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Topic: Help with dating a Chinese space cover
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Axman
Member Posts: 423
From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 03-23-2024 09:47 AM
   
This is a cancellation on a cacheted space cover for Apollo 11. It is Chinese, specifically Republic of China (Taiwan).I believe the date is across the centre band and I know the kanji for the month symbol, but I need help with the date itself. Can anybody translate this for me? Thanks.  |
Axman
Member Posts: 423
From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 03-23-2024 12:44 PM
I've spent a few hours with my friend Google. I think I'm getting somewhere, just need a little confirmation. The middle line seems to read (left to right):9 | 20 over 4; 7 over month; 5 over 8 over unknown symbol. I have no idea what the initial 9 means, possibly a time code such as 9am maybe. I'm guessing 20/4.7/month.5/8/? is day month year equating to 24th, of July, Minguo 58 (= 1969 AD). All of which I'm hoping points to a contemporaneous splashdown date of 24th July 1969 for Apollo 11. |
drs. j
New Member Posts: 8
From: Austerlitz, Netherlands
Registered: Jul 2014
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posted 03-23-2024 02:52 PM
Let me ask my Chinese colleague what it reads. |
Axman
Member Posts: 423
From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 03-24-2024 07:12 AM
Please do. Thanks. |
Altidude
Member Posts: 148
From:
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 03-24-2024 03:22 PM
Well, Iād first take it out to a nice dinner and a movie and see how it goes from there. |
Axman
Member Posts: 423
From: Derbyshire UK
Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 03-24-2024 04:08 PM
There are some seriously witty people on this planet... š |
drs. j
New Member Posts: 8
From: Austerlitz, Netherlands
Registered: Jul 2014
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posted 03-25-2024 02:01 AM
Thank you for your nice, suggestive comments guys. Please see below: The date reads: 9- 27 April-1978 Year Which to me is a bit odd as it is nowhere around the 1969, or July landing launch date? But the may be it is just a commemorative cover with a nice Apollo logo/picture on it. |
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