Extremely desirable cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet of a rocket launch reading "Missile Fired from...Cape Canaveral," postmarked at Patrick Air Force Base on February 20, 1962, the launch date of John Glenn's Friendship 7 spacecraft, signed in black ink, "J. H. Glenn, Jr.," "D. K. Slayton," and "Virgil I. Grissom," in black felt tip, "Gordon Cooper," "Wally Schirra," and "Scott Carpenter," and in blue ballpoint, "Alan B. Shepard, Jr." Archivally matted and framed with a color photo of the Mercury Seven to an overall size of 13 x 21.25. In fine condition.
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