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Project Mercury: Group of Four Rare Launch Covers, Spanning Three Separate Flights. As follows.
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7): Philatelic cover with beautiful multi-color Swanson cachet, canceled at Patrick AFB on May 5, 1961. Number 148 of only 300 printed. Informational insert card detailing the sequence of events for the flight included.
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7): Philatelic cover with pictorial "First Historical Space Conquest" cachet, canceled at Patrick AFB on May, 5 1961.
Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7 ): Philatelic cover with multi-color Spacecraft cachet, canceled at Patrick AFB on July 21, 1961.
Mercury-Atlas 4 (Crewman Simulator Flight): Philatelic cover with large SpaceCraft cachet, and signed by SpaceCraft Covers artist Carl A. Swanson. Cancelled at Patrick AFB on September 13, 1961. All very fine.


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Auction Dates
November, 2020
21st-22nd Saturday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 6
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Sold on Nov 22, 2020 for: $162.50
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