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The STS-8 Flight Cover USPS/NASA (First Day Cover in Folder with Original Mailer)
USPS/NASA 1983 Soft Cover Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A very special offering for collectors of First Day Covers published as a joint effort of the U.S. Postal Service and NASA. The cover itself with its bright logo and stamp is housed in a pictorial folder that measures 8-1/2"x11" and offers information about the cover's design. What makes this so special is the fact that it was stamped three times -- once at Kennedy Space Center August 14, 1983, once aboard the Challenger at launch on August 30, 1983, and then again upon its return to earth on September 5, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base in Califonria. This marks the first time a cover had been launched into space and returned. The cover itself is in fine condition and the folder near fine with just a few spots of minor edgewear. It also comes in its original mailing envelope from the U.S. Post Office.
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30.00 USD
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Blumenthal, Frank (editor) The Air Post Journal Vol. 56 No. 1-10 & 12; Vol. 57 No. 1, 4, 8-12; Vol. 58 No. 3
American Air Mail Society 1985 Soft Cover Fine
Sixteen crisp clean magazines measuring 5-1/2"x8-1/2" spanning 1985-86. Not a continuous run, but very nice. Aerophilately is a unique collecting area and this magazine is devoted to it in its entirety. All issues are filled with black and white photos and offer article topics which include, but aren't limited to, the Armstrong Transoceanic Seadromes, how to collect air mail covers, the first U.S. Aeriel Parcel Post Service, U.S. Air Mail First Day Ceremonies. Trans-Tasman Sea Air Mails, Zeppelin mails, varieties of Pan Am speed covers. the Bikini Atom Bomb flight covers, the Balbo North American Flight and Doolittle's reneactment of Brookin's pioneer flight.
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34.00 USD
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No Author Will Rogers First Day Covers (4 -- All Different)
Claremore, Oklahoma: U.S. Postal Service, 1948
Soft Cover. Very Good/Envelopes Very Good. November 4, 1948. All four envelopes retain cancelled stamps and bear postmark dated Nov. 4, 1948, Claremore, Oklahoma, Rogers' birthplace. Two state at the bottom "Official Claremore Chamber of Commerce Approved First Day Cover, mailed first day of issue." These include one which features a drawing of both the Rogers homestead and a statue of him and one with a drawing of his memorial tomb and an actual photo with his dates of birth and death, 1879-1935. Of these, one has been opened (without damage) and the other remains sealed. Both also have his famous quote "I Never Met a Man I Didn't Like." The other two covers include one with a drawing of his face under which is a smaller drawing of a horse and a cowboy showing off his roping skills and one featuring a side view drawing of Rogers with a smaller drawing of the Will Rogers Memorial beneath. Both of these remain closed.
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12.00 USD
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Ratjar, Steve The United States As Depicted on Its Postage Stamps
McFarland 2007 0786429496 / 9780786429493 Hard Cover New No DJ, as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Crisp, BRAND NEW book designed without dustjacket. Navy blue boards sport white printing to face and spine. Measures 7-1/4"x10-1/4". Illustrated nicely throughout in both black and white and in full color with each photo the exact size of the stamp. Color photos printed on coated paper. The author takes each state one at a time, including the District of Columbia, and shows examples of how it has been depicted in postage stamps with an explanation of each image. There is much text. 349 pages. Indexed. Great guide for the collector, interesting to the historian.
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60.00 USD
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