GERHARD ZUCKER - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 131955
Price: $180.00
GERHARD ZUCKER
An unmailed envelope from Zucker promoting his rocket mail launches,
signed in blue ink near the stamp. Extremely rare!
Commemorative envelope signed: "G. Zucker", in blue ink,
6¼x4½. Blue stamp commemorating a rocket mail launch from Hasselfelde, with
unsigned paper clippings attached. Gerhard Zucker (1908-1985) was
a businessman by trade but a rocket engineer by passion, though he was
most famous for his rockets not working at all. Zucker began working on the
idea of rocket mail in the early 1930's, with the idea of rockets in general
being a popular topic of the time. Zucker traveled to Britain to try and gain
interest in his rocket designs, but failed his demonstration to British
officials and was deported back to Germany. After serving in the Luftwaffe
during World War II, Zucker moved to West Germany, continuing his rocket
experiments until a failed experiment resulted in the death of three people.
Rocket research was then banned in West Germany. He resumed his studies
again in the 1970's with little success, but chose to create fraudulent rocket
postal covers, which he presumably sold until his death in 1985. Light surface
creases. Corners slightly worn. Faint stains across front and verso. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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