posted 11-16-2007 03:43 PM               

The cancellation will be used on launch day in the city of Wessling, the location of ESA's Columbus Control Centre that will control the European experiments in the Columbus module.

The illustration shows a space shuttle with the external tanks and a graphical design of the Columbus module.

For cacheted covers, please contact
Ralf Schulz
PSF 1219
02962 Hoyerswerda
Germany

Jürgen

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany

International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V.

posted 12-06-2007 04:11 PM               

I have additional information on this postmarker:

• Ralf Schulz is selling cacheted covers with this cancel at 2 Euro plus postage. The cachet shows a portrait of Hans Schlegel.

• Schulz also services stamped and addressed covers (no cardboard stiffeners please - will add his own) for a servicing fee of 50c, both for launch and docking of the mission.

I have added an image with the entire cover today.

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany

posted 02-15-2008 02:31 PM               

It is a cover with a personalized stamp printed by postal services upon order of a private or commercial customer for mass mailings called Infopost. This "stamp" shows a portrait of Hans Schlegel. As a cancellation, a printed slogan type cancel is used, referring to Hans Schlegel on STS-122, and showing the space shuttle with the solid boosters and the external tank.

To obtain a copy, contact Ralf Schulz at the address mentioned before.

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany