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Exceedingly rare complete set of six Project Mercury recovery day covers, each signed in ink by the associated astronaut. Includes:
• Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) – Alan Shepard (with stamped USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 cachet, postmarked on the USS Lake Champlain, May 5, 1961)
• Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) – Gus Grissom (with cachet filled out to identify recovery helicopter pilot Capt. V. P. Schulpe, postmarked on the USS Randolph, July 21, 1961)
• Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) – John Glenn (with printed USS Noa cachet, postmarked on the USS Noa, February 20, 1962)
• Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7) – Scott Carpenter (with stamped US Navy Recovery Force cachet, postmarked on the USS John R. Pierce, May 24, 1962)
• Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7) – Scott Carpenter (with USS Intrepid cachet, postmarked on the USS Intrepid, May 24, 1962)
• Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) – Wally Schirra (with stamped USS Kearsarge cachet, postmarked on the USS Kearsarge, October 3, 1962)
• Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) – Gordon Cooper (with stamped USS Kearsarge cachet, postmarked on the USS Kearsarge, May 16, 1963, also signed by commanding officer E. P. Rankin)
In overall fine to very fine condition. This historic series, representing the United States' first six manned space flights, paved the way for the Gemini and Apollo programs, leading to the moon landings.
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