Uncommon Apollo 15 recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the US Navy's Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force Pacific, postmarked on the USS Okinawa recovery ship on August 7, 1971, signed in black ink by the crew—Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, and Al Worden—and also signed on the flap by Captain Andrew F. Huff, commanding officer of the prime recovery ship. Addressed in type to Kevin Steen, a cancer-stricken boy who was a special guest at two Apollo liftoffs and was invited onboard the recovery ship for Apollo 17. In fine condition. Accompanied by photocopies of 1972 newspaper articles about Steen, documenting his unique involvement in the Apollo program.
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