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[b]Space Cover 741: Hand and mechanical postmark[/b] As postmark is the key element in Astrophilately class, postmarking process for our space covers is the most important phase in the creation of our space covers. When we decide to create a space cover, we search the address for nearest post office linked with the space event, select stamps according current postage rate and send our covers to be postmarked. Once covers are received, if postmark is applied at requested, then normally add the cachet and we have our own space covers. All the process in creation of our space covers is under our control except the time and way of postmarking our covers. Depending on how postmark is applied, sometimes our covers result a failure, like some rocket launches, or in the majority of the cases, a success. But in this life, not all is black or white and they are a lot of grey tones. And this is the wealth of our space covers. Cover shown was sent to be postmarked at Fort Myers, FL in Sep 12, 1966 as tracking station for the launch of GT-11 from KSC with astronauts Conrad and Gordon on-board. Most probably this cover was placed upside down when entered on the postmark tape. The result was the mechanical postmark at the bottom left of the cover. Then, when postal employee saw this, applied a second but hand postmark over the stamp to fulfill the postal rules of postmarking the stamps. It is not a rare case but a common situation when a lot of covers have to be placed on the postmark tape and some of them are not placed on correct direction. For sure, many of ours have other covers with this similar result. Please, feel free to show and explain here. Thanks.
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