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Mercury Seven Astronauts: Set of Individually-Signed Philatelic Covers. ... (Total: 7 Items)
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Mercury Seven Astronauts: Set of Individually-Signed Philatelic Covers. Quite an interesting group of seven airmail covers signed by America's first-chosen astronauts. Six of them are on matching 7¢ embossed stamped envelopes bearing January 28, 1960, cancellations at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; they are addressed to the same person, have a color facial portrait cut from LIFE Magazine, and are rubber-stamped twice: "Astronaut" and "Project Mercury". The seventh (Glenn) is on a 6¢ + 1¢ embossed cover with a Port Canaveral hand cancel dated May 5, 1961 (the day of Shepard's flight) with a smaller pasted-on portrait and addressed to a different individual. Each is signed by the pictured astronaut near his photo, as follows: "M. Scott Carpenter", "Leroy G. Cooper Jr", "John H. Glenn Jr", "Virgil I Grissom", "Walter M Schirra Jr", "Alan B Shepard Jr", and "Donald K. Slayton". Included is an RR Auction COA, signed by expert Scott Cornish. Very fine condition. From the Steven R. Belasco Collection of Space Memorabilia.Auction Info
2013 April 18 Space Exploration Signature Auction - Dallas #6095 (go to Auction Home page)
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April, 2013
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