Sale 937 — 2007 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 16 June, 2007

Category — Space Flights

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
402
c
Sale 937, Lot 402, Space Flights1971, 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 moon

VERY 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