Mar 31, 2007 - Sale 2109

Sale 2109 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
FLOWN Apollo 15 Shamrock Postal Cover. The cover features a cachet of the crew mission emblem, two astronauts diving the lunar rover, and a large green three leaf clover. Approximately 3.5x6.5 inches with no stamp or cancellation. Np, 1971

Additional Details

One of only six covers of this type carried in Lunar Module "Falcon" to the Moon's surface on Apollo 15. The cover has been inscribed and signed: Carried to the Moon, Jim Irwin" and includes the number 2 written and circled by Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin. With a Typed Letter Signed by Irwin's son, James.