Two items: a 'launch day' commemorative cover for the Apollo 16 mission issued by the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club, postmarked at Houston on April 16, 1972, signed in black felt tip by Charlie Duke and John Young, who also signs on the reverse in black ink below a stamped statement: "Original Apollo 16 Insurance Cover, Pre-launch signed on obverse, from my personal collection”; and a ‘splashdown’ cover with an Apollo 16 Pacific Recovery Force stamp, postmarked aboard the USS Ticonderoga on April 27, 1972, signed in black felt tip by Ken Mattingly. In overall very fine condition. The Young and Duke cover is accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Zarelli Space Authentication, and the Mattingly cover is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Dr. Anthony Paustian, who states that Mattingly signed the cover in his presence in 2017.
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