posted 03-19-2021 01:07 PM               

I picked this one up at a very low cost several years ago, so I have trouble believing these are all authentic but am not an expert on a few of these signatures. I don't want to waste display space on it if it's fake. Any opinions?

posted 03-20-2021 12:28 AM               

This is my major collecting interest since the First Man on the Moon stamp was designed by my father Paul Calle.

I have the FDC's signed by each of the Apollo astronauts and many support personnel, scientists, celebrities, etc. Also the cast of the Neil Armstrong movie First Man- Director Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, author James Hansen, screenwriter Josh Singer, etc.

posted 03-20-2021 05:17 AM               

But not restricted so much to Artcraft and Fleetwood as I did later include other C76 cachets, too. Such is the case for the German/U.S. rocket development team as many different cachet covers were used, however, my Wernher von Braun is on an Artcraft and also a Fleetwood.

Besides the C76 issues, Chris, many other signatures were captured on Apollo 11 mission event covers with cachets from Dow-Unicover, NASA Exchange, Heritage Crafts, SCC, along with a few other designs. If anyone out there has an extra von Braun Heritage Crafts cachet cover signed by the rocket pioneer, I am definitely interested.

I was just wondering though if there is anyone missing from your signed C76 collection that you would like to include?

posted 03-21-2021 08:15 AM               

I did not find a single source; this collection has been on ongoing quest for several years. Most have been eBay finds, though I got the Collins through a Novaspace signing about 10 years ago.

I just acquired the Armstrong a few days ago from a stamp dealer in Florida who acquired it in an estate sale. I had a blue cover like this from Florian as a placeholder for several years until I finally found the matching black one. I was very happy to finally find one!

The multi-signed item came from eBay about a year ago and only cost $100. At that price I assumed at least some of the signatures might be bad, but figured if only one or two were good it would still be an interesting addition to my collection.