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[b]Space Cover #330: MR-3 Space Craft Limited Edition Covers[/b] We've discussed the Swanson Space Craft Limited Edition Mercury-Redstone 3 covers before, and shown several, but this week I'd like to show more, that includes a special one with a cancel added on the 50th anniversary of MR-3. Carl Swanson produced 300 of these limited edition MR-3 covers and having one in your collection is a must. I'm glad to have two, with one acquired from E&E Space Covers (Ed and Eddie Bizub) years ago and my second, acquired a few years ago that Eddie gave special attention to. That double canceled cover is the highlight cover this week. That cover, number 215 of 300, has a second cancel dated May 5, 2011 from Cape Canaveral to mark the 50th anniversary of MR-3. And as noted on the back of the cover by Eddie, on that special day, it "...was placed on the launch table at Launch Complex 5 at the Cape Canaveral AFS....for the 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's Mercury Redstone-3 launch." To make these covers even more special, Eddie affixed the just-released Shepard/MR-3 commemorative stamps to his anniversary covers. Below the cover is an information stuffer card that was inserted inside all the MR-3 Special Edition Space Craft covers. The top cover is from Ken Havekotte's collection, which Shepard signed in person, with "Freedom 7" added. The cover below was acquired from E&E Space Covers back in the '80's and then signed by Shepard. While only 300 of these special MR-3 covers were made, they can still be found and possibly Eddie still has some available, along with some canceled for the 50th anniversary.
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