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Apollo Postal Cover collection
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1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description
- contains 10 envelopes with 15 total astronaut signatures, including Wally Schirra, James Lovell, Rusty Schweickart, Tom Stafford, Frank Borman, Gordon Cooper, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Fred Haise, Ron Evans, and Jack Schmitt
- paper, ink
All envelopes are 3 ½ by 6 ½ inches and consists of:
A) Orbit Covers cachet for the Apollo 7 launch, Cape Canaveral, FL, October 11, 1968 postmark. SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA.
B) Apollo 8 crew emblem in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 21, 1968 postmark, the launch of Apollo 8. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL.
C) Red rubber stamp cachet featuring the Apollo 8 spacecraft swinging around the moon with a Cape Canaveral, FL, December 21, 1968 postmark. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL.
D) An official NASA blue rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 9 launch with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, March 3, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by RUSTY SCHWEICKART.
E) Heritage launch cover for Apollo 10 with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, May 18, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD.
F) First Day of Issue cover for the 10 cent “First Man on Moon” stamp, with a dual Washington, DC, September 9, 1969 and Moon Landing, USA, July 20, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by FRANK BORMAN, GORDON COOPER, and TOM STAFFORD.
G) Apollo 12 Moon Landing cachet with a Cape Canaveral, FL, November 19, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by Apollo 12 Moon landing astronauts CHARLES CONRAD and ALAN BEAN.
H) Apollo 13 crew emblem in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, April 11, 1970 postmark, the launch of Apollo 13. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL and FRED HAISE.
I) Cachet featuring all manned Apollo flight crew emblems in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 7, 1972 postmark, the launch of Apollo 17. SIGNED by Apollo 17 astronauts RON EVANS and JACK SCHMITT.
J) Apollo 17 U.S. Navy Pacific Recovery Force red rubber stamp cachet with a USS Ticonderoga, December, 19, 1972 postmark, the splashdown date for Apollo 17. SIGNED by JACK SCHMITT.
Related lots: 58, 72, 108, 109
A) Orbit Covers cachet for the Apollo 7 launch, Cape Canaveral, FL, October 11, 1968 postmark. SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA.
B) Apollo 8 crew emblem in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 21, 1968 postmark, the launch of Apollo 8. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL.
C) Red rubber stamp cachet featuring the Apollo 8 spacecraft swinging around the moon with a Cape Canaveral, FL, December 21, 1968 postmark. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL.
D) An official NASA blue rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 9 launch with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, March 3, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by RUSTY SCHWEICKART.
E) Heritage launch cover for Apollo 10 with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, May 18, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD.
F) First Day of Issue cover for the 10 cent “First Man on Moon” stamp, with a dual Washington, DC, September 9, 1969 and Moon Landing, USA, July 20, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by FRANK BORMAN, GORDON COOPER, and TOM STAFFORD.
G) Apollo 12 Moon Landing cachet with a Cape Canaveral, FL, November 19, 1969 postmark. SIGNED by Apollo 12 Moon landing astronauts CHARLES CONRAD and ALAN BEAN.
H) Apollo 13 crew emblem in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, April 11, 1970 postmark, the launch of Apollo 13. SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL and FRED HAISE.
I) Cachet featuring all manned Apollo flight crew emblems in color with a Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 7, 1972 postmark, the launch of Apollo 17. SIGNED by Apollo 17 astronauts RON EVANS and JACK SCHMITT.
J) Apollo 17 U.S. Navy Pacific Recovery Force red rubber stamp cachet with a USS Ticonderoga, December, 19, 1972 postmark, the splashdown date for Apollo 17. SIGNED by JACK SCHMITT.
Related lots: 58, 72, 108, 109