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Topic: Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 flown moon covers
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cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-30-2014 06:24 AM
   
Does anybody of you know whether Neil Armstrong marked or numbered his flown covers? Did anybody ever see one of them? Any idea, where they may be now? I also wonder whether Neil Armstrong did a trial cancellation of the Apollo 11 Moon postmark for himself. Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins got one each. |
Tallpaul
Member Posts: 153
From: Rocky Point, NY, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-30-2014 06:56 AM
There was an unflown cover in the recent Astronaut Scholarship Foundation auction that had provenance to the Armstrong family. I believe it was the first cover of any type, flown or unflown, offered by the Armstrong family. Others on the this site should have more definitive information. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-30-2014 12:31 PM
Paul, thank you very much for this hint. I asked my questions to ASF Executive Director. Hopefully, she will pass it to Rick Armstrong. |
rarmstrong
Member Posts: 17
From: Cincinnati, OH USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-30-2014 03:40 PM
In answer to the question about the flown Armstrong covers, yes they are numbered. Regarding the practice cancellation (which was done on the back of a flight plan page), yes there is one. Hope that helps, Rick |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-30-2014 07:11 PM
Rick a few of us were discussing the ASF cover that was donated. To our knowledge that was the first and only letter cover from your family collection to come available anywhere. Is that correct? |
rarmstrong
Member Posts: 17
From: Cincinnati, OH USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-30-2014 11:19 PM
To the best of my knowledge, yes. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-31-2014 04:27 AM
Rick, thank you very much for quick information. Buzz Aldrin numbered his flown covers EEA-1 to EEA-52 and A-58 to A-104. We do not know what is between. Michael Collins remarked on his flown covers "Carried to the Moon aboard Apollo 11". He numbered them with C-1 to C-63 on the picture of earth. In which way did it your father? |
rarmstrong
Member Posts: 17
From: Cincinnati, OH USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-31-2014 09:33 AM
I don't recall exactly, will have to get back to you on that. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-20-2016 11:51 AM
Rick, did you already have time to look how your father numbered his covers flown to the moon? Are most of them covers from NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club as are most insurance covers as well as most moon-flown covers from Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins? |
rarmstrong
Member Posts: 17
From: Cincinnati, OH USA
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 02-18-2016 01:17 PM
Sorry for the late reply - he used "NA-x" (where x is the number) in the upper left corner. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 02-19-2016 01:37 AM
Rick, Thank you very much. Your answer comes right. I am finalizing my catalogue in February. |
Space-it
Member Posts: 13
From: Villarbasse - TO - Italy
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 04-24-2018 02:01 PM
Did anybody ever see a "NA-X" cover, and what else was added? Would it be possible to see one of them? |
cvrlvr99
Member Posts: 139
From: Arlington, TX
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 05-03-2018 08:48 PM
In answer to the question as to whether anyone has ever seen one, the only one that I've ever seen was long ago in an exhibit by Ben Ramkissoon. Not many of us could afford one of these. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-04-2018 03:53 PM
Ray, I thought Neil Armstrong never parted with any of his flown covers or unflown insurance covers. |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 05-04-2018 04:22 PM
Walter - Ben's cover was not a Neil Armstrong cover but one from Buzz Aldrin. |
Space-it
Member Posts: 13
From: Villarbasse - TO - Italy
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 05-07-2018 06:08 AM
It would be nice to have a picture in the new book I'm finalizing (see here), in which also there is a full chapter on the "philatelic aspects of Apollo 11." |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 05-07-2018 11:56 PM
$18,251 was the winning bid, I believe. |
Space-it
Member Posts: 13
From: Villarbasse - TO - Italy
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 05-08-2018 02:57 AM
Thank you for the link. What I was referring to is a flown cover, which — according to what has been clarified by Rick Armstrong — was numbered in the upper left corner as "NA-x". It seems they have never been publicly seen. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-11-2018 05:22 PM
This is not for reproduction (hence the cS watermark) and the serial number has been blurred at the owner's request, but for reference, here is a (first) look at a Neil Armstrong notated and numbered flown cover from Apollo 11:  |
Space-it
Member Posts: 13
From: Villarbasse - TO - Italy
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 05-13-2018 06:09 PM
Thank you! This is the first time I ever see such a cover and I think this is also the first time a flown cover from the Armstrong family is shown in public. |
thisismills
Member Posts: 263
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 07-19-2018 09:22 PM
The upcoming November Heritage auction includes one of these covers, #28 specifically, encapsulated in a special Armstrong family collection holder. |
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