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Hart Sastrowardoyo
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posted 03-29-2013 09:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hart Sastrowardoyo   Click Here to Email Hart Sastrowardoyo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Came across an unusual NASA photo, 61-MR3-107. Thin stock b/w photo, front has NASA worm which dates it to no earlier than mid-'70s. Back however, has purple text and a Washington 25 postal code, which would date it to early '60s - and the NASA worm was not in use then. There is no print paper manufacturers' watermark on back.

Any other cases of mixed date photos out there?

heng44
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posted 03-30-2013 03:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Don't get me started...

ColinBurgess
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posted 03-30-2013 04:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Or me...

Hart Sastrowardoyo
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posted 03-30-2013 07:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hart Sastrowardoyo   Click Here to Email Hart Sastrowardoyo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh, OK. So this is not unusual, then. With value, real or perceived, or vintage photos, how is one supposed to know when these were printed? Obviously the NASA worm logo is the key here.

J.L
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posted 03-30-2013 08:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for J.L   Click Here to Email J.L     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If the worm is on the front, a good guess is between 1976 and sometime in the mid to late 1980's. I am also guessing that the paper is thick gloss (plastic) type.

mikej
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posted 03-30-2013 06:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mikej   Click Here to Email mikej     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The "worm" logo was created in 1975 and retired in 1992.

Mike Dixon
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posted 03-30-2013 07:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yep... STS-52 (launched in '92) was the last crew litho with the worm logo.

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