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Project Mercury 7, John Glenn, Signed First Day Cover, Additional Photographs, and Two NASA Publications. First day cover, commemorating the first successful orbital flight by an American, February 20, 1962, signed in felt-tip pen to Spoor; [and] four black-and-white 8 x 10 in. photographs of parades held in Glenn's honor; [and] Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, June 6, 1961; [together with] Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office for NASA, February 20, 1962.
The Rudolf Spoor Collection of NASA Photographs and Ephemera
Estimate $300-500
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