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Al Worden (Apollo 15), Dave Scott (Gemini 8, , 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 mission, 100 covers were given to Sieger and the remaining were to be were carried to the lunar surface aboard the ‘Falcon’ Lunar Module, divided equally amongst the crew. However the crew were disciplined and signed by the entire crew - Al Worden, Dave Scott, and Jim Irwin. for their actions and the covers were seized by the US The Apollo 15 crew were involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ controversy government. It was not until 1983, after a successful after it emerged the crew had carried 398 covers (originally meant to law suit, that the covers were returned to them. be 400 but two were destroyed) onto the lunar surface provided by the German dealer Hermann Sieger, without permission. After the

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n January 28th 1986 the broke apart o-ring was not designed to fly in the cold conditions which were present 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of all seven crew on the launch day. The disaster resulted in a 32-month halt of the shuttle members. The disaster was caused by an o-ring seal on one of its O program and the subsequent Rogers Commission found NASA managers rocket boosters failing at liftoff. This allowed burning gas to escape and reach an external fuel tank, causing the separation of the rocket booster had known about the fatal flaw in the o-ring, and disregarded warnings and structural failure of the fuel tank. It was later discovered that the about the dangers of launching in such low temperatures.

SP(SH)020 £1500 , Judy Resnik, Mike Smith, , and Ronald McNair signed Space Shuttle Challenger cover with 28/01/86 launch day postmark, this is 5 of the 7 crew members. £150 per month over 10 months

crew Commander Francis R. Scobee Pilot Michael J. Smith Ronald McNair Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka Mission Specialist Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe SP(SH)006 £350 £50 per month over 7 months 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.

SP(SH)009 £300 Michael 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 01303 278137 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA10 space shuttle columbia: sts-107

n February 1st 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it the damage allowed atmospheric gases to breach wing structure, resulting re-entered ’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During in its destruction and that of the entire shuttle. The Shuttle program was Othe missions launch a piece of foam insulation broke off an external suspended for over two years and construction of the International Space tank and impacted the left wing. When Columbia re-entered the atmosphere Station was frozen. crew Mission Specialist Commander Rick D. Husband Mission Specialist David M. Brown Pilot William C. McCool Mission Specialist Laurel Blair Salton Clark Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson Payload Specialist

SP(SH)021 £2000 , Kalpana Chawla, Willie McCool, David Brown, Michael Anderson, , 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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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. £50 per month over 5 months

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 WE HAVE THE BEST STOCK OF SPACE SIGNED COVERS IN THE UK FOR A FULL LIST PLEASE CONTACT US ON: 01303 278137 IF WE DON’T HAVE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FIND IT! www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 Insurance Covers As you can imagine, trying to find a life insurance policy when your job title was an Apollo 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 . 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, , and signed Insurance cover with launch day 11/04/70 Kennedy Space Center postmark, with certification letter from James Lovell. £400 per month over 10 months

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SP(A15)02J £600 Dave 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 , Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly signed Insurance cover with a launch day 16/04/72 Kennedy Space Center postmark - on reverse certified from John Young’s personal collection. £700 per month over 5 months

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John Young served a record 42 years with NASA and is the only astronaut to have commanded four different classes of - Gemini, Apollo Command Module, , and the Space Shuttle. Young was the first person to orbit the 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.

£200 per month over 3 months SP(A16)02A £600 John Young signed Space Shuttle illustrated cover with Edwards, postmark.

SP(A16)02D John Young and Bob Crippen signed Young and Crippen visit the Boston Aero Club cover...... £600 £100 per month over 6 months Don’t forget to ask about SP(A16)02E John Young signed 7x5” card with illustration of Young in mission suit and Apollo 16 crest, signed in pencil..... £375 Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 £75 per month over 5 months for full details. Missions: MR-3,

Alan Shepard was one of the original ‘Mercury Severn’ , 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 after 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 .

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 SP(A14)04C Alan Shepard signed 1971 USA Space Accomplishments FDC...... £425 SP509 Alan Shepard signed USA 1991 Desert Storm FDC...... £350

www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 Scott Carpenter (Mercury-Atlas 7) was one of the original astronauts, Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. He piloted Mercury-Atlas 7, the fourth 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 £125 Scott Carpenter signed space cover, our choice.

GORDON COOPER (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5) was one of the seven original Project Mercury astronauts, the first manned space program of the . Cooper piloted Mercury-Atlas 9 which was the final Mercury 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 £95 Gordon Cooper signed space cover, our choice.

JOHN GLENN RON EVANS (Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95) was one Ron Evans () was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo of the original ‘Mercury Seven’ astronauts, 17 mission, to date the last manned mission to the Moon. Evans stayed Glenn was the first American to orbit the in orbit during the mission and recorded details of the lunar surface Earth. During the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission and later completed a one hour EVA. He logged over 300 hours in he circled the globe three times during a space and holds the record for most time spent in lunar orbit, at 148 flight lasting just under 5 hours, and upon his hours. He was heavily involved in the and was return became a national hero. Glenn is the awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1973. oldest person to have flown in space, aged 77, when he served as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95 mission. SP(A17)02C £125 This also made him the only astronaut to have SPECIAL OFFER £95 flown in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle Ron Evans signed Apollo programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. 17 cover, our choice.

EUGENE CERNAN 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 which developed the process for the Apollo 10 mission. During Apollo 17 Cernan and his crew covered SP(M06)01A £175 SPECIAL OFFER £125 over 22 miles in the Lunar Rover, collecting samples which shed light on the Moon’s history. During John Glenn signed space cover, our choice. these sorties Cernan broke the lunar land speed record we have a large when he reached 11.2 mph. He is one of only three selection of space astronauts to travel to the items available Moon on two separate occasions and is currently please contact us the last man to have walked for a full list on the lunar surface. SP(A17)01A £200 SPECIAL OFFER £170 01303 278137 signed Apollo 17 cover, our choice.

Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 6 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA10 JIM IRWIN JAMES MCDIVITT Irwin was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15 and the eighth man McDivitt commanded Gemini 4, and in to walk on the Moon. Apollo 15’s objectives were more geologically doing so became the first astronaut to be centered than previous missions. This led to the discovery of the assigned as commander in his first mission. Genesis Rock, one of the oldest samples ever recovered, and dated at The mission witnessed the first spacewalk over 4 billion years old. Irwin was involved in the ‘Sieger cover’ scandal by an American which is cited as the after the crew carried 398 covers onto the lunar surface for the German turning point of the as NASA dealer Hermann Sieger, without NASAs approval. It took a law suit to caught up with Russian capabilities. He later force the US Government to return the covers back to the crew. commanded Apollo 9 during which the crew performed the first manned flight of SP(A15)03E £175 a Lunar Module, proving the LM capable of SPECIAL OFFER £150 manned spaceflight. He was instrumental in redesigning the spacecraft to better suit Jim Irwin signed Apollo 15 the ultimate objective of a Lunar Landing, cover, our choice. and served as Apollo Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.

AL WORDEN 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 SP(A09)05D £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95 the US Government to return the covers back to the crew. James McDivitt signed space cover, our choice.

SP(A15)02K £100 SPECIAL OFFER £85 Al Worden signed Apollo 15 cover, our choice. 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 CHARLIE DUKE compared to the previous Apollo missions. Mitchell collected 100 pounds of lunar Charlie Duke (Apollo 16) was the tenth, and to date the youngest man samples and oversaw the use of the first to walk on the Moon. He served as the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16 Mobile Equipment Transporter. During his and spent a total of 265 hours in space. Apollo 16 was the fifth manned NASA career he logged over 216 hours in lunar landing mission and the first to explore the Descartes Region, space and was awarded the Presidential an area of lunar highlands and one of the most lunar terrains. Duke Medal of Freedom in 1970. 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(A16)03H £125 SPECIAL OFFER £95 Charlie Duke signed 30th Anniversary of Apollo 16 full SP(A14)07C £50 SPECIAL OFFER £45 colour cover. Ed Mitchell signed 2001 Albert Einstein Nobel Prize in Physics cover.

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£50 per month BC001DS £450 SPECIAL OFFER £400 over 8 months Signed Edgar Mitchell and Dave Scott.

BC001YA £300 SPECIAL OFFER £275 01303 278137 £55 per month over 5 months EMAIL: [email protected] Signed Dave Scott, Alexi Leonov, and Colin Baker.

BC001 Unsigned ...... £125...... SPECIAL OFFER £95 BC001A1 Signed ...... £175...... SPECIAL OFFER £150 BC001TS Signed ...... £100...... SPECIAL OFFER £80 BC001TS1 Signed Richard Gordon...... £200...... SPECIAL OFFER £175 BC001XA Signed Alexi Leonov, Dave Scott, and Rick Seafoss...... £350...... SPECIAL OFFER £300 BC001Y Signed Alexi Leonov and Colin Baker...... £150...... SPECIAL OFFER £125 BC001Z Signed Dave Scott and Don Lind...... £250...... SPECIAL OFFER £225 BC023A Miniature sheet, unsigned...... £45 SPECIAL OFFER £40 24/09/02 BC023BA Cover with PSB Pane 4, unsigned...... £65 SPECIAL OFFER £50 BC023I Signed Professor Alex Boksenberg...... £40 SPECIAL OFFER £35 BC023J Signed Arthur C Clarke...... £125 SPECIAL OFFER £100 BC023Y Signed Sir Bernard Lovell and Alec Boksenberg...... £100 SPECIAL OFFER £80

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 www.buckinghamcovers.com Alec Boksenberg.

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BC303 Unsigned...... £60 SPECIAL OFFER £50 BC303S Signed Ed Mitchell...... £135 SPECIAL OFFER £120

BC303S2 £185 SPECIAL OFFER £160 Signed Richard Gordon. BC303S1 £160 SPECIAL OFFER £145 £80 per month over 2 months Signed Alexei Leonov. £29 per month over 5 months 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.

BC455 Unsigned...... £20...... SPECIAL OFFER £17.50 BC455S Signed Richard Gordon...... £85...... SPECIAL OFFER £75 BC455S3 Signed Walt Cunningham...... £100...... SPECIAL OFFER £80 BC455S7 Signed Ed Gibson, , Al Worden, and Vance Brand...... £175...... SPECIAL OFFER £150 BC455S8 Signed Jerry Ross...... £65...... SPECIAL OFFER £50

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SP(R)001A £75 Viktor Gorbatko signed Russian SP(R)001 £100 space cover. Viktor Gorbatko signed Benham 30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 FDC. GHERMAN TITOV Gherman Titov became the second human to orbit the Earth and the YURY ROMANENKO fourth man in space when he piloted Vostok 2 in 1961. The mission lasted Yury Romanenko (Soyuz 26/27, Soyuz 38, over a day and orbited the Earth 17 times, during which Titov took the first Soyuz TM-2/3) spent 430 days in space manual photographs from orbit and captured Earth on film. At just 25 years during including 326 days on the Mir of age, Titov remains the youngest man to travel into space. Space Station in 1987 which at the time was a record for the longest stay in space.

SP(R)012 £100 Gherman Titov signed Benham 30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 FDC.

YURI GAGARIN SP(R)038 £40 Yuri Romanenko signed Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first space cover. 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 SP(R)016 £650 USA to surpass the Soviets Yuri Gagarin signed postcard which features achievements. Tragically himself, our choice. Gagarin was killed in 1968 SP(R)020 £650 during a training exercise in Yuri Gagarin signed 6 x 4” photo. a MiG-15 jet. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 10 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA10 SP(R)037 Pavel Belyayev signed postcard photograph of himself sitting alongside SP(R)007A £75 Alexei Leonov...... £75 Georgy Beregovoy SP(R)039 Leonid Popov and Dumitru Prunariu signed Russian signed Russian space cover...... £50 space cover. SP(R)040 Vladimir Remek and Aleksei Gubarev signed Russian space cover...... £50 SP(R)041 Sigmund Jahn signed Russian space cover, our choice, he was the first German to fly in space as part of the USSR Interkosmos SP(R)033A £125 Programme...... £50 Alexi Leonov and SP(R)042 Farkas Bertalan signed Russian space Valeri Kubasov postcard, our choice, first Hungarian in signed 1975 Russian space...... £50 space cover. SP(R)043 Yury Glazkov signed Russian space cover...... £50

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SP(A11)04 £5000 , , and Michael Collins signed Apollo 11 folio- print cover with launch day Cape Canaveral postmark. £500 per month for 10 months

SP(A11)04D £3500 Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins signed set of three Apollo 11 covers, each one signed by one of the crew. £875 per month for 4 months

SP(A11)04H £5500 Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin signed Apollo 11 cover with 20/07/69 Cape Canaveral postmark - day the Lunar Module landed on the Moon. £1100 per month for 5 months

SP(A11)02A £450 Michael Collins signed 1969 Apollo 11 ‘First Men on the Moon’ cover, doubled with and Washington DC postmarks. £45 per month for 10 months

SP(A11)01B £2250 Neil Armstrong signed 11 x 8” magazine page. £225 per month for 10 months

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