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Flown on Apollo 15 LUNAR MODULE FLOWN "SIEGER" CREW-SIGNED COVER, CARRIED TO THE LUNAR SURFACE BY THE APOLLO 15 CREW FLOWN postal cover with color cachet featuring Apollo 15 mission insignia, 3 ½ by 6 ½ inches, with 10 cent "First Man on the Moon" stamp, and se-tenant pair of 8 cent "A Decade of Achievement | United States in Space..." stamps. Postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on launch date July 26, 1971, and aboard recovery ship USS Okinawa on splashdown date August 7, 1971. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the upper left corner: " Landed at Hadley, Moon | July 30 1971 | DAVE SCOTT | JIM IRWIN "; further SIGNED at lower left by DAVE SCOTT, AL WORDEN, and JIM IRWIN; verso bearing the printed statement: " This is to certify that this cover was onboard the Falcon at the Hadley-Apennine, Moon, July 30-August 2, 1971" and signed by Mrs. C. B. Carsey, Notary Public for Harris County, Texas, with her raised notary seal; " H. W. Sieger " stamped and signed on the lower left corner, serial number #014. ACCOMPANIED BY: Original sale material from the Sieger firm, including: Die Mondbrief Story, Baden-Württemberg: Hermann E. Sieger, n.d., Pamphlet, 54 pages — Angebot eines mit Apollo-15 Zum Mond Geflogen Briefes, 2 pages — Typed letter signed on the letterhead of Hermann E. Sieger, 2 November 1971, 1 page, addressed to Hermann Siegrist — Typed letter signed on the letterhead of Hermann Walter Sieger, 5 November 1971, 1 page, addressed to Hermann Siegrist — additional commemorative philatelic material.