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Topic: Suspect USS Beatty Mercury recovery cover
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Brian Dumas
Member Posts: 19
From: Virginia, USA
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 04-04-2022 08:57 AM
   
After a prolonged hiatus I'm getting back into my collection and during a dig through the unorganized stash, I came across a recovery cover that raises some questions.It is a hand cancel from the USS Beatty (DD-756), showing the launch date of May 15, with a cachet that depicts a Gemini spacecraft. It's probably best defined as a launch cover, but what about the cachet?  Beatty was part of the recovery force, she was an SRS in the Atlantic, but the rest raises some questions in my inexperienced brain housing group. Does anyone have any input on the how/why there would be a Gemini craft on a Mercury cover? |
Ross
Member Posts: 516
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 04-04-2022 10:17 AM
Welcome back Brian. The postmark looks OK to me so the cover appears to be genuine. With regard to the cachet I suggest the designer just made a mistake. It was the end of the Mercury program and the Gemini capsule would have been well known. The designer probably was just a little lazy and picked the wrong capsule. |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 769
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 04-04-2022 06:19 PM
There are plenty of examples of the wrong rocket/capsule in cachets. - The Project Mercury FDC with a Redstone rocket instead of an Atlas.
- Goldcraft used a Mercury capsule on Gemini and Apollo missions.
As Ross said, servicers used whatever they felt like/was available to them.The postmark is good... novelty cover! |
Brian Dumas
Member Posts: 19
From: Virginia, USA
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 04-05-2022 01:11 PM
Thank you, I appreciate the education. |
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