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Space Shuttle Cover FLOWN IN SPACE |
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STS-8 Challenger Space Shuttle Cover FLOWN IN SPACE |
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LIST ID | ITEM ID | PRICE | CANCEL DATE | CANCEL LOC |
STS8FLN | 0100 | $45.00 | 08/14/1983 | K |
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER STS-8 LAUNCH COVER, FLOWN IN SPACE. This NASA cover carried into space has a special 08/14/1983 pictorial slogan machine cancel from Kennedy Space Center FL on a $9.35 Eagle and Moon Express Mail stamp (#1909). This cancel has text reading "Space Mail/Orbited via STS-8, NASA, 25th Anniversary 1958-1983". plus 2 additional postmarks, #1 reads: "Launched Aboard Challenger, Aug. 30, 1983". #2 reads "Returned to Earth, Edwards AFB, CA., Sep. 5, 1983". Cover has a multicolored NASA printed cachet (unidentified) of the STS-8 mission patch/emblem. Back of the cover has an additional "Returned to Earth" cancel and a 3 color printed cachet of the pictorial slogan cancel for the 25th Anniversary of NASA. Each cover individually numbered on the back by NASA/USPS. Included with the cover is an informative illustrated six page color folder on the flight of the STS-8 Space Shuttle, issued by NASA/USPS. IMAGE |
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Front side of the 8 1/2 x 11 inch STS-8 folder.
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