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U.S. First Day Covers (#1193) February 20, 1962 |
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U.S. First Day Covers (#1193) February 20, 1962 |
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Notes305 postoffices all over the country released the Project Mercury stamp for sale to the public at 3:30 pm upon the successful splashdown of Astronaut John Glenn Jr,. This stamp was designed and printed in secret and distributed to the 305 post offices. Even these post offices did not know what they had received until word was given to open the packages and put the stamps on sale. Since this was a surprise stamp issue, many post offices only had the stamps on sale for a couple of hours. Collectors did not have much time to prepare first day covers and they used whatever envelopes were handy. Thus many of the Project Mercury FDCs have the cheaper envelope paper used for everyday correspondence, and today many of these envelopes are now beginning to show toning (a discoloration, which can be over the entire envelope or by bleedthrough from the gummed seams and/or gummed back flap). Only the Cape Canaveral Florida postmark has the words "First Day of Issue" in its cancel. This is considered the official cancel. Many collectors have tried to collect a first day cover from each of the 305 cities, but as far as I know this has not been accomplished. Did you know that when the Project Mercury stamp was issued there was no post office named Cape Canaveral? Cape Canaveral was a geographical name for a point of land where the launch took place. The town of Port Canaveral did exist at the time of the Mercury/Glenn launch and sometime later its name was changed to Cape Canaveral.
AbbreviationsC = Cape Canaveral, Florida |
Price List
| LIST ID | ITEM ID | PRICE | CANCEL DATE | CANCEL LOC |
| FDC1193A | 0010 | $2.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; NIM), Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. 2 color JJF (unidentified) rubber stamp cachet shows the Mercury capsule with 4 lines of text "*John H. Glenn, Jr.*, first U.S. Astronaut to orbit Earth, *Project Mercury*". | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0070A | $4.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-4), Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. Black ARTCRAFT engraved printed cachet, shows John Glenn in space helmet and his Mercury Atlas launch vehicle plus appropriate text which read: "First Day of Issue, NASA Atlas Mercury at lift off. Commemorating first successful orbital flight by an American, Feb. 20, 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr.". IMAGE | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0080 | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-58), Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. FIRST ORBIT (unidentified) printed cachet in black, shows head of John Glenn and 6 line printed text for this event. NOTE: some envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0090 | $10.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-58), with block of 4 Project Mercury stamps. Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel FIRST ORBIT (unidentified) printed cachet in black, shows head of John Glenn and 6 line printed text for this event. NOTE: some envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0100 | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-59), Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. FIRST ORBIT (unidentified) printed cachet in black, shows Mercury capsule orbiting Earth globe and 9 line printed text for this event. NOTE: some envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0110 | $10.00 | 02/20/1962 | C |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-59), with block of 4 Project Mercury stamps. Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. FIRST ORBIT (unidentified) printed cachet in black, shows Mercury capsule orbiting Earth globe and 9 line printed text for this event. NOTE: some envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0750Q | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | DBL |
| A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED PROJECT MERCURY (JOHN GLENN FLIGHT) FIRST DAY COVER AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a First Day of Issue machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on a 4 cent Project Mercury space stamp (#1193). With a multicolored ACE 141 & 241 computer generated printed cachet showing rockets and UFO's flying between planets. The 2nd cancel is a hand cancel (clearly readable) from Findlay OH of 10/29/1998 on one of the 32 cent 1998 Science Fiction space stamps (date commemorates the launch of John Glenn in the STS-95 Space Shuttle). This is an add on cachet. (marked on the backside of cover: #3 of 5, and Dave Lemon Cachets rubber stamp). | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0751Q | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | DBL |
| A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED PROJECT MERCURY (JOHN GLENN FLIGHT) FIRST DAY COVER AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a First Day of Issue machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on a pair of 4 cent Project Mercury space stamps (#1193). With a multicolored ACE 141 computer generated printed cachet showing an astronaut holding his space helmet. The 2nd cancel is a hand cancel (clearly readable) from Findlay OH of 10/29/1998 on one of the 32 cent 1998 Science Fiction space stamps (date commemorates the launch of John Glenn in the STS-95 Space Shuttle). (marked on the backside of cover: #5 of 6, add on by Dave Lemon, 7/20/94 plus a Dave Lemon Cachets rubber stamp). | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0752Q | $7.00 | 02/20/1962 | DBL |
| A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED PROJECT MERCURY (JOHN GLENN FLIGHT) FIRST DAY COVER AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a First Day of Issue machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on a 4 cent Project Mercury space stamp (#1193). With blue Virginia Philatelic Federation & Robert C. Graebner Chapter #17 AFDCS printed cachet for the 75th Anniversary American Airmail Society showing an aviator and an astronaut plus illustrations of an airship, biplane, space research vehicle and the space shuttle and an additional word rubber stamp text reading: "John Glenn STS-95 Launch". The 2nd cancel is a hand cancel (clearly readable) from Washington DC of 10/29/1998 on a 32 cent 1998 Space Discovery stamp (#3240), for the launch of the STS-95 Space Shuttle. (John Glenn was a U.S. Senator, from Washington DC, and NASA Headquarters is also located in Washington DC). | ||||
| FDC1193A | 0753Q | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | DBL |
| A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED PROJECT MERCURY (JOHN GLENN FLIGHT) FIRST DAY COVER AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a First Day of Issue machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on a 4 cent Project Mercury space stamp (#1193). With blue Virginia Philatelic Federation & Robert C. Graebner Chapter #17 AFDCS printed cachet for the 75th Anniversary American Airmail Society showing an aviator and an astronaut plus illustrations of an airship, biplane, space research vehicle and the space shuttle. The 2nd cancel is a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a 32 cent 1998 Space Discovery stamp (#3242), for the launch of the STS-95 Space Shuttle. This pictorial cancel is in the shape of a Mercury space capsule and depicts the Space Shuttle, with text reading: "Launch Station, John Glenn Returns to Space, from Friendship 7 to STS-95, 1962/1998. " | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1000 | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-5), San Antonio Texas double ring hand cancel. Blue ARTMASTER engraved printed cachet, shows Mercury capsule over globe of USA, Central America and South America with appropriate text for this event. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1015 | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-120), Flushing NY. machine slogan cancel. FIRST NOVAK printed cachet in blue, showns Mercury capsule and 4 line printed text for this event, reads: "Project Mercury, U.S. Man in Space, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., February 20th, 1962". NOTE: envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1040 | $8.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193; M-22), Anacortes Washington machine cancel. CASCADE (unidentified) printed cachet, in orange and blue, shows drawing of Glenn in his spacesuit and the Mercury capsule with appropriate first day of issue text. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1050 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Chicago Illinois four bar hand cancel. The Project Mercury stamp is on a 1960 4 cent Pony Express postal stationery envelope. No cachet. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1060 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Rockford Illinois machine slogan cancel. No cachet. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1070 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Elgin Illinois machine slogan cancel. No cachet, envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1080 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Elgin Illinois double ring roller hand cancel. No cachet, envelope toning. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1100 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Colonia New Jersey hand cancel. No cachet. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1105 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Newark N.J. machine cancel. No cachet. Has an extra machine cancel at bottom left of cover. Cover is sealed and pencil addressed. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1108 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Harrisburg PA. "Heart Disease" machine slogan cancel. Typed 4 line black cachet reads: "First Day of Issue, Unnanounced Project Mercury Surprise Stamp". Cover has typed address. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1110 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), York PA machine slogan cancel. No cachet. | ||||
| FDC1193A | 1140 | $5.00 | 02/20/1962 | |
| 4 CENT PROJECT MERCURY FDC (#1193), Milwaukee Wis. "Pray for Peace" machine slogan cancel. No cachet. | ||||
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