September 2016 Issue 9 SPA09 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected]Issue 10 SPA10 February 2017 RARE APOLLO 15 SIEGER COVER £900 per month for 10 months SPECIAL OFFER £9000 SP(A15)04F £10000 Al Worden (Apollo 15), Dave Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15), and Jim Irwin (Apollo 15) signed rare and scandal-plagued limited edition Apollo 15 ‘Sieger Cover’ which was carried in the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module onto the lunar surface - with documents. This is one of the rare and scandal plagued Apollo 15 covers which were carried to the lunar surface aboard the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module, and signed by the entire crew - Al Worden, Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin. The Apollo 15 crew were involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ controversy after it emerged the crew had carried 398 covers (originally meant to be 400 but two were destroyed) onto the lunar surface provided by the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs permission. After the mission, 100 covers were given to Sieger and the remaining were to be divided equally amongst the crew. However the crew were disciplined for their actions and the covers were seized by the US government. It was not until 1983, after a successful law suit, that the covers were returned to them.
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September 2016Issue 9SPA09
Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected]
Issue 10 SPA10
February 2017
RARE APOLLO 15 SIEGER COVER
£900 per month for 10 monthsSPECIAL OFFER £9000SP(A15)04F £10000
Al Worden (Apollo 15), Dave Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15), and Jim Irwin (Apollo 15) signed rare and scandal-plagued limited edition Apollo 15 ‘Sieger Cover’ which was carried in the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module onto the lunar surface - with documents.
This is one of the rare and scandal plagued Apollo 15 covers which were carried to the lunar surface aboard the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module, and signed by the entire crew - Al Worden, Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin. The Apollo 15 crew were involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ controversy after it emerged the crew had carried 398 covers (originally meant to be 400 but two were destroyed) onto the lunar surface provided by the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs permission. After the
mission, 100 covers were given to Sieger and the remaining were to be divided equally amongst the crew. However the crew were disciplined for their actions and the covers were seized by the US government. It was not until 1983, after a successful law suit, that the covers were returned to them.
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crew
Commander Francis R. Scobee
Pilot Michael J. Smith
Mission Specialist Ronald McNair
Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka
Mission Specialist Judith Resnik
Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis
Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe
Dick Scobee signed 1976 F-111 Super Critical Wing test cover, he was the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger whose crew of 7 died in 1986.
On January 28th 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members. The disaster was caused by an o-ring seal on one of its
rocket boosters failing at liftoff. This allowed burning gas to escape and reach an external fuel tank, causing the separation of the rocket booster and structural failure of the fuel tank. It was later discovered that the
o-ring was not designed to fly in the cold conditions which were present
on the launch day. The disaster resulted in a 32-month halt of the shuttle
program and the subsequent Rogers Commission found NASA managers
had known about the fatal flaw in the o-ring, and disregarded warnings
about the dangers of launching in such low temperatures.
£50 per month over 7 months
SP(SH)009 £300Michael Smith signed 1981 Shuttle Orbiter Columbia cover, he was pilot of the space Shuttle Challenger whose crew of 7 died in 1986.
£30 per month over 10 months
SP(SH)020 £1500 Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik,
Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Ronald McNair signed
Space Shuttle Challenger cover with 28/01/86 launch
day Kennedy Space Center postmark, this is 5 of the 7
crew members.
£150 per month over 10 months
SP(SH)006 £350
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£500 per month over 4 months
£50 per month over 5 months
SP(SH)010 £250 Kalpana Chawla, Kevin Kregel, and Winston Scott signed 1997
STS-87 Columbia Research Mission cover, three of the crew members for the STS-87 mission Chawla was later killed in the Columbia disaster.
SP(SH)010A £250 Kalpana Chawla, Kevin Kregel, and Winston Scott signed 1997 STS-87 Columbia cover with launch day 19/11/97 Kennedy Space Center postmark, three of the crew members for the STS-87 mission Chawla was later killed in the Columbia disaster.
£25 per month over 10 months
SP(SH)021 £2000 Rick Husband, Kalpana Chawla, Willie McCool, David Brown, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon signed cover with launch day 16/01/03 Kennedy Space Centre postmark, this is all 7 crew members.
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crewCommander Rick D. Husband
Pilot William C. McCool
Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson
Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon
Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist David M. Brown
Mission Specialist Laurel Blair Salton Clark
On February 1st 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the missions launch a piece of foam insulation broke off an external
tank and impacted the left wing. When Columbia re-entered the atmosphere
the damage allowed atmospheric gases to breach wing structure, resulting in its destruction and that of the entire shuttle. The Shuttle program was suspended for over two years and construction of the International Space Station was frozen.
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Insurance CoversAs you can imagine, trying to find a life insurance policy when your job title was an Apollo astronaut proved to be an impossible task. Out of this difficultly the idea of insurance covers first emerged during the Apollo lunar landing missions, starting with Apollo 11. The crew signed philatelic covers which they left with their family to sell in the event they didn’t return to Earth, thus ensuring their families financial future.
We have three fantastic examples of the signed insurance covers; there is no doubt these would be the crown jewel in any space collection.
SP(A13)02A £4000 James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Ken Mattingly signed Apollo 13 Insurance cover with launch day 11/04/70 Kennedy Space Center postmark, with certification letter from James Lovell.
£400 per month over 10 months
SP(A15)02J £600Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin signed Apollo 15 Insurance Crew signed cover with a launch day Kennedy Space
Centre postmark, certified on reverse by Worden plus a letter of authenticity by him.
£200 per month over 3 months
SP(A16)01A £3500 John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly signed Apollo 16 Insurance cover with a launch day 16/04/72 Kennedy Space Center postmark - on reverse certified from John Young’s personal collection.
John Young served a record 42 years with NASA and is the only astronaut to have commanded four different classes of spacecraft - Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. Young was the first person to orbit the Moon alone during the Apollo 10 mission and became the ninth person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 16; he also commanded the first Space Shuttle mission.
Alan Shepard was one of the original ‘Mercury Severn’ astronauts, and became the second man and first American to go into space. He was pilot of the MR-3 mission which lasted for 15 minutes and achieved an altitude of 187 km, the flight came three weeks after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Shepard later commanded the Apollo 14 mission and became the fifth man to walk on the Moon. He spent 33 hours exploring the Moon and famously smuggled a six iron club onto the lunar surface where he hit two golf balls, one of the iconic images of the Apollo Program.
Missions: Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9
Missions: MR-3, Apollo 14
JOHN YOUNG
ALAN SHEPARD
SP(A16)02A £600John Young signed Space Shuttle illustrated
cover with Edwards, California postmark.
£200 per month over 3 months
SP(A16)02D John Young and Bob Crippen signed Young and Crippen visit the Boston Aero Club cover ................................. £600
SP(A16)02E John Young signed 7x5” card with illustration of Young in mission suit and Apollo 16 crest, signed in pencil .... £375
£100 per month over 6 months
£75 per month over 5 months
SP(A14)04A Alan Shepard signed 15th Anniversary of the First
USA Manned Space Flight ................................£400
SP(A14)04B Alan Shepard signed 6.5x3.5’ NASA piece with
short bio of Shepard .........................................£250
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SCOTT CARPENTERScott Carpenter (Mercury-Atlas 7) was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. He piloted Mercury-Atlas 7, the fourth Project Mercury flight. After orbiting the Earth three times during a four hour and a half hour flight, the crew returned to Earth safely, although a targeting error meant they landed 250 miles off course.
SP(M07)02A £150 SPECIAL OFFER £125Scott Carpenter signed space cover, our choice.
GORDON COOPERGordon Cooper (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5) was one of the seven original Project Mercury astronauts, the first manned space program of the United States. Cooper piloted Mercury-Atlas 9 which was the final Mercury spaceflight and also the last mission where a solo astronaut was launched into space. He later served as Command Pilot of the Gemini 5 mission which spent nearly 8 days in space, and in doing so broke the Soviet record for the duration of a space flight.SP(M09)01A £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95Gordon Cooper signed space cover, our choice.
JOHN GLENNJohn Glenn (Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95) was one of the original ‘Mercury Seven’ astronauts, Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. During the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission he circled the globe three times during a flight lasting just under 5 hours, and upon his return became a national hero. Glenn is the oldest person to have flown in space, aged 77, when he served as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 mission. This also made him the only astronaut to have flown in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
SP(M06)01A £175 SPECIAL OFFER £125John Glenn signed space cover, our choice.
RON EVANS
EUGENE CERNAN
Ron Evans (Apollo 17) was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 17 mission, to date the last manned mission to the Moon. Evans stayed in orbit during the mission and recorded details of the lunar surface and later completed a one hour EVA. He logged over 300 hours in space and holds the record for most time spent in lunar orbit, at 148 hours. He was heavily involved in the Space Shuttle Program and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1973.
SP(A17)02C £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95
Ron Evans signed Apollo 17 cover,
our choice.
Eugene Cernan (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17) was Pilot of Gemini 9A in 1966, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 10 in 1969, and Commander of Apollo 17 in 1972. Gemini 9A encountered several technical problems but the crew did perform a space rendezvous which developed the process for the Apollo 10 mission. During Apollo 17 Cernan and his crew covered over 22 miles in the Lunar Rover, collecting samples which shed light on the Moon’s history. During these sorties Cernan broke the lunar land speed record when he reached 11.2 mph. He is one of only three astronauts to travel to the Moon on two separate occasions and is currently the last man to have walked on the lunar surface.
SP(A17)01A £200 SPECIAL OFFER £170Gene Cernan signed Apollo 17 cover, our choice.
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JIM IRWIN
AL WORDEN
CHARLIE DUKE
Irwin was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15 and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 15’s objectives were more geologically centered than previous missions. This led to the discovery of the Genesis Rock, one of the oldest samples ever recovered, and dated at over 4 billion years old. Irwin was involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ scandal after the crew carried 398 covers onto the lunar surface for the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs approval. It took a law suit to force the US Government to return the covers back to the crew.
Al Worden (Apollo 15) served as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 15, and during his time in solo orbit in the Command Module he was 2,235 miles away from the nearest human being; a record which is still in the Guinness World Record Book as the ‘most isolated human being’. Worden was caught up in the ‘Sieger cover’ scandal after the Apollo 15 crew carried 398 covers onto the lunar surface for the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs approval. It took a law suit to force the US Government to return the covers back to the crew.
Charlie Duke (Apollo 16) was the tenth, and to date the youngest man to walk on the Moon. He served as the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16 and spent a total of 265 hours in space. Apollo 16 was the fifth manned lunar landing mission and the first to explore the Descartes Region, an area of lunar highlands and one of the most lunar terrains. Duke explored the surface in the Rover 2, logging over 20 hours of driving. The mission achieved its primary scientific goals which included the deployment of a cosmic ray detector and the establishment of a UV camera observatory.
SP(A15)03E £175 SPECIAL OFFER £150
Jim Irwin signed Apollo 15 cover, our choice.
JAMES MCDIVITT
EDGAR MITCHELL
McDivitt commanded Gemini 4, and in doing so became the first astronaut to be assigned as commander in his first mission. The mission witnessed the first spacewalk by an American which is cited as the turning point of the space race as NASA caught up with Russian capabilities. He later commanded Apollo 9 during which the crew performed the first manned flight of a Lunar Module, proving the LM capable of manned spaceflight. He was instrumental in redesigning the spacecraft to better suit the ultimate objective of a Lunar Landing, and served as Apollo Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.
Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14) piloted the lunar module during Apollo 14 and became the sixth man to walk on the moon. He spent 9 hours on the lunar surface and in that time covered the longest distance on foot compared to the previous Apollo missions. Mitchell collected 100 pounds of lunar samples and oversaw the use of the first Mobile Equipment Transporter. During his NASA career he logged over 216 hours in space and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1970.
SP(A09)05D £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95James McDivitt signed space cover, our choice.
SP(A14)07C £50 SPECIAL OFFER £45Ed Mitchell signed 2001 Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics cover.
SP(A15)02K £100 SPECIAL OFFER £85Al Worden signed Apollo 15 cover, our choice.
SP(A16)03H £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95
Charlie Duke signed 30th Anniversary of Apollo 16 full
colour cover.
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Space Tourism 16/01/01
BC001 Unsigned ........................................................................................................................................£125 ........... SPECIAL OFFER £95BC001A1 Signed Alan Bean .........................................................................................................................£175 ......... SPECIAL OFFER £150BC001TS Signed Alexei Leonov ..................................................................................................................£100 ........... SPECIAL OFFER £80BC001TS1 Signed Richard Gordon ..............................................................................................................£200 ......... SPECIAL OFFER £175BC001XA Signed Alexi Leonov, Dave Scott, and Rick Seafoss ...........................................................£350 .........SPECIAL OFFER £300BC001Y Signed Alexi Leonov and Colin Baker .....................................................................................£150 ......... SPECIAL OFFER £125BC001Z Signed Dave Scott and Don Lind ...............................................................................................£250 .........SPECIAL OFFER £225
Signed Edgar Mitchell and Dave Scott.
£50 per month over 8 months
BC001DS £450 SPECIAL OFFER £400
BC001YA £300 SPECIAL OFFER £275
Signed Dave Scott, Alexi Leonov, and Colin Baker.£55 per month over 5 months
BC023B £85 SPECIAL OFFER £75 Signed by Sir Bernard Lovell. BC023D £200
SPECIAL OFFER £175
PSB set of 3 covers signed Arthur C.
Clarke, Sir Martin Rees, and Professor
Alec Boksenberg.
BC023A Miniature sheet, unsigned .........................£45 SPECIAL OFFER £40BC023BA Cover with PSB Pane 4, unsigned .............£65 SPECIAL OFFER £50BC023I Signed Professor Alex Boksenberg ......£40 SPECIAL OFFER £35BC023J Signed Arthur C Clarke ....................... £125 SPECIAL OFFER £100BC023Y Signed Sir Bernard Lovell and Alec Boksenberg ....................................£100 SPECIAL OFFER £80
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THE SKY AT NIGHT 50th anniversary of Sputnik
13/02/07
BC303S2 £185 SPECIAL OFFER £160Signed Richard Gordon. BC303S1 £160
SPECIAL OFFER £145Signed Alexei Leonov.
BC303 Unsigned ...............................£60 SPECIAL OFFER £50BC303S Signed Ed Mitchell ........ £135 SPECIAL OFFER £120
Space Science 16/10/12
BC455S2 £300 SPECIAL OFFER £275
Signed Eugene Cernan.
BC455S5 £175 SPECIAL OFFER £150
Signed Bruce McCandless, Margaret Seddon, Robert Gibson, and Gregory Johnson.
£80 per month over 2 months
£29 per month over 5 months
BC455 Unsigned.........................................................................................................................................£20 ........ SPECIAL OFFER £17.50BC455S Signed Richard Gordon .................................................................................................................£85 ..............SPECIAL OFFER £75BC455S3 Signed Walt Cunningham .............................................................................................................£100 ........... SPECIAL OFFER £80BC455S7 Signed Ed Gibson, Jack Lousma, Al Worden, and Vance Brand ..............................................£175 ......... SPECIAL OFFER £150BC455S8 Signed Jerry Ross .........................................................................................................................£65 ............. SPECIAL OFFER £50
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CosmonautsViktor Gorbatko’s first flight was the Soyuz 7 mission in 1969 which witnessed them meet Soyuz 6 and 8 in orbit at the same time. Soyuz 24 in 1977 was the final mission to the Salyut 5 space station and Gorbatko had to vent the stations air after toxic fumes had caused the evacuation of the prior Soyuz 21 mission. His final flight in 1980 was with Soyuz 37 as part of a long duration mission which lasted 79 days.
VICTOR GORBATKO
SP(R)001 £100 Viktor Gorbatko signed Benham 30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 FDC.
SP(R)001A £75 Viktor Gorbatko
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YURY ROMANENKOYury Romanenko (Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2/3) spent 430 days in space during including 326 days on the Mir Space Station in 1987 which at the time was a record for the longest stay in space.
SP(R)038 £40 Yuri Romanenko signed Russian space cover.
GHERMAN TITOV
YURI GAGARIN
Gherman Titov became the second human to orbit the Earth and the fourth man in space when he piloted Vostok 2 in 1961. The mission lasted over a day and orbited the Earth 17 times, during which Titov took the first manual photographs from orbit and captured Earth on film. At just 25 years of age, Titov remains the youngest man to travel into space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to venture into space, when in April 1961 he piloted the Vostok 1. The flight made one orbit around Earth and lasted for 108 minutes. Rather than splashdown into the ocean like the American space program would later do, Gagarin actually ejected out of the spacecraft at 23,000 feet and parachuted to safety. The successful mission was a major propaganda coup for the USSR during the Cold War and Space Race and resulted in a renewed effort by the USA to surpass the Soviets achievements. Tragically Gagarin was killed in 1968 during a training exercise in a MiG-15 jet.
SP(R)012 £100 Gherman Titov signed Benham
30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 FDC.
SP(R)016 £650 Yuri Gagarin signed postcard which features himself, our choice.
SP(R)020 £650 Yuri Gagarin signed 6 x 4” photo.
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