There is a special postmarker used at Wickliffe to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first satellite,
on 10/11 February 2007: There is a special postmarker used at Wickliffe to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first satellite,
on 10/11 February 2007:
Send your stamped covers to:
Postmaster
Eupex 2007 Station
275 E Main St.
Andover, OH 44003-9998
USA
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To commemorate the 45th anniversary of John Glenn's Mercury flight, the NASA Glenn Visitor Center and the United
States Postal Service will feature a special pictorial stamp cancellation. The pictorial cancellation stamp event
take place on February 24, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Cleveland U. S. Postal Service will set up a temporary post office on site in the NASA Glenn Visitor Center,
21000 Brookpark Road, in Cleveland, Ohio. The temporary post office will be selling current postage stamps of the
X-planes (Priority & Express Mail) and others.
The NASA Glenn Visitor Center will have envelopes with a cachet commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the John
Glenn's Mercury mission. The cachet will consist of an image of the launch of John Glenn and his Friendship 7 spacecraft.
The pictorial cancellation stamp is the ink stamp that cancels the postage stamp. The pictorial cancellation stamp
can be applied to any object as long as it has a current postage stamp on the object. The commemorative cachet
will only be available during the day of the event and is limited to one cachet per person.
Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the cancellation, may submit mail order requests. Pictorial
cancellations are available only for the date indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days
following the requested pictorial cancellation date.
All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage.
Items submitted for cancellation may not include postage issued after the date of the requested cancellation. Such
items will be returned un-serviced. Customers wishing to obtain a cancellation should affix stamps to any envelope
or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard
thickness in the envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope
and address it to:
PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS
GLENN RESEARCH CENTER STATION
POSTMASTER
5600 Woodland Ave.
CLEVELAND, OH 44104-9998
(Using all capitals and no punctuation, except the hyphen in the zip + 4 code).
Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for cancellation, as long as they supply
a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial cancellation, the
Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
For further information contact:
Eunice Rodgers
Jesse Owens Post Office
5600 Woodland Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44104-9998
216-881-0407 or 216-881-0902
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Ropex 2007
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News from collectSPACE
The Cleveland post office is having a busy year with space postmarkers: four of them are planned between February
and October 2007. All bear the identical name tag of "Glenn Research Center Station", but commemorate
different anniversaries:
20 February 2007: (see above)
45th Anniversary John Glenn's Mercury Flight
Grace period extended until 20 April 2007.
17 August 2007:
30th Anniversary of the Launch of Voyager 1
15 September 2007:
3rd Annual NASA Glenn/Collectspace.com Space Memorabilia Show
4 October 2007:
50 Anniversary of the Space Age
To send in your own stamped envelopes, this is the address to use:
Pictorial Cancellations,
Glenn Research Center Station,
Postmaster,
5600 Woodland Avenue,
Cleveland, OH 44104-9998,
USA.
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21.-22.4.07: Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-9806;
"Cerapex Station - Sputnik launches the Space Age 1957-2007"
Send your covers to:
USPS Postmaster,
Cerapex Station,
P.O. Box 9998,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-9806
USA
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27.10.07: 8200 Mamer:
Pictorial postmarker:
“Hugo Gernsback 1884-1967 - Father of Science Fiction”
ill.: portrait of Gernsback
Send your stamped covers to:
Office des timbres, L-2992 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
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Russia noted the 50th Anniversary of the Space Age with a stampand a special postmark issued on 12 April 07.
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The US Post Office will release a special FDI postmark for the Star Wars sheetlet.
To finalize the Star Wars stamp pictorial postmark art, individual post offices need to insert the date, city,
state, and ZIP Code™ of the physical location of your event adjacent to the stamps image.
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Northeastern Philatelic Show
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From Jürgen P Esders on collectSPACE
Pictorial postmarker nr. 10/153
“Aerospace 07/14. Garchinger Weltraumtage/30 Jahre Weltraum-Philatelie”
"14th Space Days at Garching - 30th Anniversary Weltraum Philatelie (the German Space Unit)
Ill.: “SpaceShip One” with carrier aircraft “White Knight”.
Send your covers within 28 of the event to:
Deutsche Post AG,
Niederlassung Philatelie, Sonderstempelstelle,
92627 Weiden
Germany.
Minimum postage is 20c, domestic 55c, European 70c, overseas €1.70.
Send SASE to return your covers to you.
UPDATE
I am getting information that this special postmarker will be used on June 9th instead of June 7th. The mobile
team of the philatelic service will attend the show and provide cancels between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
I would not at all be surprised if at the end there would be cancels with either date, 7 and 9 June. Watch that
....
Jürgen
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Kazakhstan Postmarks for "Cosmonauts Day"
Ukraine Postmarks for "Cosmonauts Day"
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US Postmark from Huntsville (from Jürgen P Esders)
“Huntspex Station 1997-2007 Mars Pathfinder Landing”
Send your covers to:
Huntspex Station, USPS Postmaster, 3408 Wall Triana Hwy., Huntsville, AL 35801-9998, USA.
There are cacheted covers at $1.25 plus postage from: Huntsville Philatelic Club, P.O.Box 4395, Huntsville, AL
35815-4385, USA. your contact: hhahn@bellsouth.net
More from Jürgen P Esders on collectSPACE
13. + 16.6.07: Huntsville, AL 35805-9998
“Space Camp Station 1982 2007 25 Year Anniversary”
Image: Logo of the Space Camp (showing a space shuttle in flight); a Space Shuttle orbiting Earth, the Moon and
Stars.
Send your stamped covers to:
Space Camp Station, USPS Postmaster, 3408 Wall Triana Hwy., Huntsville, AL 35801-9998, USA.
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US - Indypex Postmark
Update:
Three different special postmarkers were used during the Indypex stamp exhibition at Indianapolis earlier this
month. All of them are space-related showing the space shuttle, or extraterrestrials, or the Sun. .
Post office: Indianapolis, Indiana 46225
Text: “Indypex Station”,
Image on 6 July: a rocket, an extraterrestrial;
Image on 7 July: the Sun;
Image on 8 July: an extraterrestrial, the space shuttle, a futuristic space station.
Send your covers to:
USPS Postmaster, Philatelic Window, 125 W South St., Indianapolis, IN 46206-9813, USA.
Cacheted covers for $1.25 plus SASE:
Indiana Stamp Club, P.O. Box 20005, Indianapolis, IN 46220, USA.
US - 30th Anniversary of the Launch of the Voyager Spacecraft Postmark
Thirty years ago, Voyagers 1 and 2 launched aboard Titan-Centaur rockets for a 12-year journey to the planets of
the outer solar system. To commemorate NASA Glenn Research Center’s participation in the launch of the Voyager
spacecraft, the NASA Glenn Visitor Center and the United States Postal Service will feature a special pictorial
stamp cancellation. The pictorial cancellation stamp event will take place on August 18, 2007, from 10:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m.
The Cleveland U. S. Postal Service will set up a temporary post office on site in the NASA Glenn Visitor Center,
21000 Brookpark Road, in Cleveland, Ohio. The temporary post office will be selling current postage stamps on the
day of the event.
The NASA Glenn Visitor Center will have envelopes with a cachet commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the launch
of the Voyager spacecraft. The cachet will consist of an artist’s image depicting Voyager’s mission to the outer
planets. The pictorial cancellation stamp is the ink stamp that cancels the postage stamp. The pictorial cancellation
stamp can be applied to any object as long as it has a current postage stamp on the object. The commemorative cachet
will only be available only during the day of the event and is limited to one cachet per person.
Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the cancellation, may submit mail order requests. Pictorial
cancellations are available only for the date indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days
following the requested pictorial cancellation date. All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing
at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. Items submitted for cancellation may not include postage issued
after the date of the requested cancellation. Such items will be returned un-serviced. Customers wishing to obtain
a cancellation should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard
to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in the envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap.
Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:
PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS
GLENN RESEARCH CENTER STATION
POSTMASTER
5600 Woodland Ave.
CLEVELAND, OH 44104-9998
(Using all capitals and no punctuation, except the hyphen in the zip + 4 code).
Please note: All requests for cancellations must include a larger envelope with adequate postage and legible return
address in order to allow the post office to mail the cancelled envelope or postcard back to the customer. Customers
can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for cancellation, as long as they supply a larger
envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal
Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
For further information contact:
Eunice Rodgers
Jesse Owens Post Office
5600 Woodland Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44104-9998
216-881-0407 or 216-881-0902
US - PostMark Collectors Club Postmark
26.7.07: Madison, AL 35758:
Special postmarker:
“46th PMCC PostMark Collectors Club Convention Station”
Ill.: Space Shuttle at launch.
Send your covers to: USPS Postmaster, Convention Station, 56 Hughes Road, Madison, AL 35758-9998, USA.
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Jürgen P Esders
Some German postmarks from Jürgen P Esders
1) A new special postmarker used at Hoyerswerda, Germany:
22.9.07: 02977 Hoyerswerda;
Text: “50 Jahre Raumfahrt 4. Oktober 1957 15. Astrophilatelistentreffen im Lausitz-Center” (50 Years of Spaceflight
4 October 1957 15th Meeting of Astrophilatelists at the Lausitz Center.
Ill.: International Space Station,Soyuz spacecraft, Sputnik, portraits of Korolyov and Ziolkovsky.
Send your stamped covers to: Deutsche Post AG, Niederlassung Philatelie, Sonderstempelstelle, 92627 Weiden, Germany
Cacheted covers available from: Ralf Schulz, Postfach 1219, 02962 Hoyerswerda, Germany, Tel. 03571-92.35.13
2) A special postmarker used in an unnamed city on 20 January 2007:
Private Mail company “City Brief Bote CBB”;
Text: “Sigmund Jähn - Ehrenbürger von Neuhardenberg” (Sigmund Jähn - Honorary citizen of Neuhardenberg)
Ill.: Soyuz rocket.
Cacheted covers available from: Ralf Schulz, Postfach 1219, 02962 Hoyerswerda, Tel. 03571-92.35.13
3) 4.10.07: 85748 Garching b. München;
Private slogan cancel:
“50 Jahre Raumfahrt 4. Oktober 1957 Arge Weltraumphilatelie e. V.” (50 Years of spaceflight)
Ill.: Portrait of Korolyov’s, Semyorka rocket, Sputnik.
Cacheted covers from: Ralf Schulz, Postfach 1219, 02962 Hoyerswerda, Tel. 03571-92.35.13
4) 13.2.07: 82234 Wessling, Germany
Private slogan cancel: "70. Geburtstag Sigmund Jähn” (70th Birthday Sigmund Jähn)
Ill.: space station Salyut 6, portrait and signature of Jähn
Cacheted covers from:
Ralf Schulz, Postfach 1219, 02962 Hoyerswerda, Tel. 03571-92.35.13
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A US postmarks from Jürgen P Esders
4.8.07: Pasadena, CA 91109;
Pictorial postmarker “Phoenix Mars Station”
Ill.: Marssonde Phoenix Mars.
Send your stamped covers to: Launch Station JPL, 870 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91109-9998, USA.
Note that the JPL Stamp Club is preparing cacheted covers at $2.50 (plus SASE). See their website for more details:
http://www.jplrecclubs.caltech.edu/stamp/index.shtml
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Some US postmarks
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From MB on collectSPACE:
To commemorate the 3rd annual NASA Glenn/collectSPACE.com space memorabilia show, the NASA Glenn Visitor Center
and the United States Postal Service will feature a special pictorial stamp cancellation. The pictorial cancellation
stamp event will take place on September 15, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Cleveland U. S. Postal Service will set up a temporary post office on site in the NASA Glenn Visitor Center,
21000 Brookpark Road, in Cleveland, Ohio. The temporary post office will be selling current postage stamps on the
day of the event.
The NASA Glenn Visitor Center will have envelopes with a cachet commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the launch
of the Voyager spacecraft. The cachet will consist of a photo montage of various items of space memorabilia. The
pictorial cancellation stamp is the ink stamp that cancels the postage stamp. The pictorial cancellation stamp
can be applied to any object as long as it has a current postage stamp on the object. The commemorative cachet
will only be available only during the day of the event and is limited to one cachet per person.
Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the cancellation, may submit mail order requests. Pictorial
cancellations are available only for the date indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days
following the requested pictorial cancellation date. All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing
at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. Items submitted for cancellation may not include postage issued
after the date of the requested cancellation. Such items will be returned un-serviced. Customers wishing to obtain
a cancellation should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard
to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in the envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap.
Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:
PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS
GLENN RESEARCH CENTER STATION
POSTMASTER
5600 Woodland Ave.
CLEVELAND, OH 44104-9998
(Using all capitals and no punctuation, except the hyphen in the zip + 4 code).
Please note: All requests for cancellations must include a larger envelope with adequate postage and legible return
address in order to allow the post office to mail the canceled envelope or postcard back to the customer. Customers
can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for cancellation, as long as they supply a larger
envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal
Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
For further information contact:
Eunice Rodgers
Jesse Owens Post Office
5600 Woodland Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44104-9998
216-881-0407 or 216-881-0902
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Two German Postmarks (from Jürgen P Esders)
1) 4.10.07: 44797 Bochum, Germany.
Special postmarker no. 19/457
“50 Jahre Raumfahrt/Sputnik 50/an der Sternwarte Bochum 1957 2007"
(50 Years of spaceflight - Sputnik 50 - at the Bochum Observatory - 1957-2007
Ill.: a star with the number "50", Sputnik.
Send your stamped covers to this address: Deutsche Post AG,
Niederlassung Brief,
Sonderstempelstelle,
53253 Bonn
Germany.
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2) 4.10.07: 15320 Neuhardenberg;
Special postmarker no. 18/352 “50. Jahrestag Start Sputnik 1/70. Jahrestag des ersten Start eines Raketenflugzeuges/Testpilot
Erich Warsitz (1906-1983)” (50th Anniversary Launch of Sputnik 1 - 70th Anniversary of the first launch of a rocket
aircraft - test pilot Erich Warsitz.
Ill.: Portrait of Erich Warsitz.
Send your stamped covers to:
Deutsche Post AG, Niederlassung Brief, Sonderstempelstelle, 10770 Berlin, Germany.
The cancel as initiated by: Heimatverein Neuhardenberg, Dietmar Zimmermann, Neudorf 41, 15320 Neuhardenberg, Germany
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A FDI Postmark from Australia
See http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/blastoff/
for information on FDCs, stamps and associated products
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Two Space Postmarks from Australia (updated)
Two commemorative postmarks will be used at the Swan River Stamp Show, one for each day of the event. The theme
for the designs will be "Sun and Moon"
Saturday 20 October 2007
Sun (Green Ink)
Sunday 21 October 2007
Moon (Red Ink)
Impressions will be available from
Swan River Stamp Show
PO Box 1285
Mandurah, WA 6210
Australia
Also see their Web site for other products www.swanriverstampshow.com
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French FDI Postmarks
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Italian Sputnik Postmark
From Jürgen P Esders;
6.10.07: 15100 Alessandria:
Special postmarker N° 1633
"50° Anniversario Lancio Satellite Sputnik/Mostra di Astrofilatelia" (50 Years of Sputnik/Astrophilatelic
Show)
Ill.: Sputnik over the Earth.
Send your stamped covers to:
Poste Italiane,
Servizio Commerciale/Filatelia,
Filiale di Alessandria,
Piazza Libertà 23/24,
15100 Alessandria,
Italy.
Organizers: Kontakt:
Circolo Filatelico Numismatico,
CP 264,
15100 Alessandria,
Italy.
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US 50th Anniv. Space Age Postmark
From MB on CollectSpace
Fifty years ago, Sputnik 1 was launched into orbit around the Earth, becoming the first artificial satellite
and ushering in the dawn of the space age. To commemorate the dawn of the space age, the NASA Glenn Visitor Center
and the United States Postal Service will feature a special pictorial stamp cancellation. The pictorial cancellation
stamp event will take place on October 20, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Cleveland U. S. Postal Service will set up a temporary post office on site in the NASA Glenn Visitor Center,
21000 Brookpark Road, in Cleveland, Ohio. The temporary post office will be selling current postage stamps on the
day of the event.
The NASA Glenn Visitor Center will have envelopes with a cachet commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the launch
of Sputnik 1. The cachet will consist of an artist’s image depicting Sputnik 1 in orbit above the Earth. The pictorial
cancellation stamp is the ink stamp that cancels the postage stamp. The pictorial cancellation stamp can be applied
to any object as long as it has a current postage stamp on the object. The commemorative cachet will only be available
only during the day of the event and is limited to one cachet per person.
Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the cancellation, may submit mail order requests. Pictorial
cancellations are available only for the date indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days
following the requested pictorial cancellation date. All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing
at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. Items submitted for cancellation may not include postage issued
after the date of the requested cancellation. Such items will be returned un-serviced. Customers wishing to obtain
a cancellation should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard
to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in the envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap.
Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:
PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS
GLENN RESEARCH CENTER STATION
POSTMASTER
5600 Woodland Ave.
CLEVELAND, OH 44104-9998
(Using all capitals and no punctuation, except the hyphen in the zip + 4 code).
Please note: All requests for cancellations must include a larger envelope with adequate postage and legible return
address in order to allow the post office to mail the canceled envelope or postcard back to the customer. Customers
can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for cancellation, as long as they supply a larger
envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal
Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
For further information contact:
Eunice Rodgers
Jesse Owens Post Office
5600 Woodland Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44104-9998
216-881-0407 or 216-881-0902
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Three More US Postmarks
Italian Postmark
From: Jürgen P Esders
10.11.07: 51016 Montecatini Terme (PT);
Pictorial postmarker n° 1906
“Celebrazioni 50° Anniversario Lancio Sputnik/Assemblea Annuale Soci Centro Italiano Filatelia Tematica” (50th
Anniversary of Sputnik/Annual Assembly of the Italian Centre for Thematic Philately)
Ill.: Sputnik. 
Send your stamped covers to:
Poste Italiane,
Servizio Commerciale/Filatelia,
Filiale di Pistoia,
Via Roma, 3,
51100 Pistoia,
Italy.
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