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In 1971: ldi Amin seizes power in Uganda; Congo renamed Zaire; first Intel microprocessor;

Jim Morrison, J.C. Penney and Igor Stravinsky die; Ewan McGregor, Snoop Dog & Tupac born.

At the RPSL: Seventy-six Members elected Fellows. Tilleard Medal presented to H.M. Queen

for display of Canadian Airmails. Postal Strike delays delivery of the London Philatelist.

RPSL President was John Hubbard. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1215-1446.

APOLLO 15 COVER

FLOWN TO THE MOON

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From the collection of Beatrice Bachmann FRPSL. thit- Falcon Rl the Had.l~.>'"ApemiM, ''oon.
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Member since 1990. Lives in Switzerland.
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FIRST MAN ON THE MOON ::>

A philatelic highlight of the Apollo flights were the Apollo 15 Moon covers. Apollo 15 launched on

26th July 1971 from Kennedy Space Centre with Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin, carrying 100

'Sieger Moon covers' aboard. They were flown by Irwin and Scott in the LEM Falcon on 30th July

1971 to the Moon (handwritten confirmation in top-left corner). After three days on the Moon the

crew with its special cargo returned to Earth on 7th August 1971 and were recovered by USS

Okinawa after splashdown. This cover #058 has a notary endorsement that it was carried by Falcon

to the Moon, July 30-August 2, 1971.