Project Shotput (1960), Al Shepard (1961) covers

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Topic: Project Shotput (1960), Al Shepard (1961) covers

backburner
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Posts: 80
From: NYC, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2005

posted 05-19-2015 08:15 PM

I purchased two covers that I would appreciate information on:

Project Shotput 4: April 2 1960
Al Shepard slogan cancel at Virginia Beach Va. Aug 30, 1961. Cover was addressed to Jack Fitzpatrick.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

micropooz
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From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003

posted 05-24-2015 03:38 PM

Shotput was a test program for inflating balloons in space, that tied directly to the Echo satellites. Here is some general info and some prose from NASA on Shotput.

For the Shepard slogan cancel, I believe that date was the first day of use of that particular slogan cancel. If your Fitzpatrick-addressed cover has a poor impression of a rubber-stamped cachet on it, it is likely one of the early Spacecraft Cachet attempts that ended up not being sold by SCC (page 26 of Vukotich).

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