Apollo 15 autographed postal cover smuggled to the Moon British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Accompanied with a British Philatelic

Accompanied with a British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity (1977)

A four margin MINT (original gum) example

An extremely scarce item

A superb unused matched pair of imperforate imprimaturs lettered 'TD' taken from the first registration sheet "Before hardening" & second registration sheet "After hardening"

Very rare as an intact sheet

Apollo 15 autographed postal cover smuggled to the Moon British Indian Ocean Territory stamps Accompanied with a British PhilatelicA rare chance to own one of the notorious Apollo 15 covers (envelopes) carried to the Moons surface. The story In the spring of 1971, German stamp dealer Hermann Sieger approached Apollo 15 commander David Scott. Sieger offered Scott and fellow Apollo 15 crewmembers Jim Irwin and Al Worden $7,000 each to carry 100 covers to the Moon. The crew agreed, on condition that Sieger would not sell the covers until the end of the Apollo programme. The crew