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Lot# 7116 - Auction 321-332

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    1969: APOLLO 11 Flown Cover, with mission patch cachet, numbered "EEA-27" (Edwin Eugene Aldrin), signed by Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins, cancelled by Webster, TX August 11, 1969 machine cancel with adjacent "DELAYED BY QUARANTAINE AND LUNA RECEIVING LABORATORY M.S.C.-HOUSTON, TEXAS", an exceptional cover, one of a small number of examples that were both flown on Apollo 11 and signed by the three crew members, an exceptional piece of the history of space exploration. Cert. Hopferwieser (2000).
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 13,000 CHF