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September 2016 Issue 9 February 2017 Issue 10 SPA09SPA10 RARE APOLLO 15 SIEGER COVER SP(A15)04F £10000 SPECIAL OFFER £9000 £900 per month for 10 months 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 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 NASAs permission. After the Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 1 space shuttle challenger: sts-51-l n January 28th 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger 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 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 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 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 Earth’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 Kalpana Chawla 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 Ilan Ramon 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. £500 per month over 4 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. £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 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 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] 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 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. £700 per month over 5 months Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPA10 JOHN YOUNG Missions: Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9 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. £200 per month over 3 months SP(A16)02A £600 John Young signed Space Shuttle illustrated cover with Edwards, California 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. ALAN SHEPARD Missions: MR-3, Apollo 14 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. 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 Scott 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 £125 Scott Carpenter signed space cover, our choice. GORDON COOPER Gordon 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 £95 Gordon Cooper signed space cover, our choice.
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