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Topic: Space Cover 493: STS-71 Shuttle Mir
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Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1224
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-30-2018 08:55 AM
   
Space Cover of the Week, Week 493, November 25, 2018 Space Cover #493: STS-71 Shuttle MirThe space cover of the week commemorates the launch of Atlantis on June 27, 1995 on the first Shuttle-Mir docking mission. The cover was autographed by the Russian Interface Officers, Sally Davis, Robert Banfield, Joe Cavallaro and Charles Armstrong. The RIOs served as the principal interface between the American and Russian counterparts. Also signing the cover were Ekem Koneev and Igor Topol the Russian controllers during the docked phase. ------------------
John Macco
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onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1320
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 11-30-2018 12:10 PM
Nice touch applying the Russian Mir commemorative stamp below the US stamp. As a space philatelist I know of several instances where a USPS cancel/postmark was actually applied on foreign stamps without the clerk/postal service knowing it was a non-US stamp issue! |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 698
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-01-2018 05:59 PM
Here is a letter Alexander Polyetchuk sent to Gennady Strekalov. It was delivered to space station MIR with STS-71.On the flap is MIR on-board postmark with docking date 29.06.1995. There is a hand-written letter inside the cover. |
Pete Sarmiento
Member Posts: 14
From: Fort Washington, MD, USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 07-02-2020 10:41 AM
STS-71 cover. This is the first Space Shuttle mission docking with the Russian MIR space station. | |
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