Two covers signed in black ink or felt tip by Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra: a commemorative 'Man in Space' cover with color cachet honoring Schirra's Mercury flight aboard the Sigma 7, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on October 3, 1962; and a recovery cover for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, with purple USS Kearsarge Task Force stamp, a recovery cancellation date of October 3, 1962, and countersigned by USN Commanding Officer E. P. Rankin. In overall fine condition.
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