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kosmo
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posted 04-01-2020 03:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kosmo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I recently acquired a nice group of recovery covers. What I'm interested in knowing, is a little more about the J. Walter Green Apollo 14 cover.

It looks as if this was made by him, the cover uses the same blue ink for his name and title as the crew patch cache. Has anyone seen this cover before?

Also the Apollo 16 cover, second from bottom. Any info would be appreciated.

NAAmodel#240
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posted 04-01-2020 04:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NAAmodel#240   Click Here to Email NAAmodel#240     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a great find. These are both Prime Recovery Ship (PRS) and most Captain's covers as well. The Apollo 10 and Apollo 11 are the most valuable. The Apollo 16 was done by Art-O-Pages. Congratulations.

kosmo
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posted 04-02-2020 09:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kosmo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Went through a couple of the recovery envelopes that had J. Walter Green printed on them and found some nice letters in them.

Ken Havekotte
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posted 04-02-2020 09:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Apparently, Walter Green was an assigned "on ship" Associated Press pool photographer for many of the Apollo (and one Skylab) prime recovery ship vessels. A very nice assortment of key Navy recovery ships with Captain's covers and I especially like the unusual Apollo 14 ship cover with Green's name on it. Perhaps it was his own personal cover issue.

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