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The manned missions to space and peak popularity of philatelic items have added a rarity among the postage covers. The first manned mission to moon carried 214 envelopes, along with three human beings of course.

47 envelopes belonged to commander - Neil Armstrong, 104 covers belonged to lunar module pilot - Buzz Aldrin, and remaining 63 belonged to command module pilot - Michael Collins.

The astronauts used naming conventions to identify their envelopes. Neil Armstrong used NA-##, Edwin Eugene Aldrin used A-## and EEA-##, and Michael Collins used C-## naming scheme.

These are noted on the corners or within the image of the earth.

The manned missions to space and peak popularity of philatelic items have added a rarity among the postage covers. The first manned mission to moon, along with three human beings of course, also carried 214 envelopes. 47 envelopes belonged to commander - Neil Armstrong, 104 covers belonged to lunar module pilot - Buzz Aldrin, and remaining 63 belonged to command module pilot - Michael Collins.

Three different designs of envelopes were used:

  • Apollo 11 mission emblem cover
  • Project Apollo Dow-Unicover
  • NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club cover
Apollo 11 Mission Emblem

One of the two stamps were affixed to these covers
  • US Stamp Scott #1338 - US Flag and White House - 6c - 1967
  • US Stamp Scott #1371 - Apollo 8 - 6c - 1969

Project Apollo Dow Unicover
Apart from the 214 envelopes that were carried to the moon, the three astronauts signed and distributed nearly thousand envelopes to their friends and family.

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