Liberty Bell 7 Flown Sealing Tape - Mercury 7 - NASA - Gus Grissom
Item History & Price
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This auction is for the following;Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury SpacecraftOfficial Flown Sealing Tape Presentation
Hand signed & dated by Liberty Bell 7 Expedition Leader Curt Newport in black ink and bearing the embossed corporate seal of the Liberty Bell 7 Inc (recovery company) (RARE!)The segment of flown sealing tape attached to the presentation and certified by Curt Newport measures 2.7cm by 1.5cm. The presentation itself measures approximately 28cm by 21.5cm.Also in...cluded is the original envelope containing this presentation and produced by Liberty Bell 7 Inc - it shows the address of the company and an image of the spacecraft on the front of it.Attached to this presentation is a piece of sealing tape which formed part of the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft. It was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on July 20 1999 from a depth of 16, 043 feet.Mercury Redstone 4 was the second US manned space mission. It launched on July 21 1961 and carried astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom on a suborbital spaceflight lasting 15 minutes 30 seconds in the Liberty Bell 7 capsule.Just after splashdown the hatch of the capsule blew resulting in it sinking into the Atlantic Ocean.
Excellent provenance.
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Hand signed & dated by Liberty Bell 7 Expedition Leader Curt Newport in black ink and bearing the embossed corporate seal of the Liberty Bell 7 Inc (recovery company) (RARE!)The segment of flown sealing tape attached to the presentation and certified by Curt Newport measures 2.7cm by 1.5cm. The presentation itself measures approximately 28cm by 21.5cm.Also in...cluded is the original envelope containing this presentation and produced by Liberty Bell 7 Inc - it shows the address of the company and an image of the spacecraft on the front of it.Attached to this presentation is a piece of sealing tape which formed part of the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft. It was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on July 20 1999 from a depth of 16, 043 feet.Mercury Redstone 4 was the second US manned space mission. It launched on July 21 1961 and carried astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom on a suborbital spaceflight lasting 15 minutes 30 seconds in the Liberty Bell 7 capsule.Just after splashdown the hatch of the capsule blew resulting in it sinking into the Atlantic Ocean.
Excellent provenance.
Any questions please ask.
I have a number of other space related items listed on ebay, please have a look at these.
I also offer a shipping discount on multiple purchases.
