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Topic: Jim Irwin's Apollo 15 "Shamrock" covers
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Tom
Member Posts: 1198
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 28, 2007 02:13 PM
   
Does anyone have any information on the Jim Irwin Shamrock (Apollo 15) Cover? How many were produced? How many were flown? How many to the surface? |
RMH
Member Posts: 561
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted May 29, 2007 04:19 PM
Here is a previous post on the topic. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 1718
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted May 29, 2007 05:37 PM
To briefly answer Tom's questions here pertaining to Irwin's Shamrock covers; - My estimate of how many were produced is between 300 and 500 of the special cachet covers. I still have a few from the original batch that were KSC launch posted for the Apollo 15 liftoff on July 26, 1971.
- Only 8 covers were flown around the moon on the command ship Endeavour, however, there is a strong possibility that Irwin had anywhere from one to 42 more inside his PPK that was stowed aboard LM Falcon that went to the lunar surface.
Unfortunately, neither Scott or Irwin retrieved their LM PPKs as the landing craft was jettisoned while in lunar orbit. Irwin did report that some "covers" were indeed included as part of his LM Falcon PPK contents, however, he never did reveal exactly what type of covers those were. Perhaps some — if not all — were indeed from the original 50 batch he had of the Shamrock variety.
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