1972-04-16 USA Apollo 16

Apollo 16 insurance cover with a cachet of the Apollo 16 mission insignia, and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an April 16, 1972, Kennedy Space Center postmark, signed in blue felt tip by John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly. Reverse bears a printed certification which reads, "Originally Apollo 16 Insurance Cover Pre-launch signed on the obverse from my personal collection." and signed by John Young. - RRAuction
Photo: The Apollo 16 astronauts in their final test before their scheduled liftoff for the moon.
Photo: "ASTRONAUT FAMILY -- Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, Charles M. Duke, Jr, shows his family the Apollo spacecraft that will transport him and astronaut John W. Young and Thomas K. Mattingly II to the Moon April 16. The Dukes visited the spacecraft white room at Complex 39. Kneeling with Duke are sons Thomas, 4, Charles 6, Dorothy and Guenter Wendt, North American Aviation pad leader. NASA Photo."
Photo: Apollo 16 rocket lifted off from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy on April 16, 1972.
Apollo 16 KSC mailer's postmark permit cancelled on launch day, April 16, 1972.
Apollo 16 cover from Manned Spaceflight Covers, cancelled at Houston on moon landing day April 20, 1972. Signed by Charlie Duke.
Photo: Charlie Duke on the moon.
John Young and Charlie Duke explored Descartes area in their rover after landed on the moon. This cover was postmarked at Houston on April 20, 1972.
Video: Charlie Duke brings family to the Moon.
Photo: Charlie Duke took this photo on the moon from where he left behind a shrink-wrapped picture of his family.
Charlie Duke and John Young lift-off from the moon on April 23, 1972.
USS Ticonderoga CSV-14 recovery ship postcard with Beck rubber stamped cachet, hand cancelled on April 27, 1972.
Apollo 16 primary recovery ship cover with rare USS Ticonderoga machine cancel, April 27, 1972, postmarked on board the ship.
Apollo 16 recovery cover flown via helicopter with the rare USS Ticonderoga machine cancel, April 27, 1972.
Apollo 16 USS Ticonderoga recovery ship cover with Beck rubber stamped cachet. Top cover signed by Captain Edward Ayes Boyd, bottom cover signed by recovery crew. The USS Ticonderoga hand cancel, April 27, 1972, was postmarked onshore.
Apollo 16 USS Ticonderoga recovery ship cover with a painted cachet by Robert McCall at the back of the cover.
Apollo 16 Captain's cover with hand cancel USS Ticonderoga, April 27, 1972.
Photo: "Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke displays a photograph taken of him on the moon along with a scale model Apollo 16. Duke is celebrating his 20th anniversary of the moon walk. Photo by Kevin Geil. Insight March 19, 1992."