27 December 2015
Added three Beck Printed Covers sold by spaceflori on eBay to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
20 December 2015
The following three covers were sold on eBay as Recovery Ship covers; USS Chipola for MR-1A, USS Constellation for MA-7 and the USS Fort Snelling for Apollo 11. None of these ships were involved in the said missions.
8 December 2015
Added a number of covers sold by spaceflori on eBay to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
27 November 2015
Added a nice MR-3 USS Lake Champlain cover to Mercury 3. Sold on eBay for 800 Euros.
23 November 2015
Added more stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items. Added the USS Isle Royale to Apollo 1 (not Involved).
5 November 2015
Another USS Goldsborough cover for Apollo 11 with an A.M. postmark has been found by Gerard Zonneveld, bringing the total to 9. He also found another Apollo 11 USS Hornet HC with missing Time Slug and on a Beck printed cover plus only the second USS Rupertus cover from Apollo 7 with the correct postmark date.
4 November 2015
Another two USS Goldsborough covers for Apollo 11 with A.M. postmarks have been found by Tony O'Brien, bringing the total to 8.
2 November 2015
Added a Skylab 3 cover with a beautiful metal cachet to Interesting Recovery Cachets. Added a USS Wasp Beck printed cover (B651) with an add-on Goldcraft cachet to Gemini 9.
1 November 2015
Added more stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items. Added a USS Hawkins postmark on a general Apollo 14 on the Moon cover to Apollo 14.
25 October 2015
Added two USS Hornet covers to Apollo 11, firstly the blue cachet example of Carrier & capsule under parachutes cachet and secondly an unusual cachet showing capsule descent to Ocean, Carrier & Recovery Helicopter plus text.
23 October 2015
Added several stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items.
21 October 2015
Added a USS Okinawa cover with Captain's corner card (Captain's Cover Type 2) to Apollo 6 thanks to Anthony B O'Brien. He also supplied a scan of a Gordo monkey cover for Jupiter AM-13.
17 October 2015
Added a MR-3 USS Lake Champlain cover to Mercury 3.
12 October 2015
Added a very interesting USS Hornet dual cancelled cover to Apollo 12. Especially note the hand cancel. The NOV is significantly to the left of its normal position. First one seen.
3 October 2015
Added a PRS Mission Emblem cover to Skylab 4. Added a possible Return to Port cover with a Honolulu postmark to Apollo 14. Added a USS Atka to MR-1A (did not participate).
1 October 2015
Added three signed covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers. Added a USS Princeton cover with a KK cachet to Mercury 8 (did not participate).
20 September 2015
Added three covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers including an extremely rare Gemini 11 Captain's cover with an additional printed ship's cachet.
7 September 2015
Added several stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items.
10 August 2015
Added an interesting cover from the Russian missile tracking ship Marshal Krylov for the little known private Europe-America 500 spaceflight.
4 August 2015
Added an extremely rare USS De Haven cover with ship's name on top of postmark to Gemini 10 thanks to Antoni Rigo.
23 July 2015
Added several stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items.
9 July 2015
Added two unusual covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers, a QSL Ham Radio card from the USS Princeton for Apollo 10 and a hand painted cover from the USS New Orleans for Skylab 3.
5 July 2015
Last month was very quiet. Added a PRS mission emblem cover to Apollo 9 and a Apollo 11 20th anniversary Barbuda stamp to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items. Added three GT-3 Beck printed covers with missing yellow to Beck Crew, Error and Unusual Covers thanks to Tom Steiner.
10 June 2015
Added an interesting USNS Croatan cover to Interesting Non-Recovery Ship Covers thanks to Antoni Rigo.
28 May 2015
An Apollo 11 Captain's Cover sold on eBay for $286.50.
22 May 2015
Major discovery by Lee Kok How. An Apollo 11 USS Hornet hand cancel with the Year below the time slug! First one I've seen.
19 May 2015
Added stamps to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items. Added latest covers to Orion and SpaceX.
15 May 2015
Added an ASTP Crew cover signed by four Astronauts to Recently Sold Interesting Covers. It sold for $360!
10 May 2015
Added a new section for Beck Printed Address Covers.
6 May 2015
A very rare envelope stuffer from the USS Noa for Mercury 9 with dual postmarks sold on eBay for EUR 100.
23 April 2015
Added an interesting set of three Forces Air Letters to Apollo 11.
17 April 2015
My website has been down for several days but is now back up. Added a major find, an Apollo 12 USS Hassayampa cover. This is only the second known and the first I've actually seen. Thanks to Gerard Zonneveld. Also added a nice Karcher Kover cacheted cover from the USS Gyatt to Mercury 9 (not involved) thanks to Roland Mantovani.
13 April 2015
More information on the confusion surrounding the recovery operations during Gemini 5.
12 April 2015
Updated information on the USS Waldron during Gemini 5.
11 April 2015
Added important new information on the mission of the USS Waldron during Gemini 5 and why there was no philatelic mail from the ship.
8 April 2015
Added the first recorded Norfolk cover from Apollo 5 and a USNS Redstone cover postmarked on way to Apollo 6, both thanks to Tom Steiner.
6 April 2015
Added four more interesting covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
26 March 2015
Added a major find, the first ever seen USNS Redstone cover from Apollo 6 thanks to Toni Rigo.
15 March 2015
Added five lots of rare Beck covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers. These are must see for Beck cover collectors!
11 March 2015
Added more Goldcraft & Beck covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
5 March 2015
Added a group of eight hard to find Goldcraft covers from Mercury 7 plus four signed PRS covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
28 February 2015
Added a possibly unique Recovery Helicopter Cover to Apollo 16. Not only are such covers had to find for Apollo 16 but this one has the extremely rare machine caccel (only 3 known and this is the only one that is a Recovery Helicopter cover)! Thanks to Toni Rigo.
24 February 2015
Added a Norfolk Skylab 4 Beck Crew Cover to Beck Error, Crew and Unusual Covers.
17 February 2015
Added three covers with interesting cachets to Recently Sold Interesting Covers.
16 February 2015
Added two very interesting certificates to Stamps, Minisheets & Other Items
15 February 2015
A possibly unique Apollo 14 USS New Orleans cover with a PM postmark sold for $87 on eBay.
12 February 2015
Added three covers to Recently Sold Interesting Covers including an interesting crew correspondance plus cover.
10 February 2015
Added a couple of rare covers today; a USS Lake Champlain cover with an A.M. postmark to Gemini 2 and a USS Cambria cover with a blue cachet (the only one I've seen) and signed by Edward Skube, the Recovery Helicopter pilot.
8 February 2015
Added a USS New Orleans Mission Emblem cover to Skylab 3. Added a USS Midway cover with an interesting cachet to Mercury 9. Added a USS Murray cover postmarked for the launch scrub on May 14 to Mercury 9.
2 February 2015
Added two Captains and an Admiral. See Recently Sold Interesting Covers
14 January 2015
Although previously reported to exist, I added the first USNS Rose Knot cover I've seen from Apollo 4. Added a late postmarked USS Noa cover signed by the Commanding Officer to Mercury 6.
9 January 2015
Added a great cover from the USS Robert L. Wilson addressed to the Commander of Destroyer Division Three Six Two for Apollo 201. It not only has a blue ship's cachet but also a possibly unique blue Navy cachet!
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