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This list contains all types of covers for air and space events, such as space manned flights, space recoveries from ships, satellite launches, space anniversaries, special air flights and balloon events, etc.
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| LIST ID | ITEM ID | PRICE | CANCEL DATE | CANCEL LOC |
| AIRSPC04 | 4000K | $5.00 | 12/11/1972 | C |
| APOLLO 17 MOONLANDING - JULES VERNE CACHET, With Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 8 cent Apollo 15 Earth from the Moon stamp (#1434). With black Kenmore Stamp Company printed cachet commemorating the Apollo 17 Moon landing flight and Jules Verne, the famous writer of Science Fiction, showing an early space capsule recovery with word text "Commemorating America's Seventh Manned Moon Landing Expedition. 1868 Wood-cut from Jules Verne's prophetic novel of America's Moon conquest, showing recovery of capsule in the Pacific." and additional word text "Apollo XVII Moon Landing, December 11, 1972 - America's Final Apollo Moon Mission Takes Astronauts to a Lunar Volcano." Kenmore Stamp Company printed address. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4000KK | $5.00 | 12/11/1972 | C |
| APOLLO 17 MOONLANDING - JULES VERNE CACHET, With Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 8 cent Apollo 15 Lunar Rover on Moon stamp (#1435). With black Kenmore Stamp Company printed cachet commemorating the Apollo 17 Moon landing flight and Jules Verne, the famous writer of Science Fiction, showing an early space capsule recovery with word text "Commemorating America's Seventh Manned Moon Landing Expedition. 1868 Wood-cut from Jules Verne's prophetic novel of America's Moon conquest, showing recovery of capsule in the Pacific." and additional word text "Apollo XVII Moon Landing, December 11, 1972 - America's Final Apollo Moon Mission Takes Astronauts to a Lunar Volcano." Kenmore Stamp Company printed address. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4005 | $3.50 | 10/07/1978 | |
| JULES VERNE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH, With Chicago Philatelic Society Exh. Sta. Chicago IL pictorial cancel depicting a stylized rocket, on 15 cent Flag stamp. Cover has a 10 cent FMF Local Post imperf. single stamp honoring Jules Verne, the famous writer of Science Fiction, showing a rocket and a space capsule going to the Moon. The black on goldenrod colored local post stamp has a starry "Blastoff" border inscription and is locally tied by a "FMF Travel Local Post first day of issue" cancel. Cover has an additional 2 line text rubber stamp that reads "150 th Anniversary of Birth." Cover has a label address. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4017A | $5.00 | 08/31/1970 | F |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA: JULES VERNE STAMP (#1695) FIRST DAY COVER (from its Historical Canon series of stamps), with a Praha hand cancel showing a canon, and dated Aug. 31, 1970, on two canon stamps: 1.80k value (#1695) showing early 20th century canon and J. Verne's spaceship "La Colombiad" being shot out of a canon, stamp also shows Jules Verne autograph and an inset drawing from his book of men experiencing weightlessness. The other stamp is a 30h value (#1692) showing a cannon from the 30 Years' War and Baron Munchhausen. With printed cachet showing a canon being fired, and a man sitting on the crescent of the Moon. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4019 | $3.50 | 07/24/1965 | C |
| 15th ANNIVERSARY FIRST MISSILE LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL, with a Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 5 cent Flag stamp, With brown printed cachet that covers most of the envelope showing various missiles, rockets and satellites launched from Cape Canaveral, and printed text: "Commemorating 15th Anniversary, First Missile Launched, from Cape Canaveral. A V-2 with an Army WAC Corporal 2nd stage. July 24, 1950" (Part of the Cape Canaveral name and the 1965 portion of the cancel is unreadable as it falls on the dark portion of the cachet). Cover comes with a illustrated insert card that shows the first missile launched and has printed text as described on the cacheted cover. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4019F | $6.00 | 07/24/1970 | C |
| 20th ANNIVERSARY FIRST ROCKET LAUNCHED AT CAPE CANAVERAL (JULES VERNE ITEM), with a Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on 6 cent Apollo 8/Moon space stamp (#1371) that also ties a V2-WAC Corporal Rocket/Jules Verne cinderella label souvenir sheet to the cover. With 2 color ORBIT printed cachet that shows Jules Verne and a drawing from his book of men experiencing weightlessness, and printed text that reads in part: "20th Anniversary of First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral. About 600 Vehicles Orbited since 1958; 21 Manned Spaceflights, 5 Astronaut Moon Flights." The two color cinderella label shows picture of a WAC Corporal Rocket and copy of the Fort Bliss rocket postage stamp (#976), with printed text: "20th Anniversary of First Launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1950, 1970, July 20, 1950 V-2 WAC Corporal Rocket - Bumper #8". IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4020 | $3.50 | 09/26/1969 | H |
| NATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME COMMEMORATIVE LOCAL POST COVER, with Houston TX machine cancel on a 6 cent Flag stamp. With a 5 cent NASA LOCAL POST black on yellow perforated local post stamp and locally cancelled in red that shows a map of Texas with a Mercury capsule taking off from "Space City USA". LP stamp is inscribed "National Space Hall of Fame" and shows a stylized object in orbit (perhaps the logo of the National Space Hall of Fame?). With black printed cachet of the same logo and printed text that lists the 10 initial honorees to the National Space Hall of Fame and includes Dr. Wernher von Braun; John H. Glenn Jr.; Dr. Robert H. Goddard and Alan B. Shepard Jr. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4032 | $4.00 | 07/21/1979 | F |
| WERNHER VON BRAUN PICTORIAL AUSTRIAN CANCELLED CARD, with a Gmund Austria hand cancel showing Dr. Von Braun, the Saturn/Apollo 11 rocket launch and Moon footprint, and the word text in German (for the 10th Anniversary of the first Moonlanding, and 20th year of GWF?), with red printed cachet of the Apollo 11 emblem/patch and two small logos, one which is the FISA, and 14 lines of printed text all in German, the first line reading "Der Adler 1st Gelandet" which roughly translates: "the Eagle 1st landed" (the Apollo 11 lunar module which landed on the Moon was called the Eagle). Cancel is on card which has a gold colored border. IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4038A | $5.00 | 06/16/1977 | WS |
| GERMAN/AMERICAN ROCKET PIONEER WERNHER VON BRAUN DEATH COVER, with a White Sands Missile Range machine cancel. Cover has a purple and flesh tone colored SPACE VOYAGE printed cachet that illustrates various important events in the life of von Braun, such as the Apollo 11 launch and moonlanding, first launch at Cape Canaveral of German V2 on Wac Corporal, etc. with word text that reads in part: "Dr. Wernher von Braun, Mar. 13, 1912- June 16, 1977. Von Braun directed the launching of 1000s of V2s at White Sands, N.M. during the late 1940s; the first serious US Government rocket studies........". | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4038J | $4.00 | 06/16/1977 | K |
| GERMAN/AMERICAN ROCKET PIONEER WERNHER VON BRAUN DEATH COVER, with a Kennedy Space Center FL space pictorial machine cancel on 13 cent Flag stamp. Cover has a black printed cachet, (unidentified) that shows bust of Dr. von Braun, with word text: "Wernher von Braun, born Wirsitz, Germany - March 23, 1912, Died Alexandria, Virginia - June 16, 1977.". (The KSC pictorial machine cancel shows the short lived front silhouette of the space shuttle/and booster with slogan "Beginning a new era, Space Shuttle.", this slogan became known as the "mickey mouse" cancel as it resembled the mickey mouse hat with the large ears, and thus it was soon replaced with a different illustration of the space shuttle). | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4063A | $10.00 | 06/17/1965 | |
| GEMINI 4 TRACKING SHIP COMMEMORATIVE COVER, With a Rodman, Canal Zone machine cancel of June 17, 1965 on a 5 cent U.S. Flag stamp AND a 4 cent Canal Zone stamp showing a ship (very unusual mixed combination of stamps on such a cover). With DOCUMENT typed cachet filled in and autographed by the Executive Officer of the USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14). The typed cachet reads: "This cachet was stamped and countersigned on June 7, 1965 in Lat.21 South, Long.82 West upon completion of four days of orbiting the astronauts J. McDivitt and E. White. It was mailed upon arrival at the first port of call, after completion of the above. (signed) Executive Officer. ". there is one line of black rubber stamp text that reads "USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)" and one additional typed line reading "Project Gemini IV". IMAGE | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4065 | $5.00 | 06/16/1965 | |
| GEMINI 4 HOMETOWN CELEBRATION, With a Jackson Michigan machine cancel on a 5 cent Flag stamp on the date of the celebration. (Jackson Michigan is the hometown of Gemini 4 Astronaut James A. McDivitt). Cover has a black Gemini 4 photo printed cachet (unidentified) depicting Astronaut McDivitt, the Gemini 4 launch and the Gemini 4 recovery and printed text reading "Astronaut Lt. Col. James McDivitt, Home Town Celebration, Jackson Michigan, June 16, 1965." Cachet also has a printed simulated autograph of James A. McDivitt. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4075 | $3.00 | 12/21/1968 | K |
| APOLLO 8 LAUNCH, With Kennedy Space Center Florida space pictorial machine cancel, on 5 cent "The Sciences" stamp, with black rubber stamp cachet (unidentified) showing a portion of the moon and word rubber stamp text: "Apollo 8". (Size of cachet 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". This cachet design is similar to the design on the official NASA label cachet for Apollo 8). | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4125A | $6.00 | 03/13/1969 | |
| APOLLO 9 RECOVERY - ASTRONAUT McDIVITT SLOGAN CANCEL, With a Jackson Michigan machine slogan cancel on Apollo 9 recovery date, on a 1 cent definitive stamp that clearly reads: Salute Astronaut McDivitt" there is also a 5 cent Gemini Space CApsule stamp (#1332) on cover cancelled on the selvage. (Jackson Michigan is the hometown of Gemini 4/Apollo 9 Astronaut James A. McDivitt). Cover has a black printed cachet (unidentified) that shows Astronaut McDivitt, his launch and his capsule being recovered, with word text "Astronaut Col. James McDivitt, Command Pilot, Gemini 4 - Apollo 9, Jackson, Michigan, His Home Town". Light pencil address. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4135 | $5.00 | 07/24/1969 | |
| APOLLO 11 SPLASHDOWN - RECOVERY SHIP WITH OFFICIAL NAVY CACHET, With a U.S.S. NEW hand cancel (4 bar) on a 6 cent Apollo 8 space stamp (#1371) and a black OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY RECOVERY FORCE rubber stamp cachet depicting thelunar module and the Apollo capsule and text reading "Apollo 11, AS 506, manned lunar landing, U.S. Navy Recovery Force, Atlantic." (Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing flight). Rubber stamp address. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4175W | $3.00 | 08/07/1971 | F |
| APOLLO 15 SPLASHDOWN, with Apia, Western Samoa pictorial hand cancel showing Apollo spacecraft with parachutes for the Apollo 15 flight, on a 20 s. Apollo Astronaut/Splashdown W. Samoa stamp. Two-color Apollo 15 emblem printed cachet. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4176Q | $2.00 | 08/07/1971 | F |
| APOLLO 15 SPLASHDOWN, From Grand Turk Tracking Station, with Turks and Caicos Island postage stamp and hand cancel. With Autograph and return address of tracking personnel. Nice rubber stamp cachet for splashdown. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4178 | $3.00 | 08/07/1971 | |
| APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Kawishiwi (AO-146) hand cancel on 8 cent Flag stamp. With official Navy Recovery Force violet rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4178A | $3.00 | 08/07/1971 | |
| APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Kawishiwi (AO-146) hand cancel on 6 cent Apollo 8/Moon stamp (#1371). With official Navy Recovery Force violet rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". Label Address. (note: not all of the Kawishiwi name is readable, just "ishiwi (AO-146)". | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4178F | $3.00 | 08/07/1971 | |
| APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Austin (LPD-4) hand cancel on 10 cent First Man on Moon space stamp (#C76). With official Navy Recovery Force black rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". Airmail border envelope, Note: there is a small label stain were a peelable address label was. | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4178G | $3.00 | 08/07/1971 | |
| APOLLO 15 PACIFIC RECOVERY SHIP, U.S.S. Austin (LPD-4) hand cancel on 8 cent Flag stamp. With official Navy Recovery Force black rubber stamp cachet for the Apollo 15 manned lunar landing flight. Shows the emblem of the TF 130 (Task Force 130), and an apollo capsule with recovery parachutes, and text reading "Apollo 15, United States Navy". | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4377Z | $50.00 | SET | |
| COMPLETE SET OF SIX APOLLO MOONLANDING COVERS, All 6 covers, one for each flight of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17, have cancels of the actual moonlanding date (cancels can be from Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral or Kennedy Space Center FL, and either machine or hand cancelled) on a space stamp or a flag stamp. Each cover has a different two color printed cachet by SPACE CRAFT COVERS (by Swanson), one for each flight, that show a drawing of a moon landing scene with appropriate detailed text. Most covers have a small one line printed address, (which is customary on this cachetmakers covers. Note: No Apollo 13 cover is included in this set, as there was no moonlanding due to the explosion in space and the moonlanding was aborted. (This set of 6 covers specially priced at $50.00, retail price if purchased separately would be much higher). | ||||
| AIRSPC04 | 4530 | $3.00 | 01/26/1979 | L |
| VANDENBERG AFB CA SHUTTLE GROUND BREAKING, with a Lompoc CA machine cancel, with two color Space Voyage printed cachet and printed text: "Vandenberg A.F.B. California Shuttle Ground Breaking, January 26, 1979. Shown at left is futuristic artist's version of Shuttle on Vandenberg AFB pad. Vandenberg AFB California is Postal Branch of Lompoc." | ||||
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