Historical Documents

YURI GAGARIN Typed statement signed, 1p, Sept 21, 1963, oblong folio, an article sent to the newspaper "Izvestia", praising Soviet space a...

(Cosmonauts) Attractive photograph, signed by 7 Russian cosmonauts, b/w, 7"X9 1/2", outdoor pose. Includes: Valery Kubasov; Victor Gorbatk...

(Cosmonauts) Russian space cover. Signed by the 3 Russian cosmonauts who made up the crew of Voskhod 1 (Oct 12, 1964), the first three-man crew in spa

(Cosmonauts) Russian space postcard. Signed by 2 Russian cosmonauts who made up the crew of Voskhod 2: Pavel Belyayev (deceased); & Aleksei Leon...

(Cosmonauts) Collection of 5 SP's (various sizes) & 14 signed covers of Russian & international cosmonauts. Many of the pieces have mult...

(Cosmonauts) Miniature flag, 6"X4", flown in space when it was delivered to the Russian space station "Mir", by the American Spa...

SERGEY KOROLYOV (1906-66) Soviet aeronautical engineer; with F A Tsander formed (1931) Moscow Group for Study of Reactive Motion and directed launchin

HENRY M STANLEY (1841-1904) British explorer who found Livingstone at Ujiji. ALS, 3pp, Mar 28, 1898, 8vo, House of Commons embossed stationery, to Mrs

ERNEST H SHACKLETON (1874-1922) British Antarctic explorer. Bold signature, on Grosvenor Hotel letterhead, London. Well beneath signature is 1910 tran

JOHN BARROW (1764-1848) English statesman; promoted Arctic exploration. Cape Barrow, Point Barrow & Barrow Strait, Alaska are named after him. L...