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T O P I C R E V I E WApollo-SoyuzSpace Cover of the Week, Week 493, November 25, 2018 Space Cover #493: STS-71 Shuttle MirThe space cover of the week commemorates the launch of Atlantis on June 27, 1995 on the first Shuttle-Mir docking mission. The cover was autographed by the Russian Interface Officers, Sally Davis, Robert Banfield, Joe Cavallaro and Charles Armstrong. The RIOs served as the principal interface between the American and Russian counterparts. Also signing the cover were Ekem Koneev and Igor Topol the Russian controllers during the docked phase. ------------------John MaccoSpace Unit #1457onesmallstepNice touch applying the Russian Mir commemorative stamp below the US stamp. As a space philatelist I know of several instances where a USPS cancel/postmark was actually applied on foreign stamps without the clerk/postal service knowing it was a non-US stamp issue!cosmos-walterHere is a letter Alexander Polyetchuk sent to Gennady Strekalov. It was delivered to space station MIR with STS-71.On the flap is MIR on-board postmark with docking date 29.06.1995. There is a hand-written letter inside the cover.Pete SarmientoSTS-71 cover. This is the first Space Shuttle mission docking with the Russian MIR space station.
Space Cover #493: STS-71 Shuttle MirThe space cover of the week commemorates the launch of Atlantis on June 27, 1995 on the first Shuttle-Mir docking mission. The cover was autographed by the Russian Interface Officers, Sally Davis, Robert Banfield, Joe Cavallaro and Charles Armstrong. The RIOs served as the principal interface between the American and Russian counterparts. Also signing the cover were Ekem Koneev and Igor Topol the Russian controllers during the docked phase.
The space cover of the week commemorates the launch of Atlantis on June 27, 1995 on the first Shuttle-Mir docking mission.
The cover was autographed by the Russian Interface Officers, Sally Davis, Robert Banfield, Joe Cavallaro and Charles Armstrong. The RIOs served as the principal interface between the American and Russian counterparts. Also signing the cover were Ekem Koneev and Igor Topol the Russian controllers during the docked phase.
As a space philatelist I know of several instances where a USPS cancel/postmark was actually applied on foreign stamps without the clerk/postal service knowing it was a non-US stamp issue!
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