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Off-white envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, signed in blue and black ink, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grisso

DS , signed “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 3.25, July 1, 1974. Cooper’s 1974 Colorado resident fishing license, filled out in another hand a

Rare Liberty Bell 7 launch cover with a cachet honoring the Project Mercury program, and canceled July 21, 1961, Patrick Air Force base, for Grissom...

Newsreel entitled “Return of a Hero” on a reel of black-and-white 35mm film, 7.25? in diameter, labeled on an exterior cardboard ring, “Universal Film

Vintage wooden model of a Mercury Redstone rocket, with detachable capsule, measuring 8.5? tall, complete with its square wooden base for an overall s

Cooper’s NASA pilot’s license, signed “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.25, stamp-dated August 7, 1959, with a small clipped photo of Cooper af

Extremely rare original operations manual titled “Project Mercury Spacecraft 16 Flight Operations Manual,” contract NAS 5-59, basic date August 1, 196

Original color chart, 36 x 10, titled in the lower left, “Mercury Orbit Chart MOC-6. 1st Edition—February 1963, Published by the USAF,” picturing all

Two terrific photo displays: one 10.25 x 13 color photo of Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Go

Souvenir handwritten autobiographical statement entitled “Testimony of a Fortunate Man,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In part: “T