posted 09-09-2014 04:14 AM
Two friends, an elderly couple, asked me to find out what an envelope they have is worth. I went to many websites and couldn't ever find an exact match with their envelope and when I came close, no value was given.The envelope is 4" x 6" and has a glued-on 6 cent stamp with the American flag and a picture of the White House(?) and D.C. The cancellation is by machine and the postmark reads, from top to bottom, USS HORNET JUL 24 AM 1969 C?VS-12. The rest is a purple hand stamp.
On the upper left is APOLLO. Under that in smaller letters from top to bottom is MANNED LUNAR LANDING, then a picture of something, then U.S. NAVY RECOVERY FORCE. Next to the postmark is AS 506 and above right of the postmark is -11-. Below that, level with the picture of something is a picture of a space capsule.
The word PACIFIC, which should be below the picture of the capsule and to the lower right of U.S. NAVY RECOVERY FORCE, does not appear except as a faint purple line where the top of the word should be, as if the person doing the stamping didn't roll the stamp far enough down.
Can anyone give me an approximate value for this envelope? Thanks for your help!