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Topic: STS-125/Hubble commmemorative cancels
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RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-27-2009 04:17 PM
   
Were any special postmark cancel(s) available for the STS-125 shuttle servicing mission? |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 05-27-2009 05:35 PM
I've seen mention of one. It is still available. Please see page 55 of the USPS 'Postal Bulletin' May 21 2009 Edition. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 06-08-2009 02:11 PM
It was not the weather, it was a conspiracy: when space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards on May 24th, the post office there already had a pictorial postmarker ready for use. They could not have done that without prior knowledge of the fact, could they?   ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 06-08-2009 05:39 PM
Hmmm... that does look suspicious. Thanks to both of you for the info. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 06-08-2009 07:21 PM
There were two designs submitted in late May for the latest shuttle landing on the West Coast, in addition, there is another pictorial device currently in use for today's June 8th 50th anniv. of the first X-15 flight test from Edwards AFB, CA. Similar designs are also in use at Houston, TX, for STS-125/HST mission highlights (docking to the ISS, spacewalks, etc.). I'll have samples of each in a few days if anyone is interested in seeing them. |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-10-2009 03:33 PM
I'm guessing that Edwards has these "in the can" just to accommodate us weird collectors. What a better thing to do than have them ready to go up front, "just in case"... even with these days of the USPS being "broke".Now if they had had something ready in Dallas on November 22, 1963, then you could say "Hmmmmm". |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 06-10-2009 04:39 PM
Remember - these are NOT provided (paid for) by the USPS but by collectors and/or other interested people/groups.Maybe this is a generic one with a changeable mission number? |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 08-02-2009 09:56 AM
Ken - Were the pictorial cancels used in Houston available to collectors? I do not recall seeing anything on their availability. The only one I got was the cancel used for launch. Availability was announced after the fact. ------------------
John Macco
Space Unit#1457 |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 08-03-2009 04:27 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Apollo-Soyuz:
Availability was announced after the fact.
Actually, this time USPS is not to blame. The cancel at Houston had already been announced for the first launch opportunity, months before the actual flight took place. Of course, at the time, no one bothered as the launch had just been postponed when the communication was made.German space dealer Carsten Fuchs also communicates that there had initially been a very minuscule version of the cancel - product of a misunderstanding between the post office and the company that produced the device. Later, a "normally sized" version was produced to replace the very small thingy. |
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