Seiger, of Larch, Germany, near Stuttgart, according to a recent dispatch, would like to buy back the covers, which he sold for 4,850 marks (about $1,515) each.

He was Horst Eiermann, a naturalized American, a former employee of a NASA contractor, who now lives in Stuttgart, Germany. The NASA announcement of July 11 cleared one mystery involved with the smuggled covers-the name of the go‐between, the man who delivered the 100 covers to Mr. The back‐up cover is preserved, as is the lone official cover, in Postal Service archives. The only moon‐canceled cover has been shown around the world at stamp shows. If there had been such an accident, the second cover would have been given a different cancellation. The second cover, also with a pair of hand perforated die proofs, was aboard Apollo 15 just in case there was an accident to the first cover. The actual stamps are hand perforated die proofs, for the previously‐printed stamps were not issued until the moon cancellation had taken place. 2, 1971, while millions watched the ceremony on television. One of these two covers was canceled on the moon by the flight commander, Colonel Scott, on Aug. There were two authorized covers-both by the Postal Service. 2, 1971, and canceled aboard the aircraft carrier Okinawa on the splashdown date, Aug. The smuggled covers bear a 1969 10c First Man on the Moon stamp canceled at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, July 26, 1971, the Apollo 15 liftoff date, apparently after midnight, and at lower right, a pair of the 8c Decade of U. The Seiger covers are unlike the authorized Postal Service covers. Sixty of these “authorized” covers were impounded by NASA, and 16 were reported “mutilated” in transit. Another 68 was distributed to friends, reportedly including a “gift” of about 40 to one person. Gordon of the 1969 Apollo 12 mission which had been denied carriage on that flight and which bear the insignia of the Apollo 12 mission. The 212 covers not previously reported were “authorized,” apparently by NASA, and involved 88 for Capt. Sieger, a West German stamp dealer who sold 99 covers for about $1,500 each, and retained one for himself. This fact came to light with the announcement July 11 that the three had received reprimands from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the smuggling of the 400 covers, of which 100 eventually found their way to Herman W. These are in addition to the 400 reported in this column July 9.

IT appears that there were an additional 232 covers carried to the moon aboard Apollo 15 last year by Astronauts Col.

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