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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Apollo 11 Moon Landing Newspapers,1969 Newspapers for sale, World Cup England Winners 31st July 1966 Times newspaper for sale

Papers Past have decided to release for sale some more rare and extremely collectable Times newspapers from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission.
Stocks of these historical newspapers are very low and are only available on a first come first served basis. They are actual newspapers, not reprinted copies and each one comes with a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity and two sheets of conservation grade, acid free wrapping paper in which to store them. All of the newspapers are in good to fair condition.
Firstly: Thursday July 17th 1969 Times Newspaper with the front page headline "Apollo 11 starts with a beautiful ride on way to the moon". This edition has a front page picture of the lift off and article and on p.7 a half page picture of the crew along with other articles on p.5 & 10.
Friday July 18th 1969 Times has a front page picture of Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins relayed from Apollo 11 with the headline "Nixon plans to talk direct with men on moon" with further associated moon comment on p.6 & 29.
Wednesday July 23rd 1969 has the front page headline "Brief loss of contact with astronauts".
Finally: Friday 25th July 1969 has the front page headline "Moon men return to earth upside down but safe" with a picture of the crew speaking with President Nixon, also another large picture on p.9 and comment on p.8,9 & 31.

The Launch (17.7.69) and Splash down (25.7.69) editions are available at £195 each or £350 the pair. The Mid flight editions (18th and 23rd July 1969) are available at £145 each or £250 the pair.
Leather presentation folders @£15 can be purchased and all prices include delivery worldwide.
To obtain one or all of these pieces of history simply telephone Ian or Sam on 01872 261220 9am-10pm, payment can be made by credit card, debit card or PayPal. All items despatched next day by Royal Mail Special Delivery.

The other Historic Newspaper that we are currently offering is equally as rare as the Moon Landing ones- Sunday 31st July 1966 Sunday Times with reports of England winning the World Cup. Front page iconic picture of Martin Peters hugging number 10 Geoff Hurst with headline "London goes mad after World Cup victory".It has a full back page match report and pictures of the late German goal and Hurst's third goal. Further back page articles about Alf Ramsey and the "Queen's anxious moments".
In 28 years of trading old newspapers this is the only edition that Papers Past has ever seen for 31.7.66 - it comes with two supplements (Business News and Weekly Review) and has not been bound so is in good condition and is priced at £295 including worldwide delivery. To snap this one up (and there is just the one) call us on 01872 261220 9am-10pm.

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