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Gemini 5 Crew-Signed U.S.S. Lake Champlain Recovery Cover. A philatelic cover with a stamped "Manned Flight U.S. Navy Recovery Force" cachet bearing a 5¢ "Herbert Hoover" stamp hand-canceled aboard the actual recovery ship on August 29, 1965. Signed in ballpoints: "Gordon Cooper" and "Charles Conrad Jr". Unaddressed. Excellent. From the Family Collection of Jacques Bracke.

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September
27th Saturday 9:50 am CT
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September
27th Saturday
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(Lots 71001-71528) - 10:00 AM Central Time, Saturday, September 27, 2025.
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