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Topic: 350611216185: Apollo 16 crew-signed postcard
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RockyMnWay Member Posts: 106 From: Westminster, CO, USA Registered: Jul 2011
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posted 10-06-2012 12:59 PM
I am fairly new to collecting and was hoping someone could offer their opinion on these Apollo 16 signatures.Comparing them to other autopens and secretarials, they do not look like any that I could see. Your opinions are much appreciated. |
Tykeanaut Member Posts: 2212 From: Worcestershire, England, UK. Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-06-2012 02:07 PM
Don't know, but for $5 the cover is worth that anyhow. |
stsmithva Member Posts: 1933 From: Fairfax, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-06-2012 02:09 PM
They don't match known autopens, nor do they appear on the Preprints section of astroautopens.com. It would be great if someone just got an Apollo 16 crew-signed item for $5. But something about the so-perfect placement of the signatures, along with the fact that I don't see any writing get fainter as the pen was set down and lifted up, makes me thing they are some preprints we don't know about. If you bought it, please let me us know what the writing looks like when you can see it in person. |
Joel Katzowitz Member Posts: 808 From: Marietta GA USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-06-2012 03:00 PM
The signatures look awful small assuming the post card is a standard size. |
DChudwin Member Posts: 1096 From: Lincolnshire IL USA Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-06-2012 09:25 PM
To me the postcard looks like a public relations effort by the Voice of America. I think the signatures are preprinted. |
RockyMnWay Member Posts: 106 From: Westminster, CO, USA Registered: Jul 2011
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posted 10-18-2012 04:03 PM
Received the post card today. Hard to tell even in person. I do agree they look too "perfect" in the sense of the placement as well as the signatures all look similar in height. Still when looking at it under the light, at an angle or up close, it's difficult to tell. Possible it is a preprint. |