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Topic: 143404056975: Apollo 15 insurance cover
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18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 10-09-2019 03:48 AM
  
I am wondering what other collectors' opinions are on this Apollo 15 insurance cover.I am assuming it's not from one of the crew members personal collection. But the only red flag I can see is the price. I am a big believer in "if it's too good to be true then it probably is."  |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 10-09-2019 09:32 AM
That indeed is a crew-signed insurance cover, most likely from the collection of Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden (I bought one directly from his holdings). These are probably the most affordable of the Apollo crew insurance covers, and are not particularly rare so the starting price is very reasonable. See this website for a detailed description. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2914
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-09-2019 11:39 AM
Not necessarily from Worden himself. If it was, it should have a LOA of his along with a cover number and notation on its back-side surface.Many of the same crew signed vintage MSCSC-cachet covers like this were not official crew-owned insurance covers. Members of the NASA stamp club in Houston along with Rand, etc., had early access to them, both crew signed and unsigned issues. |
18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 10-09-2019 02:23 PM
Thanks for your thoughts. I've only once seen one of these covers for sale in the UK at an autograph fair. That one had come from Al Worden's collection, had an LOA, and information written on the back of the cover, with an additional Al Worden signature.It was also a bit more expensive but that is probably due to its provenance. |
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