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Soviet/Russian Program 227X 228X 229 230 232 231 233 234 Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Estimate Estimate – SOYUZ TM-6/TM-7 – 228 / – SOYUZ TM-18/MIR – 1988 SIGNED INTERCOSMOS PERIOD COVERS (x5) ........................................................................ PH $250-350 232 / Five covers for Soyuz TM-6 & TM-7 from Aug 1988 & Dec 1988, with a total of 13 signatures including V. Titov, Polyakov, Manarov, Mohmand, Berezovoy among others. Attractive and colorful cachets with some scarce cosmonauts. Very fine. – SOYUZ TM-10 – 229 / Flown letter sheet folded into shape of cover boldly signed by two members of crew: Polyakov & Usachev. Excellent condition. – SOYUZ TM-18/MIR/SOYUZ TM-17 – 233 / Cover flown into space aboard Soyuz TM-10 in 1990 and signed by cosmonauts Manakov and Strekalov, ascending crew. Very fine condition. 230 Cover flown into space aboard Soyuz TM-13/Mir/Soyuz TM-12 in 1991 with Russian/Austrian crew. Very fine condition. – SOYUZ TM-17/MIR/SOYUZ TM-16 – 231 / – SOYUZ TM-19 – 234 1991 FLOWN COVER ........................................... PH $200-300 1993 FLOWN CREW SIGNED COVER ................ PH $200-300 1994 FLOWN & SIGNED COVER ........................ PH $200-300 Cover flown into space aboard Soyuz TM-18/Mir/Soyuz TM-17 in 1994 and signed by cosmonauts Afanasyev, Polyakov and Haignere. Very fine condition. 1990 SOYUZ TM-10 FLOWN & CREW SIGNED COVER .................................................................. PH $200-300 – SOYUZ TM-13/MIR/SOYUZ TM-12 – 1994 FLOWN CREW MEMBER SIGNED FOLDED LETTER SHEET ................................... PH $200-300 1993 ALEXANDER POLESCHUK’S FLOWN ‘INDICATOR OF WEIGHTLESSNESS’ .... ............ PH $350-500 Toy Monkey (2½”) flown into space aboard Soyuz TM-19 in Jan 1993 and used by Poleschuk as an indicator that weightlessness had been achieved. The monkey stayed in space until June 1993. Complete with signed handwritten letter from Poleschuk (with partial translation) and a photo of him signing the monkey on the base. Great condition. Soyuz TM-17/MIR/Soyuz TM-16 Cover signed by Haignere, Serebrov, Tsibliev, the full ascending TM-17 crew and Manakov & Poleshchuk, along with Haignere, the full TM-16 descending crew. Corner wrinkle but otherwise very fine. Saint Louis, Missouri Space 3.pmd Aviation & Space Memorabilia 49 Page 49 11/27/2013, 3:10 PM