Pricelist - STS Challenger Space Shuttle Flight covers, Colorano Silk Cachets /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

STS
Challenger
Space Shuttle Flight Covers
with
Colorano "Silk" Cachets

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Specific Notes for the covers on this pricelist

This list only contains flights by the Challenger Shuttle Orbiter spacecraft as many collectors specialize in just the Challenger flights.
A separate Colorano Silk Cachets price list contains flights for the other Shuttle Orbiters: Enterprise, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
All of the commemorative covers listed below have a Colorano "Silk" cachet and each cachet is different, although some cachets may be of the same event but are of a different view, such as for launchings and printed text cachets are worded differently.
The majority of the cachets are of photographs of the actual event which are printed on silk which is attached to the envelope and there is a gold color embossed border around the cachet.
However there are a few exceptions to the above statement: a few cachets may show artists renditions of the astronauts or the event and a few cachets will show the Shuttle emblem/patch, this mostly occurs on the Department of Defense missions where actual events may be classified and so the emblem/patch is subsituted.
The Shuttle flights listed below are listed in chronological order, however the STS numbering system for the flights are not in sequence, as this is determined by NASA.
In some cases below, for a particular Shuttle Flight, the Shuttle landing cover may be listed before Shuttle launch covers, due to the numbering system I use for located individual covers in my stock.
In many cases covers on this list have both a space stamp and a definitive stamp, however I only list the space stamp. (the combined value of the stamps make up the postage rate that existed when the cover was issued).

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.
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Price List

LIST ID

ITEM ID

PRICE

CANCEL DATE

CANCEL LOC

STSCO2	0127A	$6.00	04/04/1983	K
STS-6 LAUNCH, with a hand cancel of Kennedy Space Center FL on an 18 cent space stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the 4 astronauts of the STS-6 flight, the American Flag, a small shuttle model and a small STS-6 emblem/patch. With 11 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Space Shuttle Challenger STS-6. April 4, 1983 - At eight one hundredths of a second past 1:30 p.m. the sixth space shuttle roared off launch Pad 39-A ....... The Challenger, on its first mission, carried Astronauts Paul J. Weitz, commander; Karol J. Bobko, pilot; Donald H. Peterson and Story Musgrave, Mission Specialists, plus a 2-1/2 ton satellite. Combined with its 16 ton booster, the cargo is the largest ever carried on a shuttle." (Mission payload: Tracking & Data Relay Satellite [TDRS-1]; First space walk [EVA] of Shuttle program by Peterson and Musgrave).

STSCO2	0139B	$6.00	09/05/1983	E
STS-8 LANDING, with a hand cancel of Edwards AFB Sta. CA on an 18 cent space shuttle stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the Space Shuttle landing at night. With 7 lines of printed text that reads: "Return of the Challenger STS-8. September 5, 1983 - The Space Shuttle Challenger touched down on a lighted runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California to complete a successful six day mission. The 3:40 a.m. (EST) landing represented the first night touchdown for the Space Transportation System." (Mission payload: INSAT-1B, a multipurpose satellite for India; Bluford became first African-American to fly in space).

STSCO2	0148B	$5.00	02/11/1984	K
STS-41-B LANDING, with a hand cancel of Kennedy Space Center FL on A 20 cent science/industry stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows an artists depiction of the STS-41B shuttle about to land. With 12 lines of printed text that reads in part: "The Challenger 41-B space shuttle sent sonic booms rolling across the flat Florida landscape as it came in high and fast over launch pad 39A, where it was launched eight days earlier. Making a spectacular looping turn to runway 15, the shuttle glided down on the center line of the 15,000 foot strip, stopping with 3,300 feet to spare." (Mission payload: Two comsats: WESTAR-VI & PALAPA-B2; First untethered space walks by McCandless and Stewart, using manned maneuvering unit [MMU]).

STSCO2	0149	$5.00	02/03/1984	C
STS-41-B LAUNCH, with a machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on an 18 cent space stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the launch of the STS-41B shuttle. With 8 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Space Shuttle Challenger 41-B. February 3, 1984 - The five shuttle astronauts rose off Pad 39A in their spaceship Challenger 41-B today on their way to a seven day mission in space. Commander Vance Brand and pilot Robert Gibson are accompanied by mission specialists Robert Stewart, Bruce McCandless and Ronald McNair." (Mission payload: Two comsats: WESTAR-VI & PALAPA-B2; First untethered space walks by McCandless and Stewart, using manned maneuvering unit [MMU]).

STSCO2	0150	$5.00	02/03/1984	H
STS-41-B LAUNCH, with a machine cancel of Houston TX on an 18 cent space stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the launch of the STS-41B shuttle. With 7 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Space Shuttle Challenger 41-B. February 3, 1984 - Astronauts Vance Brand, commander; Robert Gibson, pilot; Robert Stewart, Bruce McCandless and Ronald McNair, mission specialists made a picture perfect lift-off in their Challenger 41-B space shuttle at 8 a.m. today." (Mission payload: Two comsats: WESTAR-VI & PALAPA-B2; First untethered space walks by McCandless and Stewart, using manned maneuvering unit [MMU]).

STSCO2	0167B	$5.00	10/13/1984	K
STS-41-G LANDING, with a hand cancel of Kennedy Space Center FL on A 18 cent space stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the STS-41G shuttle landing. With 11 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Return of the Challenger 41-G, 13th Space Shuttle Mission October 13, 1984 - Commander Robert L. Crippen guided the 101 ton Challenger spacecraft through a 13,000 mile glide across Alaska, the heart of Canada, the U.S. Midwest and U.S. Southeast to a precise centerline landing on the Kennedy Space Center runway at 12:27 p.m. today." (Mission payload: Earth Radiation Budget Satellite [ERBS] deployed; First flight of two women, Ride and Sullivan, Sullivan first American woman to walk in space).

STSCO2	0195	$4.00	04/29/1985	C
STS-51-B NORTHERN UTAH SATELLITE (NUSAT) DEPLOYED, with a machine cancel of Cape Canaveral FL on an 22 cent flag stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows the NUSAT satellite. With 11 lines of printed text that read in part: "...... Commander Robert Overmyer reported the first satellite, a 115 pounder called NUSAT, was deployed normally ...... The 26 sided polyhedron on NUSAT (pictured) will measure antenna patterns for ground based radar stations operated in the United States and member nations of the International Aviation Organization." (Mission payload: First operational flight for Spacelab orbital laboratory: Spacelab- 3, Two monkeys and 24 rodents observed for effects of weightlessness). IMAGE

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See other Challenger Covers at
STS-8 Challenger Cover FLOWN IN SPACE
STS-51L Challenger Launch/Explosion Covers plus Related Covers
STS-51L Challenger Disaster Anniversary Space Shuttle Covers

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