Lot 58
  • 58

First Day of Issue Postal Cover - Signed

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • Issued on the day of John Glenn's Orbital Flight
  • paper, ink
Postal envelope, 4 by 6 ½ inches, with a First Day of Issue Cape Canaveral postmark dated February 20, 1962. The envelope has the 4 cent “U.S. Man in Space, Project Mercury” stamp which was first issued on this date.

Catalogue Note

SIGNED by SCOTT CARPENTER, GORDON COOPER, JOHN GLENN, WALLY SCHIRRA, D. K. SLAYTON, and ALAN SHEPARD.

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