Apollo 15 Lunar Module Flown Crew-Signed "Sieger" Cover #81, with Crew-Signed and Notarized Certification. ...

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One of 300 flown in the Lunar Module Falcon

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Flown Crew-Signed "Sieger" Cover #81, with Crew-Signed and Notarized Certification. A lightweight philatelic cover with a color cachet based on the Apollo 15 mission insignia. At upper left is printed the following: "This envelope was/ carried to the moon/ aboard the Apollo 15/ #81 of 400 (corrected by hand) to the/ lunar surface in/ L. M. 'Falcon'". At lower left are the signatures of the crew: " Dave Scott", " Al Worden", and " Jim Irwin". It bears two 1¢ "Thomas Jefferson" stamps and a 6¢ "Apollo 8" stamp at upper right canceled on the launch date of July 26, 1971, at Kennedy Space Center. At lower right is a se-tenant pair of 8¢ "Decade of Achievement/ United States in Space" stamps canceled on board the U.S.S. Okinawa on the splashdown date of August 7, 1971. At upper right on the verso is a small serial number " 020 ADH" written in blue ink by NASA's general counsel S. Neil Hosenball at the time of confiscation. Accompanying is an original notarized typed Certification letter, one page, 8.5" x 11", July 19, 1983. It was created for this particular "Cover No. 81" and has been signed by all three crewmembers: " Alfred M. Worden", " David R. Scott", and " James B. Irwin". It explains the chain of provenance from start to finish. The complete text is available on our website. This #81 cover is not mentioned in the inventory of sold or identified examples on Chris Spain's Space Flown Artifacts website. Excellent. From the Family Collection of Jacques Bracke.

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CERTIFICATION
Re: UNITED STATES LUNAR MISSION - APOLLO 15
July 26 - August 7, 1971

The undersigned, COLONEL ALFRED M. WORDEN, COLONEL DAVID R. SCOTT and COLONEL JAMES B. IRWIN, certify that:

1. They were the crew members of the United States Lunar Mission - Apollo 15 during the period from July 26 to August 7, 1971;

2. Postal covers were carried aboard the Apollo 15 Mission, which postal clovers were stamped and postmarked at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on the date of the launch, July 26, 1971, and carried aboard the Apollo 15 Spacecraft during the entire term of the Mission, to include orbit of landing on [initialed in margin AMW, DS, JBI] the moon, and were returned to the Earth at the termination of the Mission on August 7, 1971. At that time, the covers were again stamped and postmarked aboard the U.S.S. Okinawa, Pacific Ocean, and signed by each of the Astronauts, COLONEL ALFRED M. WORDEN, COLONEL DAVID R. SCOTT and COLONEL JAMES B. IRWIN;

3. The postal covers were in the possession of one or more of the undersigned until 1972, at which time they were deposited with the United States Government; and

4. The undersigned have this date inspected Postal Cover No. 68, bearing NASA Serial No. 033, and aver, affirm and certify that said Postal Cover is a cover which was carried aboard the United States Lunar Mission - Apollo 15.

The undersigned have this date executed this Certification for the purpose of identifying said Postal Cover and certifying that said Postal Cover was carried aboard the United States Lunar Mission - Apollo 15.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of July, 1983.
[signed] Lois M. McIntosh
Notary Public
My Commission Expires August 3, 1986
[Blindstamped SEAL present]

[signed] Alfred M Worden
Alfred M. Worden

[signed] David R. Scott
David R. Scott

[signed] James B. Irwin
James B. Irwin