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Apollo 11 crew cover: autopen or not?

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alexkarl New Member Posts: 2 From: Registered: Apr 2016	posted 07-28-2016 11:05 AM I recently got this Apollo 11 first day cover. I assume they are all autopen, however I could not match any of them to the patterns in the autopen guide. Is this just a 'rare' autopen or should I actually have gotten lucky and this is the real deal here? Happy to hear some thoughts. Thanks!
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48872 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 07-28-2016 11:21 AM You're correct that the signatures do not match autopen patterns, but they appear to have been printed onto the cover rather than hand signed.
cosmos-walter Member Posts: 763 From: Salzburg, Austria Registered: Jun 2003	posted 07-29-2016 05:58 AM Alex, Robert is right. These covers with printed genuine signatures are offered from time to time.
alexkarl New Member Posts: 2 From: Registered: Apr 2016	posted 07-29-2016 10:07 AM Walter, Robert, thanks a lot for your inputs. I assume a printed 'genuine' signature isn't worth much (in $). I didn't spend much on it and I like it, so either way I'm happy. If it would be worth a few bucks, it would be nice to know.

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