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  Wernher von Braun autographed cover: Autopen?

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MikeDee
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posted 06-04-2015 09:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MikeDee   Click Here to Email MikeDee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can anyone tell me if this autrograph is an autopen? I tried to do a little research but I can't tell from the examples I have found. I appreciate any help anyone can offer.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 06-04-2015 10:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would say that it's not an actual signature but looks like a stamp or pre print. I don't know if he had an autopen. Too jerky in the movements to be real. That's just my opinion.

Nice cover, though.

cosmos-walter
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posted 06-05-2015 08:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cosmos-walter   Click Here to Email cosmos-walter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I fully agree: This signature lookes neither like hand-written nor like autopen.

By the side: Wernher von Braun wrote his signatures so exact that hand-written signatures might be misinterpreted as autopens.

Cozmosis22
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posted 06-05-2015 09:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cozmosis22     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Also not sure about an autopen device but he definitely had an autograph stamp, which is for sale on eBay for a mere $10 grand. (Item #221398794223). Wish some honest collector would pick this up and keep it from be misused.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-05-2015 09:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If it helps, examples of von Braun's autopen can be seen here.

MikeDee
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posted 06-08-2015 07:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MikeDee   Click Here to Email MikeDee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks all for the replies.

What I think is interesting is I can feel the signature if I run my finger across it. Also it smudges very easily. I don't think it's preprinted on the cover. Maybe a rubber stamp signature.

Anyone have any idea what the value of this cover might be?

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