrating stamp day. Scott No 1661.
|
$6 |
N90690 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on express letter. Balloon cancel tying label celebrating stamp day. Scott No 1747.
|
$6 |
N90694 |
OBL |
POLAND (1971) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on express letter. Balloon cancel tying label celebrating stamp day. Scott No 1756.
|
$6 |
N88210 |
FDC |
ARGENTINA (1971) Cordoba Observatory*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1788.
|
$3 |
N90689 |
OBL |
POLAND (1973) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel on letter. Horse mail along Copernicus trail label tied by similar cancel.
|
$5 |
N90617 |
OBL |
ITALY (1973) Copernicus. Illustrated cancel on card.
|
$3 |
N90618 |
OBL |
NORFOLK ISLAND (1973) Copernicus. Several illustrated cancels in different sizes and colors on envelope.
|
$5 |
N55729 |
L |
ROMANIA (1973) Bucharest Observatory. Airmail to letter with return address of Academie de la Republique Socialiste de Roumanie Observatoir Astronomique.
|
$3 |
N90660 |
FDC |
VATICAN CITY (1973) Copernicus*. Torun*. Registered FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 537-40.
|
$5 |
N90637 |
FDC |
INDIA (1973) Copernicus. Hansen. Dutt. Paluskar. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 584-7.
|
$10 |
N90648 |
FDC |
LIBERIA (1973) Copernicus*. Set of 7 on 3 unaddressed FDCs. Scott Nos 653-8,C200.
(Image b)
|
$10 |
N90662 |
FDC |
URUGUAY (1973) Copernicus*. Registered FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 870.
|
$5 |
N90643 |
FDC |
GERMANY (1973) Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1104.
|
$4 |
N90622 |
FDC |
ALBANIA (1973) Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC. Scott Nos 1481-6.
|
$6 |
N90695 |
OBL |
POLAND (1973) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel andcachet on letter. Scott No 1956.
|
$5 |
N90696 |
OBL |
POLAND (1973) Copernicus*. Illustrated cancel andcachet on letter. Scott No 1957.
|
$5 |
N88193 |
FDC |
POLAND (1973) Astronomical observatories in space*. Coperncus*. Minisheet of 7 + label on unaddressed FDC. Scott Nos 1979-80.
|
$10 |
N90639 |
MAX |
HUNGARY (1973) Copernicus. Maximum card with thematic cancel. Scott No 2218.
|
$5 |
N90657 |
FDC |
ROMANIA (1973) Copernicus*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 2405.
|
$5 |
N90656 |
FDC |
RUSSIA (1973) Copernicus*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet. Scott No 4060.
|
$5 |
N90613 |
FDC |
POLAND (1973) Poznan in 1740. Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No B128. Includes both varieties of the S/S.
(Image b)
|
$10 |
N90645 |
FDC |
MALI (1973) Copernicus*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No C178, Yvert No PA177.
|
$5 |
N86726 |
ND |
MALI (1973) Copernicus*. Imperforate. Scott No C178.
|
$10 |
N58630 |
ND |
LIBERIA (1974) Copernicus*. Set of 6 imperforates. Scott Nos 653-8, Yvert Nos 623-8.
|
$25 |
N90632 |
FDC |
FRANCE (1974) Copernicus*. Solar system*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1416, Yvert No 1818.
|
$5 |
N90635 |
FDC |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA (1974) Copernicus. Space exploration. Express mail FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 7401-8.
|
$10 |
N90624 |
FDC |
CHILE (1974) Cerro el Tololo observatory. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No B6.
|
$5 |
N31295 |
ND |
CAMEROUN (1974) Copernicus*. Planets orbiting sun*. Imperforate margin copy. Scott No C220, Yvert No PA235. Lovely!
|
$10 |
N90625 |
FDC |
COLOMBIA (1974) Copernicus. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No C593.
|
$5 |
N55718 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1975) Bochum observatory*. Illustrated cancel on postcard.
|
$4 |
N55720 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1976) Telescope*. Transit*. Johan Palitzsch*. Postal card with cachet and special cancel. Palitzsch observed the return of Halley's comet as Halley had predicted.
|
$5 |
N90531 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1976) Astronomic instruments*. Illustrated cancel on envelope with image of Johann Georg Palitzsch: astronomer who recovered Halley's comet. Scott No 1662.
|
$5 |
N90682 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1977) Weil der Stadt. Kepler. Illustrated cancel and cachet on card. Birthplace of Kepler.
|
$5 |
N90588 |
FDC |
ASCENSION (1977) Visit of Professor Gill*. Unaddressed FDCs with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 225-8. Astronomer who measured distance to the sun and made many star photographs.
|
$5 |
N90589 |
FDC |
CHRISTMAS ISLAND (1978) Willem de Vlamingh*. John F.L.P. Maclear*. Sir John Murray*. Sir Harold Spencer-Jones*. *. Unaddressed FDCs with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 70-2,84. Famous visitors.
|
$5 |
N90584 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1979) Simon Marius*. Illustrated cancel on envelope. Astronomer who studied the moons of Jupiter.
|
$5 |
N90608 |
FDC |
VATICAN CITY (1979) Father Secchi*. Astronomical instruments*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet. Scott Nos 654-6.
|
$5 |
N90583 |
OBL |
GERMANY (1980) Andreas Goldmayer*. Illustrated cancel on envelope. Astronomer, mathematician and calendar maker.
|
$5 |
N90595 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1980) Observatory*. Telescope*. Illustrated cancel and cachet on cover. 50th anniversary of discovery of Pluto.
|
$5 |
N68724 |
EP |
U.S.A. (1980) Benjamin Banneker. USPS publicity photo essay. Scott No 1804, Yvert No 1273.
|
$10 |
N90570 |
FDC |
MONGOLIA (1980) Kepler*. Unaddressed FDC of S/S. Scott No C145.
|
$8 |
N57213 |
ND |
MALI (1980) Kepler*. Copernicus*. Set of 2 imperforate pairs. Scott Nos C388-9, Yvert Nos PA386-7.
|
$20 |
N57945 |
EL |
MALI (1980) Kepler*. Deluxe sheet. Scott No C388, Yvert No PA386.
|
$10 |
N57216 |
ND |
MALI (1980) Neptune* et orbite de Pluton*. Yvert No PA388. Scott No C390. 50ème anniversaire de la découverte de Pluton. Pair non dentelé.
|
$10 |
N90596 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1981) Herschel*. Illustrated cancel and cachet on envelope. Discovery of Uranus.
|
$5 |
N90598 |
OBL |
ITALY (1981) Herschel*. Illustrated cancel and cachet on envelope. National Astronomy Week.
|
$5 |
N88948 |
FDC |
VATICAN CITY (1981) Vatican Observatory*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 885-7.
|
$10 |
N55881 |
MAX |
GERMANY (1981) Octant*. Maximum card with special cancel. Scott No B586, Yvert No 925.
|
$10 |
N88425 |
FDC |
ROMANIA (1981) Planets*. Set of 4 unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos C233-9.
(Image b)
|
$10 |
N90532 |
OBL |
EAST GERMANY (1983) Astronomic instruments*. Palitzsch*. Illustrated cancel on envelope with image of astronomer who recovered Halley's comet.
|
$5 |
N88349 |
OBL |
JAPAN (1984) Mitaka observatory. Illustrated cancel on envelope.
|
$5 |
N88350 |
OBL |
JAPAN (1984) Kamogata observatory. Illustrated cancel on envelope.
|
$5 |
N88351 |
OBL |
JAPAN (1984) Akashi Scoence center and Planetarium. Illustrated cancel on envelope.
|
$5 |
N90537 |
FDC |
NORWAY (1984) Magnetic lines*. Hasteen*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Hansteen mapped Earth's magnetic field. Scott Nos 839-40.
|
$6 |
N88165 |
FDC |
DJIBOUTI (1984) Galileo's telescope*. Unlisted souvenir sheet of 2 on unaddressed FDC. Scott Nos C207-8, Yvert Nos PA213-4.
|
$10 |
N88166 |
FDC |
DJIBOUTI (1984) Galileo's telescope*. Unlisted imperforate souvenir sheet of 2 on unaddressed FDC. Scott Nos C207-8, Yvert Nos PA213-4.
|
$15 |
N43603 |
ND |
DJIBOUTI (1984) Galileo's telescope*. Set of 2 imperforates. Scott Nos C207-8, Yvert Nos PA213-4.
|
$10 |
N88337 |
FDC |
INDIA (1985) Comet*. International Astronomical Union. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1101.
|
$3 |
N88170 |
FDC |
GUINEA (1986) Halley's comet*. Imperforate minisheet of 6 on unaddressed FDC. Scott Nos 984-9.
|
$15 |
N90569 |
FDC |
MONACO (1987) Isaac Newton*. Theory of gravitation*. Unaddressed FDC. Yvert No 1607. Scott No 1601.
|
$5 |
N90551 |
FDC |
YUGOSLAVIA (1987) Rudjer Boskovic*. Solar eclipse*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 1834.
|
$5 |
N90552 |
MAX |
YUGOSLAVIA (1987) Rudjer Boskovic*. Solar eclipse*. Maximum card with thematic cancel. Scott No 1834.
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$5 |
N90573 |
FDC |
POLAND (1987) Sextant*. Jan Havelius*. Set of 2 registered FDCs with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 2827-8. Havelius found new constellations and pioneered lunar topography.
|
$8 |
N88167 |
FDC |
GHANA (1989) Halley's comet*. Set of 3 + S/S overprinted on pair of unaddressed FDCs. Scott Nos 1128-31.
|
$10 |
N88268 |
FDC |
COMORO ISLANDS (1990) Hubble space telescope*. Unaddressed FDC of S/S with cachet. Scott No 737.
|
$5 |
N88903 |
FDC |
JAPAN (1990) Woman gazing through telescope*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 2022.
|
$5 |
N88319 |
FDC |
GUYANA (1990) Halley's comet*. Macaw*. Early stamp*. Unaddressed FDC with perf S/S. Scott No E14.
|
$10 |
N88897 |
SPE |
JAPAN (1991) Telescope*. Constellations*. 41y lottery postal card overprinter MIHON.
|
$5 |
N88896 |
FDC |
GUYANA (1991) Caroline Herschel*. Town hall Hannover*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet. Scott No 2515.
|
$5 |
N88935 |
FDC |
SPANISH SAHARA (1992) 350th aniversary of death of Galileo. Set of 2 unaddressed FDCs. Unlisted in Scott.
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$10 |
N68563 |
SPE |
TUVALU (1992) Pacific sky constellations*. Set of 4 overprinted SPECIMEN. Scott Nos 586-9, Yvert Nos 579-62.
|
$40 |
N88230 |
FDC |
BOLIVIA (1993) Copernicus*. Satellites*. Special souvenir sheet on unaddressed FDC. Mentioned after Scott No 805.
|
$15 |
N88216 |
FDC |
BARBUDA (1993) Copernicus. Set of 2 + S/S on unaddressed FDCs. Scott Nos 1425-7.
|
$25 |
N88311 |
FDC |
GRENADA/GRENADINES (1993) Copernicus*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet Scott No 1543.
|
$8 |
N88940 |
FDC |
SIERRA LEONE (1993) Telescope*. Craters on moon*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 1676-7. Copernicus.
|
$8 |
N88369 |
FDC |
MALDIVES (1993) Copernicus*. Set of 2 unaddressed FDC with cachet. Scott Nos 1880-2.
|
$10 |
N88322 |
FDC |
GUYANA (1993) Copernicus*. Set of 2 unaddressed FDCs with imperfs. Scott Nos 2691-3.
|
$25 |
N88885 |
FDC |
POLAND (1993) Copernicus*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 3158.
|
$4 |
N88352 |
FDC |
KIRIBATI (1995) Constellations: Cancer, Gemini, Cassiopeia, Southern Cross*. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 656-9.
|
$10 |
N88278 |
FDC |
DENMARK (1995) Tycho Brahe. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott Nos 1035-6.
|
$6 |