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Topic: US Air Force X-37B (OTV) flight covers
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Pete Sarmiento
Member Posts: 93
From: Fort Washington, MD, USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 06-08-2020 06:01 PM
   
I designed a launch cover for the U.S. Space Force-7 (USSF-7) OTV-6 X-38B flight, which occurred May 17, 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. |
Antoni RIGO
Member Posts: 256
From: Palma de Mallorca, Is. Baleares - SPAIN
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 06-09-2020 03:03 PM
Thanks for sharing your cover Pete. |
LM1
Member Posts: 861
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-10-2020 10:03 AM
Great cover Pete. Great to see you here. |
rvk
Member Posts: 33
From: Highlands Ranch, CO USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-24-2020 03:39 PM
Pete, nice cover for the X-37B OTV Flight 6. Here are two "First Flight" covers for the first X-37B flight (OTV-1) vehicle number 1, and the first flight of the second X-37B vehicle (OTV-2). Boeing built two OTVs and are alternating their space flights. The program mission patch and the graphic artwork used in the USPS custom PC postage were provided by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) and is used with their permission.  
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albatron
Member Posts: 2804
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 08-27-2020 10:42 AM
Outstanding Pete! |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3553
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-27-2020 11:32 AM
Well done everyone and I love the X-37 cachet and Zazzle stamp designs. The custom-made or generated Zazzle.com stamps were later discontinued by the USPS, however, when used early on they made appropriate space cover topic "stamp" design features. My firm has used a bunch of them for many different space cover event issues first used nearly 15 years ago. |
rvk
Member Posts: 33
From: Highlands Ranch, CO USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 08-27-2020 05:19 PM
Ken, the following is a post by the USPS (Postal Bulletin 22199) in February 2007. Additional postage was only required for "special or pictorial" postmarks. Fortunately, I've never had any issue with the USPS cancelling my covers in the 15 years I've been using PC postage. Zazzle.com stopped producing PC postage in May 2018, and the USPS terminated the program in June of this year. Customized Postage is a program being pilot tested with authorized customized postage providers. Customized Postage allows certain forms of private expression to appear immediately adjacent to and integrated with postage indicia. Customized Postage indicia are a form of PC Postage and are not stamps. Therefore, similar to meter mail and other forms of PC Postage, Customized Postage does not require postmarking. Customers or stamp collectors requesting special or pictorial postmarks on Customized Postage must place the appropriate First-Class Mail rate stamp next to the Customized Postage to receive a postmark. |
SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 421
From: Pacific NW, United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-21-2022 07:28 PM
Pete, did you create an OTV-6 landing cover? |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3553
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-23-2022 09:52 AM
Here are two cachet versions for OTV-6's landing at KSC on Nov. 12, 2022 by Lollini and SAS. May have another cachet version soon and possibly a second or third as well. |
rvk
Member Posts: 33
From: Highlands Ranch, CO USA
Registered: Jul 2020
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posted 12-27-2022 03:41 PM
Now that we're back on the subject of the X-37B OTV, I thought I would add my landing covers to the first two launches that I neglected to include in my previous post. The first flights of the OTV1 and OTV2 space planes were landed at Vandenberg AFB, CA on 03 Dec 2010 and 16 Jun 2012 respectively. 
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Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3553
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-27-2022 04:03 PM
Sharp-looking rvk emblem cachet launch/landing covers for the X-37B/OTV-1/2 with the nicely added Zazzle.com private stamps. And for topic starter Pete, as always, a detailed graphics cachet with all the program emblem designs looks "complete" for OTV-6 in May 2020. |
Pete Sarmiento
Member Posts: 93
From: Fort Washington, MD, USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-29-2022 05:40 PM
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Originally posted by SpaceCadet1983:
Pete, did you create an OTV-6 landing cover?
Here is my cover: |
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