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From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 08-19-2020 09:57 AM               

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David, you're not missing anything. I was also amazed by the price this cover brought. I put in what I thought was a bid towards the top of what it was worth at $92 and would not have been surprised if it had brought a little more. However, I feel that $361 is way too high and must be close to a record.

Skelley was the Navy's coordinator for space covers and as such had access to all of Morris Beck's printed covers. Apparently he procured some crew covers as well as some other covers and sent them to different ships. How he did this with none crew covers I'm not sure as these should all have been pre-addressed. Crew covers, on the other hand, were not addressed and therefore Skelley could easily have addressed a small number to himself and sent them to whatever ship he wanted.

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From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A.
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From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 05-05-2021 11:02 AM               

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There have now been two more Beck printed covers sold for crazy prices on eBay.

A Gemini 12 Agana Guam postmarked Beck crew cover (item 164829737674) sold for the same amazing $361!!! In addition a Gemini 12 Pago Pago postmarked Beck crew cover (item 154426240076) sold for the same amount, $361!!! Both were addressed to Capt. Peters.

You might remember that approximately a dozen fake Beck covers, sold on eBay during the last year, were also addressed to him. There were several bidders for each cover with two bidders in each case having very deep pockets. My bids of $95 were left in the dust!