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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 31, 2011 at 8:02pm

Can you scan and upload an image? I moved  your discussion to Space Autographs, BTW.

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Permalink Reply by Harry Blaisure on April 1, 2011 at 1:54pm

Sure, here's a photo of it.

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• John Glenn.JPG, 1.3 MB

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on March 31, 2011 at 8:18pm

Sen Glenn gladly signs  thru the mail if sent to him, I sent a copy of his book and he inscribed it for me,  I sent it to him at the university where did you ask for the autograph thru NASA or elsewhere?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Janovec on April 1, 2011 at 9:31pm

Your Glenn signature is authentic. He just pre-signs a stack of these photos in advance. When an autograph request comes in, the secretaries print the name on the photo of the person who is receiving the item. (Glenn is pretty consistent about making sure most signatures he sends out are personalized.) If you want something that Glenn personalizes to you in his own hand, you have to send in your own item for signing.

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Permalink Reply by Harry Blaisure on April 2, 2011 at 8:46am

thanks for the information, that explains the weird inscription. by chance do you have a good address for him now?  I have some FDC's that I'd like to send him.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Janovec on April 2, 2011 at 10:43am

Autograph requests should be sent to him via The John Glenn School of Public Affairs (formerly The John Glenn Institute). His address, and addresses of other astronauts are provided here:

 

http://www.collectspace.com/resources/autographs_addresses.html

 

Glenn usually signs one item per person, though he may sometimes sign two (especially if they are personalized to different people).

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Permalink Reply by Harry Blaisure on April 2, 2011 at 12:05pm

thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Jorge Marin on April 2, 2011 at 11:04am

Back in 2009, I sent Mr. Glenn 2 first day covers to be signed, and I received it 4 months later with an authentic signature. However, he only signed one out of the 2 covers. I don't complain.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle M. on April 6, 2011 at 11:51pm

I heard from a collector in India that they keep records and its strictly one each.

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Permalink Reply by Hitch1010 on May 19, 2011 at 7:20pm

I think its awesome that someone so famous still signs their requests.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 20, 2011 at 1:19pm

I have had a number of successes with Glenn through the mail over the years and never had a request rejected. I suspect that the policy is ONE autograph per mailed in request.

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Permalink Reply by Lynn D. Lisk on June 16, 2011 at 8:51am

I sent him a Project Mercury Stamp First Day cover several years ago and he signed it and sent it back, took about a month.  About 6 months later I happened to go to D.C. on business and I went to his Senate office and got to meet him briefly.  I thanked him for signing the item and sending it back and he told me he was happy to try and honor autograph requests when possible.

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