MERCURY RECOVERY SHIP COVER & POSTMARK VARIETIES

Mercury-Atlas 1 Rehearsal - 18 May 1960 - Unmanned
Mercury-Atlas 1 - 29 July 1960 - Unmanned
Mercury-Redstone 1 - 21 November 1960 - Unmanned
Mercury-Redstone 1A - 19 December 1960 - Unmanned
Mercury-Redstone 2 - 31 January 1961 - Chimpanzee HAM
Mercury-Atlas 2 - 21 February 1961 - Unmanned
Mercury-Atlas 3 - 25 April 1961 - Unmanned
Mercury-Redstone 3 - 5 May 1961 - Manned Shepard
Mercury-Redstone 4 - 21 July 1961 - Manned Grissom
Mercury-Atlas 4 - 13 September 1961 - Simulator Astronaut
Mercury-Atlas 5 - 29 November 1961 - Chimpanzee ENOS
Mercury-Atlas 6 - 20 February 1962 - Manned Glenn
Mercury-Atlas 7 - 24 May 1962 - Manned Carpenter
Mercury-Atlas 8 - 3 October 1962 - Manned Schirra
Mercury-Atlas 9 - 16 May 1963 - Manned Cooper

Notes:
1) Covers are rare to nonexistant for all missions before Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7)
 

 

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