Price List - 1969 Apollo 8 First Manned Moon Flight, First Day Covers (#1371)- Various cachets /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

Apollo 8
First Manned Moon Flight
First Day Covers, (#1371)
with Various Cachets.
Date of Issue May 5, 1969

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#1371 Apollo 8 Space Stamp

Apollo 8 Space FDC.

"Artcraft" printed cachet cover

Apollo 8 Space
First Day Covers, (#1371)
Notes

This stamp marks the successful flight of man's first flight to the Moon. Three astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 space capsule in December 1968 left Earth and circumnavigated the Moon on Christmas Eve and returned home successfully.
Its central design is an Earth view from the Moon taken from the Apollo 8 capsule and the stamp has a quote from the Holy Bible: "In the beginning God.......".
On Christmas eve the 3 Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Holy Bible as they circled the Moon.
This stamp was issued on May 5, 1969, the 8th anniversary of the first U.S. manned space flight by astronaut Alan Shepard in 1961.
For more information on the Apollo 8 flight and to read what the astronauts quoted from the Holy Bible, click on the link below:

From the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Website

Pricelist Cataloging
for these First Day Covers

The Item ID's for the below cover listings are cataloged using the

Mellone's Specialized Cachet Catalog of First Day Covers of the 1960's

I use a 4 digit alpha/numeric number, and so a Item ID number of "M022", means that the M signifys that it is in the Mellone catalog and having a catalog number of 22.
When a cachet exists that is not in the Mellone catalog, then the Item ID will be a 4 digit alpha/numeric number starting with an "N" signifying NOT in Mellone and the 3 following numbers are my own identification. Such as "N004".
Any letter(s) following the 4 digit alpha/numeric number are my own and it signifies a different variety of cover such as a different kind of cancel, a different city cancel, a cover with an autograph, how the cover is addressed, etc. etc.
For each cover listed in the below price list I also list the Mellone catalog number in the pricelist text such as (#1371M-4) as it is listed in the catalog. Or if you see: (#1371-NIM) this means the cover is "Not In Mellone" catalog.

General Notes

All items are covers unless otherwise noted.
All covers are the standard U.S. #6 size (approximately 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches), as collected in the USA, unless otherwise noted.
Foreign covers may be slightly smaller in size than the standard U.S. #6 size and if so, their size will NOT be noted. Any cover larger than a number 6 size will be noted or any item of an unordinary size will be so noted.
All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.
All covers are cacheted unless otherwise noted. A brief description of the cachet is given of the event being commemorated.
If covers are autographed they are genuine, unless otherwise noted.
Where stamp(s) used on the item are of significance, such as being a space stamp or a flag stamp or related to the event or location, it will be described. Otherwise the stamp(s) used on the item may be a definitive issue or an unrelated commemorative issue, and will not be described.
Items listed here may not be listed in any particular order.
Please print out the ON-LINE ORDER FORM and use it to mark down the covers you need. When ordering, please mark the LIST ID as well as ITEM ID.

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Price List

LIST ID

ITEM ID

PRICE

CANCEL DATE

CANCEL LOC

FDC1371A	M005	$2.50	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371M-5) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a black ARTCRAFT engraved printed cachet showing the busts of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the Apollo capsule orbiting the Moon with Earth in the distance, with printed text "First Day of Issue, James A. Lovell, William A. Anders, Frank Borman. Saluting Apollo 8, U.S. First Manned Lunar Orbital Flight.". IMAGE

FDC1371A	M008	$7.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371M-8) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a blue ATA SPACE UNIT printed cachet showing "Apollo" statue, Earth from the Moon and the ATA Space Unit logo, with printed text "Project Apollo, 'Luner Flirtation', Apollo 12.". Label address

FDC1371A	M042	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371M-42) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a multicolored SPACE CITY COVER SOCIETY printed cachet showing the Apollo 8 capsule on a figure 8 trajectory with the Earth and Moon in the loops of the figure 8, and the words "Apollo" behind it, with printed text " Borman, Lovell, Anders, Apollo 8, First Manned Orbit of the Moon, Dec. 21, to Dec. 27, 1968, First Day of Issue.". Cover also has a 5 cent green and black NASA Local Post stamp showing the Apollo 8 astronauts in business suits, and text reading "Apollo 8 Tribute, Lovell-Borman-Anders, NASA Local Post, Houston Texas.". Local post stamp is tied to cover with a blue NASA Local Post cancel showing the state of Texas with a space capsule orbiting over it, with text: NASA Local Post, May 5, 1969, Space City U.S.A.

FDC1371A	M043	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371M-43) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a blue SPACE CITY COVER SOCIETY printed cachet showing the Apollo 8 Astronauts in business suits, Earth and the Moon with a space capsule in a loop around Earth and the Moon trajectory, with printed text "First Day of Issue, Anders - Lovell - Borman. Honoring Apollo 8 Crew.". Cover also has a 5 cent green and black NASA Local Post stamp showing the Apollo 8 astronauts in business suits, and text reading "Apollo 8 Tribute, Lovell-Borman-Anders, NASA Local Post, Houston Texas.". Local post stamp is tied to cover with a blue NASA Local Post cancel showing the state of Texas with a space capsule orbiting over it, with text: NASA Local Post, May 5, 1969, Space City U.S.A.

FDC1371A	M045	$15.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371M-45) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a blue 20th CENTURY REFORMATION HOUR printed cachet which is ALL text that reads in part: "Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968, First Day of Issue, May 5, 1969. Holy Scripture read 'for all the people back on earth' from the moon by U.S. Astronauts James Lovell Jr., William Anders, Frank Borman.", the rest of the cachet is the printed Holy Bible text of Genesis 1:1-10, that starts out "In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth." This is a FIRST CACHET for 20th Century Reformation Hour.

FDC1371A	N001F	$5.00	05/05/1969	DBL
A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , The 1st cancel is a Houston TX first day of issue machine cancel of 05/05/1969 on the Apollo 8 stamp. The 2nd cancel is a Titusville FL Astronaut Trail Station hand cancel of 07/20/1969 on a 6 cent Flag stamp, cancelled on the date the Apollo Eleven astronauts made the first Moon landing. With a black and blue FRASKETI rubber stamp cachet (unidentifed) showing the Mercury III/Alan B. Shepard launch and a replica of the U.S. First Man on the Moon stamp, with rubber stamp text: "From 5-5-61 MR3 Mercury Flight to Apollo XI Moonlanding 7-20-69.". (the issue date of the Apollo 8 stamp is the anniversary date of the 1st U.S. man into space, Alan Shepard's Mercury/Redstone [MR-3] flight). This is an add on cachet.

FDC1371A	N005H	$6.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a blue HENRY CACHET printed cachet which shows an Apollo capsule orbiting the moon and a lunar lander about to land on the moon, with Earth in the background, with printed text: "Apollo, 'Moon Run', Manned Astronaut Flight." Pen Addressed, toning on edges of envelope.

FDC1371A	N010S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a black UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows an Apollo astronaut inside the capsule,with captioned printed text below picture: "Inside Apollo: Anders exhibits telephone lens as weightless power cord snakes into foreground." and additional printed text reading: "Sunday, Dec. 22, First television from outer space. 'This transmission' the Apollo 8 commander said to veiwers around the world 'is coming to you approximately half way between the moon and the earth'."

FDC1371A	N013S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a red UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows an Apollo capsule in orbit over the Moon and printed text: "Apollo 8 First Orbit of the Moon. At 4:59 a.m. December 24, 1968 after flying around the leading edge of the moon the SPS (Service Propulsion Sytem) rocket was fired for 4 minutes and the ship was successfully in its first of a planned 10 orbits of the earth's satellite."

FDC1371A	N016S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a red UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows the lunar surface which looks like it is taken from a space capsule window, with captioned printed text above picture: "View of moon's surface from spacecraft window at height of only 70 miles." and additional printed text reading: "Apollo 8 Dec. 24th 1968. First live TV from orbit of the moon. Astronauts describe the moon as colorless, like dirty beach sand, with foot prints. Also not unlike plaster of paris."

FDC1371A	N021S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a violet UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows a picture of the 3 Apollo 8 astronauts in their space suits with the earth and an Apollo capsule in orbit of the Moon in the background, with printed text: "Apollo 8 Trans Earth Injection. Last orbit of the moon (the tenth). Perfect firingt of the service propulsion system rocket engine blasted the space ship on its way back to earth. 'Please be informed there is a Santa Claus' said Astronaut Lovell."

FDC1371A	N024S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a black UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows a picture of the Earth as the Apollo 8 astronauts saw it on their return, with printed text: "Return Flight from the Moon. Earth from 111,000 miles: Returning from Moon, astronauts photographed earth from about halfway home. This time South Pole is at 2 o'clock and terminator just touches edge of South America. Time is 3:51 p.m., EST, on Dec. 26. Western Hemisphere shows up in pictures because transmissions are made in LOS (line of sight) with the antenna of Goldstone, Calif., receiving station."

FDC1371A	N027S	$5.00	05/05/1969	H
APOLLO 8 FIRST DAY COVER (#1371-NIM) , with a Houston TX machine cancel of 05/05/1969. With a gray UNIDENTIFIED printed cachet (Looks like a Sarzin cachet), which shows two pictures, one of the 3 Apollo 8 astronauts (probably on the prime recovery ship USS Yorktown) with printed caption below it reading: "First men to the moon: Borman, Lovell and Anders were glad to be back on 'the good earth'.", the 2nd picture is a small one of the Apollo capsule in the water, with additional printed text: "Splashdown Apollo 8. The end of the odyssey. Frogmen steady the spaceship as the Yorktown stands by."

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Apollo 8 Space First Day Covers, (#1371) Notes

For more information on the Apollo 8 flight and to read what the astronauts quoted from the Holy Bible, click on the link below:

Pricelist Cataloging for these First Day Covers

General Notes

Abbreviations

Apollo 8 Space
First Day Covers, (#1371)
Notes

Pricelist Cataloging
for these First Day Covers