Special commemorative cover with a cachet and gold sticker honoring the 50th anniversary of Bumper 8, the first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, which occurred on Pad 3 on July 24, 1950, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 2000, signed vertically in ballpoint by Bumper 8/7 team members Norris Gray (fire and safety chief for the Bumper program), Dick Jones (head of Bumper Instrumentation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Ed Belcher (Bumper communications), and Liz Bain (Bumper tracker and the first woman assigned to work on a Cape launch pad). In fine condition. Accompanied by a vintage commemorative cover honoring the 15th anniversary of the Bumper 8 launch, postmarked on July 24, 1965, a rare modern glossy photo of the Bumper 8 launch, and sundry related clippings and paperwork.
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