Price List - STS-95 John Glenn/Shuttle Commemorative Covers - Joe Frasketi's Space Covers /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

STS-95 Space Shuttle Flight,
Astronaut/Senator John Glenn
Commemorative Covers
Oct 29, 1998

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A special triple cancelled cover for 4 space flights, including John Glenn's STS-95 flight.

Notes

A sale of STS-95 launch covers with the emphasis on Astronaut/Senator John Glenn, with most of the Oct 29, 1998 cancels below having a special pictorial cancel honoring Glenn's Project Mercury flight of 1962 plus his STS-95 Space Shuttle flight of 1998. However there are other cancelled covers on the list too.

There are two special pictorial cancels for the launch of STS-95, one from Kennedy Space Center FL and the other from Houston TX which are described here:

All of the Kennedy Space Center FL cancels of 10/29/1998 on this pricelist are 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, " unless otherwise noted.

All of the Houston TX cancels of 10/29/1998 on this pricelist depict the Space Shuttle and a Mercury Space Capsule, with text reading: "Friendship 7 to STS-95 Discovery, Senator John H. Glenn, Jr., return to orbit, Mission Control Station.", unless otherwise noted.

There are also two different sizes of the Kennedy Space Center FL pictorial cancel (a large one and a small one), however the descriptions below do not indicate which size cancel it is, for the most part most of the cancels are the large type.

Many of the items listed below are special as they have double cancels on the same cover, and even one cover has 3 different inter-related cancels.

Some covers are special in that they have a foreign stamp affixed and postally cancelled or have a local post stamp affixed and postally cancelled.

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

STS95AA	0030	$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 a blue JJF (unidentified) rubber stamp cachet showing John Glenn's space capsule orbiting Earth and a Space Shuttle being launched. 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. (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). IMAGE

STS95AA	0040	$9.50	05/05/1969	TR
A SPECIAL TRIPLE CANCELLED COVER FOR 4 SPACE FLIGHTS! Mercury Shepard Flight, Apollo 8, Apollo 11 Moonlanding & John Glenn returns to space aboard STS- 95. , The1st cancel: First Day of Issue machine cancel, Houston TX on an Apollo 8 space stamp (#1371) showing the Earth from the Moon. This 05/05/1969 cancel commemorates the 8th Anniversary of the U.S. 1st Man in Space, Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard. The 2nd cancel: Astronaut Trail Sta., Titusville FL 07/20/69 hand cancel on a 6 cent Flag stamp, is the Apollo 11 Moonlanding date, when men 1st landed on the Moon. The 3rd cancel: a pictorial hand cancel from Kennedy Space Center FL, 10/29/1998 on a 4 cent Project Mercury space stamp (#1193) & a 32 cent 1st Supersonic Flight stamp (#3173). (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). With a black rubber stamp cachet of the Moon landing cancel that reads "Moon Landing July 20, 1969" IMAGE

STS95AA	0060Q	$7.50	02/20/1972	DBL
A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED 10th ANNIVERSARY FIRST U.S. ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT EARTH AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a machine cancel of Houston TX on a 8 cent Decade of Achievement space stamp (#1435). With green printed cachet showing the Project Mercury symbol and picture of John Glenn and printed text that reads "John H. Glenn, Jr., 10th Anniversary, Friendship 7, 1962 -Feb. 20 - 1972, NASA Local Post - First Day of Issue, Space City Cover Society." The 2nd cancel is a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a 4 cent Project Mercury stamp (#1193) and a 31 cent Wright Brothers airmail stamp (C-91 or C-92), for the launch of the STS-95 Space Shuttle. (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). (Note: there is no NASA Local Post stamp affixed to this cover). IMAGE

STS95AA	0070	$3.00	10/29/1998	K
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE, with a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a 4 cent Project Mercury stamp (#1193) and a 32 cent First Supersonic Flight stamp (#3173) commemorating Chuck Yeager's 50th anniversary flight in the Bell X-1 aircraft. (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). With green FMF all purpose space printed cachet showing the Space Shuttle releasing a satellite with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind" plus a blue JJF (unidentified) rubber stamp cachet showing John Glenn's space capsule orbiting Earth.

STS95AA	0080	$3.00	10/29/1998	K
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE, with a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a se-tenant vertical pair of 18 cent Space Shuttle stamps (#1913 & 1917 or 1914 & 1918). (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). With blue FMF all purpose space printed cachet showing three U.S. astronomy/space stamps (#966, #1331 & #1371) with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind"

STS95AA	0090	$4.00	10/29/1998	K
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE SPECIAL COVER, with a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a 32 cent 1998 Space Discovery stamp. The same cancel also ties a 5 cent Turks and Caicos Islands 10th Anniversary of the John Glenn/Mercury Flight stamp to cover (the stamp depicts Glenn's Mercury launch from Cape Canaveral FL). (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). With blue FMF all purpose space printed cachet showing three U.S. astronomy/space stamps (#966, #1331 & #1371) with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind" plus a blue JJF (unidentified) rubber stamp cachet showing John Glenn's space capsule orbiting Earth.

STS95AA	0100	$3.00	10/29/1998	K
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE SPECIAL COVER, with a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on a 32 cent 1998 Space Discovery stamp. The same cancel also ties a 10 cent FMF Local Post Mercury VI stamp to cover (the local stamp depicts Glenn's Mercury capsule in orbit over the Earth). (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). With red FMF all purpose space printed cachet showing the Space Shuttle releasing a satellite with printed text: "America's Space Program Benefits All Mankind" plus a blue FMF Local Post rubber stamp cancel.

STS95AA	0115	$3.00	10/29/1998	K
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE, with a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Kennedy Space Center FL of 10/29/1998 on one of the 32 cent 1998 Science Fiction space stamps (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). 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.

STS95AA	0120	$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 a blue JJF (unidentified) rubber stamp cachet showing John Glenn's space capsule orbiting Earth and a Space Shuttle being launched. The 2nd cancel is a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Houston TX of 10/29/1998 on a 32 cent First Supersonic Flight stamp (#3173 commemorating Chuck Yeager's 50th anniversary flight in the Bell X-1 aircraft), for the launch of the STS-95 Space Shuttle. (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel).

STS95AA	0130Q	$7.50	02/20/1972	DBL
A SPECIAL DOUBLE CANCELLED 10th ANNIVERSARY FIRST U.S. ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT EARTH AND JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN SPACE SHUTTLE STS-95, The 1st cancel is a machine cancel of Houston TX on one of the 8 cent Decade of Achievement space stamps (#1434 or 1435). With green printed cachet showing the Project Mercury symbol and picture of John Glenn and printed text that reads "John H. Glenn, Jr., 10th Anniversary, Friendship 7, 1962 -Feb. 20 - 1972, NASA Local Post - First Day of Issue, Space City Cover Society." The 2nd cancel is a pictorial hand cancel (clearly readable) from Houston TX of 10/29/1998 on one of the 32 cent Space Discovery single stamps, for the launch of the STS-95 Space Shuttle. (see notes at top of page for description of this cancel). (Note: there is no NASA Local Post stamp affixed to this cover). IMAGE

STS95AA	1000	$3.00	10/29/1998	DC
JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE IN STS-95 SPACE SHUTTLE, with a pictorial hand cancel (showing a stylized liberty bell and text "Let Freedom Ring" from Washington DC of 10/29/1998 on one of the 32 cent 1998 Science Fiction space stamps. 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 llustrations of an airship, biplane, space research vehicle and the space shuttle and an additional word rubber stamp text reading: "John Glenn STS-95 Launch". (John Glenn was a U.S. Senator, from Washington DC).

STS95AA	1001Q	$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).

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To read an article I wrote on the Project Mercury's space flight of John Glenn and his connection with Grand Turk Island, click on this link:

John Glenn/Project Mercury Article

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