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Vehicle permit, signed “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page both sides, 5 x 3, July 16, 1961. Cape Canaveral Missile Test Area temporary vehicle permit, fill

TLS signed “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA Space Task Group letterhead, August 29, 1961. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank you for y

Sixteen different commemorative covers, all with cachets honoring the Mercury astronauts or other events relating to the program, including one honori

Unsigned book: Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 120 pages. Rare NAS

Unsigned book: Project Mercury: A Chronology by James M. Grimwood. Washington, DC: NASA, 1963. Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.5, 238 pages. Rare NASA publication

Unsigned book: Results of the First United States Manned Suborbital Space Flight. Washington, DC: NASA, 1961. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 76 pages. Rare N

Unsigned book: Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 107 pages. Rare NA

Unsigned book: This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. Washington, DC: NASA, 1966. Hardcover, 7 x 10, 681 pages. NASA publication SP-4201 featur

Collection of six Sarzin folders from the Mercury missions, all 9.5 x 6.5, each bearing photos and information about the respective mission, a launch

Three blocks of stamps: one block of 15 4-cent stamps, 5.75 x 5.25, honoring Project Mercury; one block of 10 4-cent stamps, 3.25 x 5.25, honoring Pro