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Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-03-2023 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Today (June 3), at the NAPEX (National Philatelic Exhibitions of Washington, D.C.) Expo in Washington, D.C., a new pictorial postmark celebrating NASA's Artemis Program was offered.

The cancellation device features the Artemis logo and an illustration of the Gateway lunar orbit platform, including an Orion spacecraft.

Per the U.S. Postal Service:

Those who [could not] attend the event but who wish to obtain the postmark may submit a mail order request. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.

All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Such items will be returned unserviced.

Customers wishing to obtain a postmark must affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:

United States Postal Service
NAPEX Station
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
McLean, VA 22102-9998

Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.

eurospace
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From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 06-05-2023 05:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice one. Who is selling cacheted covers with this pictorial postmarker?

yeknom-ecaps
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posted 06-05-2023 07:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yeknom-ecaps   Click Here to Email yeknom-ecaps     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Try contacting:

NAPEX SOUVENIRS
c/o Bill Fort
PO Box 2052
Fairfax, VA 22031 USA

I believe they are $2 each.

eurospace
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From: Berlin, Germany
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posted 06-08-2023 07:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you, Tom!

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