Lot 374
MR-4, 1961, Signed Recovery Helicopter Cover. Lot of three different recovery cachet covers including 1) a July 21, AM cover, signed by helicopter co-pilot George Cox,and with a USS Randolph (CVS-15) Prime Recovery Ship hand cancel, and a typed/hand-drawn cachet 2) a July 25, AM cover with a USS Lake Champaign magenta hand cancel (Secondary Recovery Ship) and a printed cachet and 3) a July 21st PM cover with a Newport News machine cancel and a handstamped Newport News Shipbuilding cachet. Helicopter #30 dropped the divers that assisted in the recovery of Gus Grissom. It was helicopter #32, piloted by Lt. John Reinhart that was unable to recovery Liberty Bell 7. A rare lot as the helicopter pilots who flew the recovery missions and were integral to their success, have been largely overlooked by history.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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