Books and Manuscripts

[Apollo 11] Armstrong, Neil, and Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
Signed First Day Cover
Washington, D.C., September 9, 1969. First day issue postal cover, signed by the three astronauts of the Apollo II moon landing: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. With NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club cachet; “Moon Landing Jul 20 1969” postmark, and 10¢ "First Man on the Moon" postage stamp (Scott #C76). Lightly creased. 4 x 6 1/2 in. (102 x 165 mm). From the collection of former Governor of Texas and Secretary of the Treasury, John B. Connally, Jr.

Fine example with bold signatures of the three Apollo 11 astronauts.

John B. Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) began his career in politics as an aide to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, before serving a brief tenure as the Secretary of the Navy, in 1961, resigning after a year for his first gubernatorial campaign. He was in Dallas on November 22, 1963, riding in the same convertible as John F. Kennedy on the day of his assassination, and was wounded by one of the bullets that killed the President. He served as the 39th Governor of Texas, from 1963-69, and Secretary of the Treasury under Richard Nixon, from 1971-72, presiding over the removal of the United States dollar from the gold standard.