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APOLLO 13 POSTAL COVER.

5 May 2011, 13:00 EDT
New York

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APOLLO 13 POSTAL COVER.

SIGNED BY ALL "FOUR" APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUTS.
Postal envelope with an Apollo 13 crew emblem cachet issued by the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club. Houston postmark dated 14 April 1970, just hours after NASA officially scrubbed the lunar landing. An additional red ink stamp reads: "MISSION ABORTED."

Signed by the Apollo 13 flight crew of JAMES LOVELL, FRED HAISE, and JACK SWIGERT. Additionally signed by the originally selected Command Module Pilot KEN MATTINGLY who was replaced by Swigert because of Mattingly's exposure to measles prior to launch.

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