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Bob M
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posted 09-05-2021 10:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bob M   Click Here to Email Bob M     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Space Cover of the Week, Week 621 (Sep. 5, 2021)

Space Cover 621: Marshall Space Flight Center Anniversary

The Marshall Space Flight Center was founded on July 1, 1960 and was named after Gen. George C. Marshall, the US Army's Chief of Staff in World War II. The Marshall Plan was named after Gen. Marshall and was created to aid in the recovery of Europe after WWII.

This cover marks the 20th anniversary of MSFC and bears a cachet picturing three of the programs that MSFC was closely involved with: the Saturn vehicles, Skylab and the Space Shuttle.

The stamp honors and pictures Gen. Marshall and is canceled with a well-applied July 1, 1980 MSFC, AL hand cancel. Werhner von Braun was the first MSFC Director and the cover is autographed by the next three MSFC Directors who followed von Braun: Eberhard Rees, Rocco Petrone and William Lucas. There have been 14 MSFC Directors, with Jody Singer serving since 2018.

MSFC is now involved in the Artemis moon program and the Space Launch System rocket.

Joel Katzowitz
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posted 09-05-2021 04:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Joel Katzowitz   Click Here to Email Joel Katzowitz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice cover Bob!!

Interesting that the date under the Lucas signature had to be corrected by hand.

Ken Havekotte
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posted 09-05-2021 04:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I may have one of these from you, Bob, or a similar cover from Marshall signed by several center directors at Huntsville. It would make a great set with other NASA field centers signed by all of their directors such as KSC and JSC.

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