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(AS-201 to AS-502) Commemorative Flight Covers, with "Orbit Covers" Color Printed & Engraved Printed Cachets. |
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LIST ID | ITEM ID | PRICE | CANCEL DATE | CANCEL LOC |
ORBIT6 | 015A | $10.00 | 02/26/1966 | C |
(AS-201) APOLLO 1, FIRST SUB-ORBITAL MISSION (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER, , Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel (plugged 9) on a 5 cent flag stamp. With a red and blue ORBIT COVERS color printed cachet (unidentified), that shows the Apollo Saturn rocket, The Apollo capsule re-entry, the Apollo/NASA Emblem, and a map of the Apollo path that it took after launch, with text: "APOLLO PROGRAM, 1st Sub-Orbital Mission. First Apollo Moon Capsule Flight, 5,500 mile heat re-entry test, launched 11:13 AM, recovered 2:13 PM". NOTE: This is a "plugged 9" cancel. |
ORBIT6 | 025 | $15.00 | 07/05/1966 | C |
(AS-203) APOLLO 2, FIRST ORBITAL MISSION (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER, , Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel (plugged 9) on a 5 cent flag stamp. With a purple and light blue ORBIT COVERS color printed cachet (unidentified), that shows the Apollo Saturn rocket, The Apollo capsule, a diagram of the rocket engine and a map of the Apollo orbits around the earth, with text: "APOLLO II, First Orbital Mission. Saturn Moon Rocket 2nd Stage Orbited. Lquid Hydrogen Fuel Space Test, 92 Ft. 58,000 stage fired 10:53 AM EDT". NOTE: This is a "plugged 9" cancel. |
ORBIT6 | 025A | $20.00 | 07/05/1966 | C |
(AS-203) APOLLO 2, FIRST ORBITAL MISSION (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER, , Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel on a 5 cent flag stamp. With a purple and light blue ORBIT COVERS color printed cachet (unidentified), that shows the Apollo Saturn rocket, the Apollo capsule, a diagram of the rocket engine and a map of the Apollo orbits around the earth, with text: "APOLLO II, First Orbital Mission. Saturn Moon Rocket 2nd Stage Orbited. Lquid Hydrogen Fuel Space Test, 92 Ft. 58,600 stage fired 10:53 AM EDT". IMAGE |
ORBIT6 | 035A | $10.00 | 08/25/1966 | C |
(AS-202) APOLLO 3, FIRST TEST OF THE APOLLO CAPSULES HEAT SHIELD (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER, Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel (plugged 9) on a 5 cent flag stamp. With a red and black ORBIT COVERS color printed cachet, that shows the Apollo Saturn rocket on the launch pad with astronauts walking towards it, The Apollo capsule and a map of the Apollo flight path from launch to splashdown, with text: "APOLLO III, 1st fully equipped Apollo Spacecraft test, 1st flight Apollo guidance & navigation systems, 19,000 MPH heat shield re-entry test. Launched 1:16 PM - Recovered 2:49 PM EDT". NOTE: This is a "plugged 9" cancel. |
ORBIT6 | 040A | $15.00 | 11/09/1967 | C |
(AS-501) APOLLO 4, FIRST TEST OF THE SATURN 5 FIRST STAGE (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER , Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on a 5 cent Gemini space walk stamp (#1331). With greenish black ORBIT COVERS engraved printed cachet that shows the Saturn 5 rocket on the launch pad; the Apollo/NASA emblem; Dr. Wernher von Braun, space pioneer; President John F. Kennedy with his famous quote: "A Manned Expedition to the Moon will be a beginning not an end"; plus other Apollo subjects, with text: "Apollo Saturn, Apollo-4, launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida". IMAGE |
ORBIT6 | 050 | $12.00 | 01/22/1968 | C |
(AS-204) APOLLO 5, THE FIRST LUNAR MODULE FLIGHT (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER , Cape Canaveral FL machine cancel on a 6 cent Roosevelt definitive stamp. With greenish black ORBIT COVERS engraved printed cachet that shows the Saturn rocket on the launch pad; the Lunar Module connected to the Apollo capsule, Dr. Hugh Dryden, Space Pioneer; and President Lyndon Johnson with scientist W.H. Pickering, (the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), both viewing a Ranger spacecraft photo, with text: "Saturn Apollo-5, launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida". IMAGE |
ORBIT6 | 050A | $12.00 | 01/22/1968 | C |
(AS-204) APOLLO 5, THE FIRST LUNAR MODULE FLIGHT (UNMANNED) LAUNCH COVER , Cape Canaveral FL hand cancel on a 6 cent Roosevelt definitive stamp. With greenish black ORBIT COVERS engraved printed cachet that shows the Saturn rocket on the launch pad; the Lunar Module connected to the Apollo capsule, Dr. Hugh Dryden, Space Pioneer; and President Lyndon Johnson with scientist W.H. Pickering, (the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), both viewing a Ranger spacecraft photo, with text: "Saturn Apollo-5, launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida". IMAGE |
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