Price List - US/USSR Women in Space/Space Shuttle & Vostok FDC's & Commemorative Covers - Various cachets /Joe Frasketi's Philatelic Space Covers

WOMEN IN SPACE,
USA/Russia (USSR):
First Day Covers AND Commemorative Covers,
with Various Cachets.

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Women shuttle astronaut candidates space cover.

6 women astronaut candidates begin
Space Shuttle training

USA/USSR Women in Space Cover
Notes

Covers in this list depict or describe the woman astronaut or cosmonaut on the stamp(s); in the cancel; or in the cachet, either as the main cachet or as part of the cachet where other male astronauts are depicted (as on Space Voyage cachets).

Other covers that only list the name of the woman astronaut, such as in the Space Shuttle emblem/patch cachets can be located on this pricelist:

STS Space Shuttle Flight Covers with Mission Patches/Emblem Cachets

The early Woman Astronaut flights up through the STS-51L Challenger Tragedy were: STS-7 (06/18/1983); STS-41D (08/30/1984); STS-41G (10/05/1984); STS-51A (11/08/1984); STS-51D (04/12/1985); STS-51G (06/17/1985); STS-61A (10/30/1985); STS-61B (11/26/1985) and STS-51L (01/28/1986)

STS-51L covers are on these pricelists:

STS-51L Challenger Launch/Explosion Covers plus Related Covers
STS-51L Challenger Disaster Anniversary Space Shuttle Covers

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

STSWN1	0031	$5.00	07/11/1978	H
SIX WOMEN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES BEGIN SHUTTLE TRAINING, Cover machine canceled Houston TX. With a SPACE VOYAGE printed cachet showing the 6 new women astronaut/candidates; a T-38 aircraft and Mission Control Center at Houston, with printed text that reads: "July 11, 1978, First day of training for 35 shuttle astronaut candidates including 6 women. Shuttle simulation T-38 flights to begin." (NOTE: all of the women astronaut candidates are identified in this cachet, they are: Dr. Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judy Resnik, Sally Ride, Dr. Margaret Seddon and Kathryn Sullivan). IMAGE

STSWN1	0040	$4.00	08/21/1981	H
19 NEW CANDIDATES DECLARED ASTRONAUTS (INCLUDING 2 WOMEN ASTRONAUTS), Cover hand canceled Houston TX on a space shuttle stamp. With a SPACE VOYAGE printed cachet showing 10 of the new astronauts, including the 2 women astronauts: Dr Mary Cleave and Dr. Bonnie Dunbar; a drawing of a space shuttle liftoff and and Mission Control Center at Houston, with printed text that reads: "Aug. 21, 1981, 19 new candidates declared astronauts." (NOTE: all of the astronauts are identified in this cachet).

STSWN1	0074A	$4.00	06/22/1983	H
STS-7 SHUTTLE PALLET SATELLITE LAUNCH, FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE, with a machine cancel of Houston TX June 22, 1983 on an 18 cent stamp (#1914) showing the space shuttle deploying a satellite. With 2 color printed cachet by Space Voyage that shows the Challenger STS-7 emblem and the flight astronauts including Sally Ride, with text reading "First U.S. Woman in Space" plus other text about the deployment of two satellites.

STSWN1	0075BB	$5.00	06/24/1983	E
STS-7 LANDING, FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE, with a machine cancel of Edwards CA on a 20 cent Science & Industry stamp. With a two color printed label cachet by Space Voyage that shows the Challenger STS-7 emblem and the flight astronauts including Sally Ride, with text about the STS-7 flight which was the first five person crew & the first crosswind Edwards landing. (NOTE: this Shuttle was to land at Kennedy Space Center but aborted due to weather conditions and landed at Edwards CA).

STSWN1	0131P	$4.00	02/18/1989
SPECIAL CANCEL: FIRST WOMAN TO WALK IN SPACE, with a pictorial hand cancel of Dearborn Hts MI on a 10 cent Apollo/Soyus space stamp & Dolly Madison 15 cent stamp . The cancel clearly shows the space shuttle with an astronaut walking in space, and text "Wolverine Stamp Club Sta. Farmpex '89, honoring First American to Walk in Space". With a 2 color Wolverine Stamp Club printed cachet of the Space Shuttle, an astronaut walking in space and a star, with printed text reading: "Farmpex '89, 5th Anniversary, Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, First American Woman to Walk in Space". IMAGE

STSWN1	0251Q	$50.00	01/28/1986	K
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER STS-51L LAUNCH/EXPLOSION, with a 01/28/1986 pictorial Shuttle machine cancel from Kennedy Space Center FL on a 22 cent Public Education commemorative stamp. With black photo printed cachet (unidentified) that shows Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the 1st teacher in space, with her name and title beneath it plus word inscription in a black box that reads: "In Memorium to Challenger 7, STS-33 Challenger (OV-099) Mission 25 (51-L), Selected from over 11,000 applicants....Motto: 'Reach for the stars'". (The inscription refers to 11,000 teacher applicants who applied to be the 1st teacher in space with NASA, note that the 22 cent stamp commemorated Public Education, a direct tie in with teacher in space). Cover comes with a descriptive insert card that tells about the proposed flight.

STSWN1	0464AAQ	$4.00	09/09/1994	K
STS-64 LAUNCH, INCLUDES A WOMAN ON THIS FLIGHT, with a hand cancel of Kennedy Space Center FL on a 29 cent Apollo 11 Astronaut/Flag stamp (#2841a). With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows a group photo of the 6 STS-64 astronauts, and a small STS-64 emblem in the background. With 11 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Launch of the Discovery STS-64, 64th Space Shuttle Mission...... headed for its nineteenth Earth-orbital mission. On board are Astronauts Richard N. Richards, mission commander; L. Blain Hammond, pilot; Carl J. Meade, Susan J. Helms, Mark C. Lee and Jerry M. Linenger, mission Specialists." IMAGE

STSWN1	0464AQ	$4.00	09/09/1994	K
STS-64 LAUNCH, INCLUDES A WOMAN ON THIS FLIGHT , with a hand cancel of Kennedy Space Center FL on a 29 cent stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows a group photo of the 6 STS-64 astronauts, and a small STS-64 emblem in the background. With 11 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Launch of the Discovery STS-64, 64th Space Shuttle Mission...... headed for its nineteenth Earth-orbital mission. On board are Astronauts Richard N. Richards, mission commander; L. Blain Hammond, pilot; Carl J. Meade, Susan J. Helms, Mark C. Lee and Jerry M. Linenger, mission Specialists." IMAGE

STSWN1	0464BQ	$4.00	09/20/1994	E
STS-64 LANDING, INCLUDES A WOMAN ON THIS FLIGHT, with a hand cancel of Edwards AFB CA on a 29 cent stamp. With multicolored COLORANO SILK CACHET that shows a group in-flight crew photo of the 6 STS-64 astronauts, aboard the shuttle, which includes woman astronaut Susan J. Helms, mission specialist. With 12 lines of printed text that reads in part: "Return of the Discovery STS-64, 64th Space Shuttle Mission...... Bad weather in Florida called for an 'eleventh hour' shift to the Edwards AFB landing site in California." IMAGE

STSWN1	2000	$3.00	06/16/1973
10th ANNIVERSARY: FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE, with a 06/16/1973 Woomera Australia hand cancel. With red word text printed cachet (unidentified) that reads: "10th Anniversary, '1st Women in Space', Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok -6 (16-19 June 1963) plus a red word rubber stamp cachet that reads: "Amalgamated wireless (A/Asia) LTD. Field Projects-Woomera Group, 16 Jun 1973". IMAGE

STSWN1	2005Q	$6.50	06/16/1978	F
15th ANNIVERSARY: FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE, with a 06/16/1978 Star City USSR hand cancel on se-tentent pair of USSR stamps (#2749a) honoring the Vostok 5 and 6 flights, with one stamp showing Valintina Tereshkova. With black Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum (NASM) printed cachet that shows a drawing of Tereshkova and launch of Vostok 6, with text: "15th Anniversary, First Woman in Space Valintina Tereshkova, Star City USSR, June 16, 1963. Milestones of Flight Commemorative Series Number 64. Small address label of the NASM. (Cover comes with printed & illustrated insert sheet about the First Woman in Space). IMAGE

STSWN1	2008A	$8.00	04/12/1964	F
RUSSIA: COSMONAUT DAY COMMEMORATIVE CANCELLED MAXIMUM TYPE CARD. CARD SHOWS FIRST WOMAN COSMONAUT with a Kaluga pictorial hand cancel April 12, 1964 (cosmonauts day) showing a rocket in flight. The 6k stamp (#2750) shows the first woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova and her Vostok 6 spacecraft. Multicolored printed cachet on postcard shows a rocket launch and Tereshkova in space helmet. Card size: 4 x 5-3/4 inches. Stamp and cancel is on the vertical picture side of the card.

STSWN1	2008E	$8.00	06/14/1964	F
RUSSIA: 1st ANNIVERSARY FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 6, CANCELLED MAXIMUM TYPE CARD. With a Kaluga pictorial black hand cancel June 14-19, 1964 showing two stars representing two rockets for Vostok 5 & 6, with text for the Vostok 5 and 6 spacecraft. The 6k stamp (#2750) shows the first woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova and her Vostok 6 spacecraft. Multicolored printed cachet on postcard shows a rocket launch and Tereshkova in space helmet. Card size: 4 x 5-3/4 inches. Stamp and cancel is on the vertical picture side of the card.

STSWN1	2008M	$8.00	06/14/1964	F
RUSSIA: 1st ANNIVERSARY FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 6, CANCELLED MAXIMUM TYPE POSTAL CARD. With a Moscow pictorial red hand cancel June 14-19, 1964 showing two stars representing two rockets for Vostok 5 & 6, with text for the Vostok 5 and 6 spacecraft. The 6k stamp (#2750) shows the first woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova and her Vostok 6 spacecraft. True color printed cachet on postal card shows full face photograph of Tereshkova looking to one side, she has a medal on her suit (she is not in her spacesuit). Card size: 4 x 5-3/4 inches. Stamp and cancel is on the vertical picture side of the card. Cancel is not clearly readable on the picture side due to its placement on the dark part of the card, however the same cancel is on the address side of the card clearly cancelling the imprinted postal card (imprinted stamp shows rocket launch).

STSWN1	2010	$4.00	06/14/1973	F
RUSSIA: 10TH ANNIVERSARY FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 6, SOUVENIR SHEET FIRST DAY COVER, (#4092), with a Moscow first day of issue hand cancel June 14, 1973, on a 3 stamp + 1 label perforated souvenir sheet. A 20k stamp (#4092a) shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft; a 20k stamp (#4092b) shows Tereshkova holding lifted hands with an india & african women and the 3rd 20k stamp (#4092c) shows Tereshkova holding her baby daughter. The label has text that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the first woman in space. With an all purpose multicolored printed cachet showing various russian topical stamps, and first day of issue word text. Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches.

STSWN1	2015	$4.00	06/16/1973	F
RUSSIA: 10TH ANNIVERSARY FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 6, POSTAL IMPRINTED CARD, with a Moscow pictorial hand cancel June 16, 1973 showing a rocket launch and text for this 10 anniversary. The imprinted 4k stamp shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft. Multicolored printed cachet of rocket launch (similar to the pictorial cancel). Card size: 6 x 4 inches.

STSWN1	2080	$4.00	04/12/1985	F
RUSSIA: COSMONAUT DAY FIRST DAY MAXIMUM TYPE CARD, (#5355). CARD SHOWS WOMAN COSMONAUT with a Moscow pictorial hand cancel April 12, 1985 showing a satellite orbiting globe. The 15k stamp shows the first man in space: Yuri Gagarin, 3 cosmonauts and a Soyuz-T spacship. Multicolored printed cachet on card is similar to the design on the stamp, however the card shows a woman cosmonaut and the stamp does not. Card size: 6 x 4 inches.

STSWN1	2100	$4.00	08/26/1963	F
POLAND: FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 5 & 6 FIRST DAY COVER, (#1156-1158), with a pictorial hand cancel of Warsaw Aug. 26, 1963 showing two stars and 2 orbits around earth, on 3 stamps, the 60g stamp shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft; the 40g stamp shows Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and Vostok 5 spacecraft and the 6.50z stamp shows the vostok 5 & 6 spacecrafts near Earth (all spacecrafts on the stamps are stylized). With a printed picture cachet showing the two cosmonauts, and two lines of text in polish: "Pierwszy dzien obiegu - F.D.C., P.P.F. - Ruch." Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches.

STSWN1	2105	$4.00	10/23/1963	F
POLAND: VISIT OF FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE TO POLAND/VOSTOK 5 & 6 FIRST DAY COVER, (#1175-1177), with a pictorial hand cancel of Warsaw Oct. 23, 1963 showing two spacecrafts in orbit around earth, on 3 stamps, (these stamps are previously issued stamps #1156-1158, that have overprints for the Russian cosmonauts visit to Poland Oct. 23 to 28), the 60g stamp shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft; the 40g stamp shows Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and Vostok 5 spacecraft and the 6.50z stamp shows the vostok 5 & 6 spacecrafts near Earth (all spacecrafts on the stamps are stylized). With a printed picture cachet showing the two cosmonauts, and two lines of text in polish: "Pierwszy dzien obiegu - F.D.C., P.P.F. - Ruch." Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches.

STSWN1	2106	$3.00	10/23/1963	F
POLAND: VISIT OF FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE TO POLAND/VOSTOK 5 & 6 COMMEMORATIVE COVER, (#1156-1157), with a pictorial hand cancel of Warsaw Oct. 23, 1963 showing two stars and 2 orbits around earth, on 2 stamps, the 60g stamp shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft;and the 40g stamp shows Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and Vostok 5 spacecraft (all spacecrafts on the stamps are stylized). Cover has no cachet but does have a different Warsaw Oct. 23 pictorial twin rocket cancel for the visit of these two cosmonauts. Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. Envelope is tan colored, probably toned from being a cheaper quality envelope.

STSWN1	2110	$3.00	10/26/1963	F
POLAND: VISIT OF FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE TO POLAND/VOSTOK 5 & 6 COMMEMORATIVE COVER, (#1156-1157), with a pictorial hand cancel of Katowice Oct. 26, 1963 showing twin spacecraft, on 2 stamps, the 60g stamp shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft;and the 40g stamp shows Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and Vostok 5 spacecraft (all spacecrafts on the stamps are stylized). Cover has no cachet. The cancel on this cover is for the visit of these two cosmonauts to Katowice. Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. Envelope is tan colored, probably toned from being a cheaper quality envelope.

STSWN1	2200	$2.00	07/18/1963	F
DDR/EAST GERMANY: FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE/VOSTOK 5 & 6 FIRST DAY COVER, (#655-656), with a hand cancel of Dessau July 18, 1963, on se-tenant stamps, two 20 pf value, one shows Russian woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6 spacecraft; the other stamp shows Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and Vostok 5 spacecraft. With a printed cachet showing a rocket being launched, and one line of text in german: "Ersttagbrief." Typed address Cover size: 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. Upper left corner of cover is slightly bent and partially slit open at the top side. (Price has been reduced accordingly).

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