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[b]Space Cover 521: STS-51J Houston postmark[/b] Maiden space flight for Atlantis shuttle took place in October 3rd, 1985 for the mission STS-51J. Above cover was postmarked in that day in Houston with a hand round-cancel with format day/month/time slug/year. Nothing rare or special at the moment. However, below cover is identical in illustration but Houston postmark shows a very, very little difference. Cover postmarked too in Houston at the same date but with a different format day/month/number/year. What means the number 7 in this postmark?. First time I saw this postmark I thought that 7 was the 7 AM of the October 3, but the launch was not performed at 7 AM, neither UTC time nor local time. Furthermore 7 AM could not be the postmark hour because the Houston post office does not open so early. Maybe the number 7 is the day of the return? Or is just a coincidence?. If anyone knows, please share your comments here. Thanks.
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