Sale 937 — 2007 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 16 June, 2007
Category — Space Flights
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
402
1971, Apollo 15 Flight -- Carried to the Moon -- 1928, December 17 Cover Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Wright Bros. First Flight. Cover bearing 5c Aeronautics Conference (650) tied by "Jackson Mich. Dec. 17, 1928" duplex on cacheted cover commemorating Wright Bros. First Flight, signed by Orville Wright, accompanied by letter from Alfred M. Worden on NASA stationery certifying that this was carried aboard the command module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 flight to the moonVERY FINE. A GREAT SPACE FLIGHT CURIOSITY AND CONVERSATION PIECE -- THIS COVER, SIGNED BY ORVILLE WRIGHT ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST FLIGHT, WAS THEN CARRIED TO THE MOON ON THE APOLLO 15 FLIGHT.
Orville Wright passed away on January 30, 1948 (his brother Wilbur having died in 1912).
E. 5,000-7,500
4,750
