Rare Apollo 11 launch day cover with a cachet of the mission insignia, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. Accompanied by a retained carbon copy of the original collector's letter to Collins, dated October 1970, requesting that he sign the cover and stating that Armstrong and Aldrin had signed it already "whilst attending the recent S.E.T.P. conference at Los Angeles." At the bottom, the collector notes that the cover was "duly returned, signed as requested, 24th Nov. 1970." A choice example of a rare cover, as all three crew members stopped signing philatelic items after the Apollo 15 crew was reprimanded for the Sieger cover affair, leaving a window of just a couple of years for such items to be signed.
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