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Notes

  • All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.
  • All covers are the #6 size as collected in the USA unless otherwise noted.
  • All autographs are genuine.
  • MOST of these covers are one each available, and each cover is described fully so that you know what you are buying.
  • Most stamp(s) on these covers are described, if not they can be any commemorative or definitive issue.
  • When ordering, it is IMPORTANT that you order by "LIST ID" as well as "ITEM ID". Please use the ORDER FORM.

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Price List

LIST IDITEM IDPRICECANCEL DATECANCEL LOC
PRIMESC20300$40.0003/23/1965 
USS INTREPID, GEMINI 3 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronaut Grissom & Young, 03/23/1965 AM machine cancel on Mercury stamp (#1193), with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 3 recovery. With penned address. (Note: there was a 1 cent stamp affixed, below the Mercury stamp, to this cover which has since fallen off, this does not detract from the appearance of the cover). IMAGE

PRIMESC20310$30.0003/23/1965 
USS INTREPID, GEMINI 3 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronaut Grissom & Young, March 23, 1965 AM machine cancel (cancel not all readable as it falls on portion of 1 cent stamp and on Mercury capsule space stamp (#1193), with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 3 recovery. Pen address.

PRIMESC20500$20.0008/29/1965 
USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN, GEMINI 5 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Cooper & Conrad, August 29, 1965, AM machine cancel, on a 5 cent definitive stamp, with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 5 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. Pen address.

PRIMESC20510$25.0008/29/1965 
USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN, GEMINI 5 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Cooper & Conrad, August 29, 1965, AM hand cancel, not all letters in ship name readable, (Type I cancel- 32mm diameter) on a 8 cent airmail stamp, with black Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 5 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. Airmail red and blue border envelope. Unaddressed. IMAGE

PRIMESC20615$45.0012/16/1965 
USS LAKE WASP, SCARCE "CAPTAINS COVER", GEMINI 6 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP, for the flight of Astronauts Schirra & Stafford, December 16, 1965, PM machine cancel, on a 5 cent George Washington definitive stamp, with purple ships printed cachet for the Gemini 6 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. cover has typewritten address to U. Thant Secretary General of the United Nations. Top edge of the envelope was slit open, so there is some minor uneveness at the top edge. Cover size 7-1/2" x 4".

PRIMESC20700$18.0012/18/1965 
USS WASP, GEMINI 7 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Borman & Lovell, December 18, 1965, AM machine cancel, on a 5 cent Adlai Stevenson stamp, with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 7 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. label address.

PRIMESC20800$95.0003/17/1966 
USS LEONARD F. MASON, GEMINI 8 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Armstrong & Scott, 03/17/1966 hand cancel on a 5 cent George Washington bust definitive stamp, with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 8 recovery by the Pacific Fleet. unaddressed. IMAGE

PRIMESC20910$16.0006/06/1966 
USS WASP, GEMINI 9 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Cernan & Stafford, 06/06/1966 AM machine cancel, with purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 9 recovery, (dated portion on cancel falls on the cachet, but is still readable). IMAGE

PRIMESC20925$14.0012/18/1965 
USS WASP, UNUSUAL GEMINI 9 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP COVER, for the flight of Astronauts Cernan & Stafford, cover has TWO June 6, 1966 AM hand cancels, one in the upper right corner on 11 cent John F. Kennedy aerogram, and another upside down hand cancel in bottom left corner on a pair of Indiana sesquicentennial stamps, with scarce BLACK Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 9 Atlantic recovery on the backside of the aerogram. Aerogram size is 6" x 3-3/4".

PRIMESC20930$65.0006/06/1966 
USS WASP, SCARCE "CAPTAINS COVER", GEMINI 9 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Cernan & Stafford, 06/06/1966 AM hand cancel on a 3 cent commemorative stamp (see note at end), with official ships brown printed cachet for the Gemini 9 recovery showing Gemini capsule and the Agena target vehicle, it gives coordinates and printed signature of the ships Commanding Officer. NOTE:This is most likely a backdated cover. Ray E. Cartier in his Primary Recovery Ship Cover Handbook states "All covers with 3 cent postage are suspected of being backdated". IMAGE

PRIMESC21000$16.0007/21/1966 
USS GUADALCANAL, GEMINI 10 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Young & Collins, July 21, 1966, PM hand cancel, on a vertical pair of Project Mercury space stamps (#1193), with black Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 10 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. Cover also have a return address on front side of cover from person who mailed the cover to the ship. pen address.

PRIMESC21010$15.0007/21/1966 
USS GUADALCANAL, GEMINI 10 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP for the flight of Astronauts Young & Collins, July 21, 1966, PM hand cancel (only part of ships name is readable: "Gua...canal"), on a 5 cent Flag/White House stamp, with Purple Navy rubber stamp cachet for the Gemini 10 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. rubber stamp address.

PRIMESC21235$80.0011/15/1966 
USS LAKE WASP, SCARCE "CAPTAINS COVER", GEMINI 12 PRIME RECOVERY SHIP, for the flight of Astronauts Lovell & Aldrin, November 15, 1966, PM hand cancel, on a 8 cent airmail stamp, with blue & gray ships printed cachet for the Gemini 12 recovery by the Atlantic Fleet. Unaddressed. Cover size 7-1/2" x 4". IMAGE

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