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[b]Space Cover #480: MR-4 PRS cover, with added cachet[/b] One of the most desired and rarest space covers in our hobby are covers canceled aboard the Mercury-Redstone 4 Prime Recovery Ship, the USS Randolph — the recovery ship of Gus Grissom. Certainly a small number of these covers exist and are missing even from many of the most serious and dedicated PRS collections — as it is with me. The cover shown here isn't mine and a scan of it was sent to me by another collector a few years ago. I decided to feature this special cover because of the hand painted cachet applied to the cover (the Grissom signature is part of the painted cachet and isn't real) that changed it from its original condition and appearance. I wonder if other collectors would approve or disapprove of such a classic cover having something so prominent added to it changing it from its original appearance? It's quite common and accepted to have such cachets added to more ordinary covers, but should a prominent cachet be added to such a rare and classic cover? Personally, I would much rather have it as it was received from the USS Randolph and not have anything else added (other than a small rubber stamp impression added identifying the mission), even with such an excellent illustration painted by an artist known for applying hand painted cachets to covers. But it is certainly a more attractive cover with this well-done cachet added.
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