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Topic: Apollo 11 moon landing cancels backdated?
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NAAmodel#240
Member Posts: 312
From: Boston, Mass.
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 02-04-2011 08:28 AM
   
A fellow collector says July 20, 1969 was a Sunday. Does that mean any postmarks we display (from Houston for example) are backdated? |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 391
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 02-04-2011 08:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by NAAmodel#240:
A fellow collector says July 20, 1969 was a Sunday...
It was. |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 02-04-2011 10:11 AM
Yes - as we discussed before backdated cancels exist for most missions as you can find, for example, various Sunday cancels from KSC, Cape Canaveral and Houston for Gemini and Apollo missions. Daily Houston cancels including holidays and Sundays for all Skylab missions, Christmas Day cancels for Apollo 8 and Skylab space walk, etc. |
SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 428
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 02-04-2011 10:53 AM
The way I understand it, the USPS would apply a back-dated postmark in instances where the envelopes were in their possession on or before the applicable date.So, as long as the envelopes were turned in to the post office on or before July 20, 1969, the July 20 postmark would be applied. If the envelopes were turned in after July 20th, then the July 20 postmarks could not be legally applied. |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 02-04-2011 12:56 PM
This is true back then. I believe that there is now a 30 day window to get cancels. Ken Havekotte I know posts. He can add information about this. |
SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 428
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 02-04-2011 03:06 PM
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Originally posted by Apollo-Soyuz:
I believe that there is now a 30 day window to get cancels.
I know there's a 30 day window to get first day cancellations, as it applies to the postage stamp on the envelope, but that doesn't apply to postmarks commemorating other events. |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 02-04-2011 03:29 PM
30 day rule applies to FDI and pictorial cancels. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-04-2011 05:24 PM
Many years ago, perhaps during the early/mid-90s or so, I had requested from our postal headqaurters here (KSC-Orlando-Titusville) approval for a 30-day acceptance and work period in having space philatelic covers processed and cancelled.It was approved, however, for covers mailed in or brought in to the the space center's "on base" main HQS postal station there was a stipulation, though. The 30-day rule would only apply to shuttle launches and landings. It is the same today. |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 02-05-2011 08:00 PM
I am talking about pre- 9/11 days here, but I frequently would walk right into the back of my local post office and walk up to the cancelling machines and throw things on the belt that I wanted cancelled that day or night. Even before 9/11, it got a little tighter to do things like that, but we are not talking about a small town here, but a postal facility were shifts worked 24 hours doing different stuff.These days, if you know the rules, you can usually get stuff cancelled on a hand-back basis anywhere in the country, depending upon your persistence level and the cooperative nature of the clerk. Some will do anything for you... others need to be convinced that you are doing only what is allowed. Some will get their supervisors involved (in bigger towns) and others don't care enough and will comply with your wishes. Being polite ALWAYS helps. Buying some stamps at the window in little towns ALWAYS helps, even if you are not going to use that postage on your items you want cancelled. Revenue is what it has always been about with the POD/USPS, to be sure. Have fun! And you will often be equally amazed at what you can accomplish through the mail! Be clear in what you want, say please and thank you. |
MikeSpace
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posted 02-14-2011 08:14 AM
Easy [for me] to remember it was Sunday as the New York Daily News had the following day/date under the banner the next day, no larger than any other day:Moonday, July 21, 1969 One of the coolest bits of creative journalism/typesetting ever, in my opinion. |
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