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Auction archive: Lot number 1092

STAFFORD'S GEMINI 6 RECOVERY COVER.

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1092

STAFFORD'S GEMINI 6 RECOVERY COVER.

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Postal envelope with US Navy Recovery Force rubber stamp cachet. USS Wasp postmark dated December 16, 1965, the splashdown date of Gemini 6. The envelope is displayed between paragraphs of a Typed Letter Signed by THOMAS STAFFORD. THOMAS P. STAFFORD'S signed provenance letter reads in part: "The Gemini 6 envelope displayed below is from my personal collection. The envelope was postmarked on the splashdown date of Gemini 6 – December 16, 1965. Gemini 6 was my first space mission with Wally Schirra as commander. We made the first manned space flight rendezvous with Gemini 7 already in orbit. Our flight proved that orbital rendezvous was indeed possible which was a critical step to enable the Apollo Program to accomplish President John F. Kennedy's goal of making the first manned lunar landing before the end of the 1960s.... Wally and I signed this envelope after our Gemini 6 flight."

Auction archive: Lot number 1092
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Postal envelope with US Navy Recovery Force rubber stamp cachet. USS Wasp postmark dated December 16, 1965, the splashdown date of Gemini 6. The envelope is displayed between paragraphs of a Typed Letter Signed by THOMAS STAFFORD. THOMAS P. STAFFORD'S signed provenance letter reads in part: "The Gemini 6 envelope displayed below is from my personal collection. The envelope was postmarked on the splashdown date of Gemini 6 – December 16, 1965. Gemini 6 was my first space mission with Wally Schirra as commander. We made the first manned space flight rendezvous with Gemini 7 already in orbit. Our flight proved that orbital rendezvous was indeed possible which was a critical step to enable the Apollo Program to accomplish President John F. Kennedy's goal of making the first manned lunar landing before the end of the 1960s.... Wally and I signed this envelope after our Gemini 6 flight."

Auction archive: Lot number 1092
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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