APOLLO RECOVERY SHIP COVER & POSTMARK VARIETIES

Apollo 1 (AS-204) - 27 January 1967
Plugs-Out Launch Pad Test
Scheduled launch Date - 21 February 1967

Note:
1) While the cover indicates that the USS Sunnyvale would have been a tracking ship for Apollo 204, there is considerable doubt over this, as the ship was not used for any other Manned mission.
2) From the collection of Tom Steiner.
3) Morris Beck produced a number of covers for this mission (B712-B720). B712-B715 were never returned while the others were used on subsequent missions (see Apollo AS501 and Apollo 7).
4) On 27 January 1967 a disastrous fire occurred , claiming the lives of Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee.
5) There are no Recovery Force Covers for this mission, with the possible exception of the USS Sunnyvale and the USS Essex (see note 7).
6) From the collection of Steve Durst. Two more covers have been found, a second by Steve Durst and one by Eddie Bizub.
7) While postmarked on the day after the fire, this is probably the closest to a Primary Recovery Ship cover that exists for this abandoned mission.

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