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Ross
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posted 12-28-2006 08:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ross   Click Here to Email Ross     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I noticed a group of 4 Gemini 12 Beck Crew covers on eBay.

What stood out was the colours, red and green on a white background instead of the usual colours. Does anyone have any info on such covers.

regards
Ross.

[Edited by collectSPACE Admin (December 28, 2006).]

JAE
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posted 12-28-2006 09:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for JAE     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Why is this auction listed under eBay Australia if the item is located in the United States?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-28-2006 09:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
eBay cross publishes auctions worldwide. Here is the same auction with the U.S. URL.

yeknom-ecaps
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posted 12-28-2006 12:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yeknom-ecaps   Click Here to Email yeknom-ecaps     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Note that these "crew covers" used the Beck design but were NOT printed by Beck but by someone else.

So should these really be considered "Beck covers"?

Based on other cachet makers who have used other cachet makers designs the answer would be no. For example, George Goldey used the RSC by Carl Swanson and produced it as a printed cachet but these covers are considered to be Goldcraft covers not Swanson covers.

Astro Bill
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posted 12-28-2006 02:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Astro Bill   Click Here to Email Astro Bill     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The following website may be useful in this discussion of Beck Cachets:
http://beck.ormurray.com/

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yeknom-ecaps
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posted 12-28-2006 03:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yeknom-ecaps   Click Here to Email yeknom-ecaps     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On the web site listed by Astro Bill it shows a similar "crew cover" for Gemini 12 which also sold on eBay. The description for that cover refers to a similar situation for Gemini 8 where someone other than Beck printed his design on covers postmarked for that recovery.

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