USA PostmarkersA new illustrated handstamp device is in use at Edwards. It shows a landing
space shuttle and a fighter aircraft (F22?). The first I have seen this
device used is on the landing covers for STS-100 dated May 1st, 2001.
4.7.01:
Seward, NE 68434-9998;
"4th of July Station 2001 A Space Odyssee Freedom is Our Future"
Il. : Planet Saturn, Stars
Send to: USPS Postmaster, 4th of July Station, 507 Main St., Seward, NE
68434-9998, USA.
13.-15.7.01:
Hunt Valley, MD 21031,
"Farewell Voyager Station SL-23"
Ill.: Drawing of spacecraft Voyager.
Send covers to:
Farewell Voyager Station SL23, 115 Wight Ave., Cockeysville, MD 21030-9998,
USA.
Cacheted coverst: 3 different „Major Guest Stars" for $5.95; 6 different
"Major and Minor Guest Stars" for $11.00, always add SASe. Contact: Dwight
Eaves, P.O. Box 76, Whitemarsh, MD 21162-0076, USA. E-mail:
scanman@single3every1.net
Payment in cash, US check or paypal.
Earlier show cancels on the following webpage:
http://solo3.abac.com/scanman/cachets/
Italian PostmarkerThere was a special postmarker used in Marenello, Italy, for the visit of
the STS-100 crew in this town:
26.6.01: 41053 Maranello (MO);
"Visita dell‘Equipaggio dello Shuttle STS-100"
Ill. Space Shuttle, seen from above.
Send your stamped covers no later than 22.8.01: Poste Italiane, Servizio
Commerciale delle Filiale, Via Emilia 86, I-41100 Modena, Italy.
German PostmarkerSpecial postmarker "55 Jahre Sternwarte Bochum 1946-2001 Wiederöffnung
RADOM Technisches Kulturdenkmal"; (55th Anniversary Bochum
Observatory/Re.Opening of RADOM - Technical Monument)
Ill.: Parabolic mirror
Send your covers to:
Deutsche Post AG,
NL Filialen,
Philatelie-Stempelstelle,
44129 Dortmund.
Germany.
Postage to US DM 2/Surface, DM 3/priority
A Romanian Postmark14.5.01: 6600 Iasi 7;
"20 de ani de la Zborul Primului Roman in Spatiul cosmic Dumitru Dorin
Prunariu Soiuz 40 - Saliut 6"
(20th Anniversary 1st Romanian in space/Soyuz 40/Salyut 6/Dumitru Dorin
Prunariu)
: portrait of Prunariu, a Soyuz rocket at launch, space station Salyut
6, landing apparatus with parachutes
Two USA Postmarks31.5.-3.6.01: Centralia, MO 65240-9998;
"Centralia Anchor Festival 2001 Station Anchored in the Future"
.: astronaut in spacesuit, holding a small flag, on the Moon; a space
shuttle connected to Planet Earth with a rope.
Send your covers to:
Centralia Anchor Festival 2001 Station,
USPS Postmaster,
104 W. Sneed,
Centralia, MO 65240-9998,
USA.
2.-3.6.01: Huntsville, AL 35801-9813;
"Huntspex Station International Space Station Activation"
: map of Alabama (the same every year ..)
Send your covers to:
USPS, Huntspex Station,
3408 Wall Triana Hwy.,
Huntsville, AL 35813-9813,
USA.
There are cacheted covers for each day of the show at $1.50 ea. plus SASE.
Huntsville Philatelic Club,
Heinrich Hahn,
P. O. Box 4395,
Huntsville AL 35815-4385,
USA
Australian Permanent Postmark:from June 5, 2001: Narrabri, NSW 2390;
Permanent pictorial postmarker: "National Telescope Facility"
Send your covers to: Postal Manager, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia.
Further information on the National Telescope Facility:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/
MIR splashdown:There was a semi-official cachet used at the Russian control center at
Korolyov near Moscow, sponsored by RKK Energiya, the country's largest
space enterprise.
The cachet shows a symbolic representation of the splashdown, the text
"23.3.2001 Last Day of manned orbital complex MIR - Russia" (in Russian)
and the names of all cosmonauts and astronauts who visited MIR in miniature
characters around the symbol. According to local sources, visitors of the
control center had to pay $1 as fee for cacheting. The cachet was designed
by Mr. Gaikin, who designs most of the country's space postmarkers and
stamps.
Equally, there seems to have been used a special postmarker at Baikonur
Cosmodrome. I have not seen any image yet.
.... in his hometown:May 5, 2001: Derry, NH 03038;
Alan B.Shepard, Jr.Station 40th Anniversary Flight Into Space May 5 2001
Renaming of the Derry Post Office to Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office
Building"
Ill.: stars
Send covers to:
USPS Postmaster,
Alan B. Shepard Jr. Station,
955 Goffs Falls Road,
Manchester, NH 03103-9996
USA
Two USA Postmarks21.4.01: Ridgewood, NY 11385-9998;
„Space Unit Station 30th Anniversary Apollo 15"
Ill.: aircraft carrier Iwo Jima, Lunar Landing Module
USPS Postmaster,
Space Unit Station,
6060 Myrtle Ave.,
Ridgewood, NY 11385-9998,
cacheted covers at $1.50 ea. + SASE from: Sam Stein, 3353 Oceanside Road,
Oceanside NY 11572, USA.
4.-6.5.01: Boxborough, MA 01719-9998;
„Philatelic Show Station 2001: A Philatelic Odyssey"
Ill.: rocket, space capsule with 3 parachutes at splashdown, parts of the
Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean and the America's
Philatelic Show Station,
Seven Post Office Square,
Acton, MA 01720-9998
The JPL Stamp Club will have cacheted covers for the Mars Odyssey Mission available for this launch. We will also service covers for those who prefer to do their own. Send requests toDr James Rose MS 301-420
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr
Pasadena CA 91109
USA
German postmarker.12.4.01: 02977 Hoyerswerda 1/Wojerecy 1;
special postmarker: „40. Jahrestag 1. Mensch im Kosmos Ausstellung
Gagarinbriefe im Schloss" (40th Anniversary 1st Man in Space Exhibition:
Gagarin letters in the castle
Ill.: Portrait Gagarin in spaceflight, Vostok rocket
Send your stamped covers (up to 20 g: DM 2/surface, DM 3/airmail) to:
Deutsche Post,
NL Filialen Dresden,
Sonderstempelstelle,
Postfach 16 01 00,
01287 Dresden.
There are cacheted covers and stationery postcards/covers available from
the organisers:
1. cacheted stationery postcard mint/with special postmarker at DM 4 ea.
2. cacheted stationery postcard with red slogan cancel and special
postmarker at DM 4 ea.
3. cacheted postcard with red slogan cancel at DM 3 ea.
4. label mint/with special postmarker at DM 3 ea.
add postage to all prices.
Contact: Ralf Schulz, Postfach 1219, 02962 Hoyerswerda
Italian postmarker.22.4.01: 13044 Crescentino (VC);
special postmarker: „Quarantesimo Primo Uomo nello Spazio" (40th
Anniversary Man in Space)
ill: stil. portrait of Gagarin with cosmonaut helmet,
Send in your covers no later than 15th May 2001:
Ufficio delle poste,
Referente per la Filatelia,
Via F.lli Ponti, 9,
13100 Vercelli,
Italy
Two special postmarkers in the UK.There are cacheted covers available for the "ASTP" anniversary special
postmarker at Dearborn Heights:
10.-11.3.01: Dearborn Heights, MI 48127-9998;
„Michipex Station 25th Anniversary Apolo Soyuz Linkup"
Mail your covers to:
Michipex Station, USPS Postmaster, Attn.: Mike Noon, 26200 Ford Road,
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127-9998, USA.
cacheted covers: 2 different color versions for $3 together, plus SASE.
Michigan Stamp Club,
Robert F. Rinke,
51307 Central Village Road, Apt. 204,
New Baltimore, MI 48047-1350
USA.
Two special postmarkers in the UK.12.4.01: Leicester;
special postmarker n° 7318 „40th Anniversary First Man in Space"
illustration: head with cosmonaut helmet.
Send your stamped covers plus return envelope to:
Midland SHC,
Royal Mail,
St. Stephens Street,
Birmingham, B6 4AA,
United Kingdom.
22.1.2001-21.1.2002: London WC1;
special postmarker n° 7232 „Cosmo Place Reach for the Sky"
illustration: planet Saturn, stars, toilet booth,
Send your stamped cover plus return envelope to:
London SHC, Royal Mail,
Mount Pleasant,
Farringdon Road,
London EC1A 1BB,
United Kingdom.
Two cancels listed in the March 22 edition of the USPS Bulletin:ODYSSEY STATION (April 7-20, 2001)
cancel shows the Mars Orbiter, and may be ordered from:
Odyssey Station
Postmaster
870 Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105-9998
USA
31.3.-1.4.01: Park Forest, IL 60466-9998;
Parforex Station 40 Years of Parforex 1961-2001"
ill.: chinese early powder rocket
Parforex Station,
Postmaster,
P.O. Box 9998,
Park Forest, IL 60466-9998
USA
Two cancels listed in the February 22 edition of the Bulletin:1. SPACE 2001 STATION - DATE USED: 02-25-01
Postmaster
29 Valley Dr
Greenwich CT 06831-9998
Depicts the photo of Aldrin taken by Armstrong on the Moon, and wording to the right of the illustration is:
SPACE 2001:
To the Moon and Beyond
Bruce Museum Station
Greenwich CT 06830
2. KNOXPEX STATION - March 3-4, 2001
Postmaster
1237 E Weisgarber Rd
Knoxville, TN 37950-9998
Depicts a ringed circle (ala Saturn), with the wording inside the circle of:
KNOXPEX STATION
March x, 2001
Knoxville TN 37950
To the right of the illustration are the words surrounded in a field of stars:
2001
A Space Stamp
Odyssey
From the November 2, 2000 Postal Bulletin...WALCOPEX STATION (USE DATE: 11-04-2000)
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
Lake Geneva, WI 53147-9998
Postmark is as follows: Two parts, left and right--
Left (in a circle)
WALCOPEX 2000 STATION (inside and around the top)
Nov 4, 2000 (center of circle)
LAKE GENEVA, WI 53147 (inside and around the bottom)
To the right appears a sketch of the HST deployed in space.
From the latest edition of the USPS BULLETIN 1. SPACE ACHIEVEMENT & EXPLORATION COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS & UNCUT PRESS SHEETS
As of 10-05-2000, all USPS Offices are authorized to sell the above
issues over the counter.
2. PICTORIAL CANCEL - OCTOBER 28 and 29, 2000
WOOPEX STATION
POSTMASTER
153 E SOUTH ST
WOOSTER, OH 44691-9998
Cancel shows an overview of a shuttle in orbit with its cargo bay
doors open (shuttle pointing to right side), and is to the right of a
bullseye type cancel with the wording inside of:
WOOPEX STATION
OCT 28
2000
WOOSTER OH 44691
From the October 5, 2000 Postal Bulletin...This weeks release of the USPS Bulletin depicts at least
six (6) pictorial cancels featuring space/shuttle themes.
Also depicted is the USPS cancel for STS-92 - the 100th US Shuttle
Mission - Titusville FL.
You may access the site at the below link (NOTE: You must have an
Adobe reader to view the release as it is in pdf form).
http://www.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2000/pb22034.pdf
From the September 7, 2000 Potal Bulletin (Page 63)...Sand Point Park Station
Spacefest 2000
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
Titusville, FL 32780-9998
Postmark Used From: Sept 8 to 10, 2000
Depiction:Shuttle in Orbit with Earth in Background (shuttle nose right, about a 30 degree angle)
America's (above the earth)
Spacefest (Below shuttle, across bottom of earth)
2000 (in shuttle cargo bay)
Sand Point Park Station (below Spacefest, right half)
Titusville FL 32780 (Below the above)
date: between the shuttle and above Spacefest and to the right of the date are four killer bars