Lot 3242
 
1971 Apollo 15 Moon Landing cover, cancelled at the Kennedy Space Center on July 26, the date of the launch and again onboard the recovery ship, U.S.S. Okinawa, on August 7, shortly after splashdown of the Command Module Endeavor. Signed by all three astronauts Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin, this cover was actually carried to the surface of the moon aboard the Lunar Module Falcon. Clean and Extremely Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
THE COVERS CARRIED ON APOLLO 15 AND THE FALCON ARE THE ONLY COVERS CARRIED TO THE MOON (OTHER SIGNED APOLLO 15 COVERS WERE MADE UP AND SIGNED AFTER SPLASHDOWN).
Numbered 116 of 300, the cover is accompanied by a sworn statement signed by the three astronauts, July 19, 1983, attesting to the fact that this cover was carried on the full Apollo mission to the surface of the moon and back. Also that the "covers were in the possession of one or more of the undersigned until 1972" when they were turned over to the government. This is one of an unknown number of the 300 that was released to Al Worden after litigation.
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