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[b]Space Cover 719: All in the Family[/b] Like many who are reading this I have a collection of various signed space covers. Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronaut signed covers top my list followed by launch recovery team members. The list goes on from scientists to NASA support personal, politicians, actors and seemingly everything in between. By far my most extensive collection is for the1 1969 First Man on the Moon #C76 United States postage stamp designed by my father Paul Calle. In this group I have two covers that I believe are quite unique, a #C76 autographed by Lone Eagle aviator Charles Lindbergh and one signed by my boyhood sports hero, Baseball Hall of Fame player Willie Mays. Another group of signed space covers I am always on the search for are those signed by family members of astronauts. Two examples here are a Project Gemini-Titan 5 cover signed by astronaut Gordon Cooper's mother Hattie Cooper, and an Apollo 9 cover signed by astronaut Jim McDivitt's parents. It is very interesting to note Jim's autograph is very similar in many ways to that of his father's signature especially in the way he signs "D" and the two t's at the end of McDivitt. Also the "Cooper" signed by Hattie Cooper very closely mirrors that of early autographs of Gordon Cooper. I have seen this in both mine and my brother's signatures where the "Calle" resembles that of my father. We do pick up various traits from our parents and handwriting seems to be one of them! Two more examples are an Apollo 10 cover signed by Gene Cernan's mother Rose signing Mrs. Andrew Cernan, and a cover signed by Apollo 7 astronaut Donn Eisele's wife Harriet and two of their children. Let's see your covers signed by astronaut family members!
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