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Topic: How do you make a philatelic (FDC/event) cover?
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BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 05-22-2011 04:17 PM
   
If I wanted to make my own cover for a launch, how do you make one? |
yeknom-ecaps
Member Posts: 660
From: Northville MI USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 05-22-2011 05:38 PM
Very easy...I send "blank" envelopes to KSC, VAFB, etc. with only the stamp on them and ask for a cancel for the mission launch date (I write the mission on the outside of the mailing envelope too) enclosing a SASE for their return. Once I receive them back I print the launch info and photo on the envelope from my printer using a "envelope setting"... Some other collectors do the opposite by printing up the cachet on the envelopes before the launch but then you don't have all the info (e.g. exact launch time). Try a couple out on your printer to get the alignment right. Use good quality envelopes or the glue with come through over time. You can also e-mail me as well if you have specific questions. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 05-22-2011 06:19 PM
And mail your to-be-canceled covers to:Postmaster
NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Postmaster
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058 Postmaster
Pasadena, CA 91102 Postmaster
Edwards, CA 93523 depending on where you want them postmarked. For JPL-related events, you can either send to the Pasadena postmaster above or to the JPL Stamp Club. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 07-16-2011 07:15 AM
I am having trouble making one. Can someone help me out? I am looking for an Expedition 29, 30 and the Soyuz launch in September. I will trade or pay for them. Looking for three of each. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 07-21-2011 04:07 PM
Does anybody of you have the address for ESA launch center at Kourou in French-Guayana? |
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