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Lot# 1466 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1466 USA

    Apollo 1 1967 (Jan. 27):  5 c. stationery envelope with machine cancel of 'Patrick Air Force Base FL', handstamped in red: FIRE IN SPACE CRAFT / GRISSOM WHITE CHAFFEE / PERISHED 6 31 PM, clean and fine commemorative item of Apollo I tragedy, when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold