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Mercury-Atlas 3, 1961, U.S.S. Lake Champlain Ship Cover

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
Mercury-Atlas 3, 1961, U.S.S. Lake Champlain Ship Cover
<Our item number 130648><B>Mercury-Atlas 3, 1961, U.S.S. Lake Champlain &#40;Prime&#41; Recovery Ship Cover.</B> Used with a May 5, 1961 Lake Champlain hand cancel and signed by NASA Administrators <B>Hugh L. Dryden</B> and <B>James E. Webb</B> with the autograph of astronaut <B>Alan B. Shepard</B>, below. The cover is also cancelled with a 10th Anniversary, Feb 5, 1971 cds and a 10c Moon Landing stamp at the bottom. There is a black handstamped &#34;USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Recovery Ship for the First U.S. Manned Space Flight 5 May 1961&#34; cachet in the center and a blue add-on cachet of the USS Champlain at the upper left. A red printed return address of John R. Ogle, New York, is on the reverse. An attractive, and unusual, cover. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;500 - 600. <BR><BR>Our item number 130648<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/45jpegs/130648.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>