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Forum:	Stamps & Covers
Topic:	Cancel: 50th anniversary of Bioflight 1

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by eurospace: [B]Any details about how to obtain cacheted covers through mail order? Thanks, Jürgen [/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>eurospace</TD><TD>Date: December 13, 2008 Place: Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-9998; Pictorial postmarker "Cape Canaveral 50th Anniversary Station: Bioflight 1" <CENTER> <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/review/cancel_bioflight1ccafs.jpg"> </CENTER>Ill.: Squirrel monkey "Gordo", "Bioflight 1" rocketSend your stamped covers to this address: USPS Postmaster Cape Canaveral 50th Anniversary Station P.O. Box 9998 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-9998 USA.------------------ Jürgen P Esders Berlin, GermanyInternational Director (Europe), Space Unit Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V. <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies" TARGET=_blank>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies</A> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Fifty years ago today...<CENTER><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/bioflight1_50years02.jpg" WIDTH="363" HEIGHT="480">Gordo, a.k.a. Old Reliable, with a handler.<img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/bioflight1_50years01.jpg" WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="375">Jupiter AM-13 launches Bioflight 1 on December 13, 1958.</CENTER>Photographs courtesy the <A HREF="http://www.airforcespaceandmissilemuseum.org/" TARGET=_blank>Air Force Space and Missile Museum</A> in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where commemorative cacheted envelopes and postcards are available for sale with the Bioflight 1 pictorial cancellation.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>eurospace</TD><TD>Any details about how to obtain cacheted covers through mail order?Thanks, Jürgen------------------ Jürgen P Esders Berlin, GermanyInternational Director (Europe), Space Unit Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V. <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies" TARGET=_blank>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies</A> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>According to museum's director, Emily Perry, you can place orders over the phone. If that is not an option, you might try <A HREF="mailto:airforcespaceandmissilemuseum@patrick.af.mil">e-mailing the museum</A> for more information.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>eurospace</TD><TD>They have unpostmarked covers for $2, and covers with the special postmarker at $4. Postage is extra.------------------ Jürgen P Esders Berlin, GermanyInternational Director (Europe), Space Unit Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V. <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies" TARGET=_blank>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies</A> </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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