I’m not sure who made these covers. My feeling is that these were made in the very late-70s / possibly early-80s, using blanks (canceled for real events, but never decorated). If anyone recognizes them, please let me know ! The ‘Cape Canaveral’ cancels look suspect to me, in many cases.
UPDATE 2022: From what I understand, these covers were probably made for Eberhard Cölle (stamp dealer / space cover dealer) in Germany.
UPDATE 2023: My feeling is that these four Apollo covers (for Apollo 1/2/3/4) could be from the same cover manufacturer. The cancels are very similar and the envelopes in many cases are almost identical. Is it possible that these covers were cancelled in 1966/1967, but the cachet designs printed at a later date ?
1965 | Back to Year choices
Gemini 2 Launch – 19th Jan 1965:
Gemini 3 Launch – 23rd Mar 1965:
Gemini 4 EVA – 3rd Jun 1965:
Gemini 4 Splashdown & Recovery – 7th Jun 1965:
Gemini 6 Launch [SCRUBBED] – 25th Oct 1965:
Gemini 7 Launch – 4th Dec 1965:
Gemini 6 Launch [DELAYED] – 12th Dec 1965:
Gemini 6 Launch – 15th Dec 1965:
Gemini 6 Splashdown & Recovery – 16th Dec 1965:
Gemini 7 Splashdown & Recovery – 18th Dec 1965:
1966 | Back to Year choices
Apollo AS-201 – 26th Feb 1966:
Gemini 8 Agena Target Vehicle Launch – 16th Mar 1966:
Gemini 8 Splashdown & Recovery – 17th Mar 1966:
Gemini 9 Augmented Target Docking Adapter Launch – 1st Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 EVA in Space – 5th Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 Splashdown & Recovery – 6th Jun 1966:
Apollo AS-203 – 5th Jul 1966:
Came from same place as the AS-201 and AS-202 covers on this page, so i’m 99% sure this is from the same manufacturer
Notice the similarity between this cachet design and the SCPS logo which started in 1973. Maybe a coincidence, but I don’t think so !
Gemini 10 Rendezvous – 20th Jul 1966:
Apollo AS-202 – 25th Aug 1966:
Gemini 11 Target Vehicle Launch – 12th Sep 1966:
Gemini 11 Launch – 12th Sep 1966:
Surveyor 2 Impact on Moon – 23rd Sep 1966:
Gemini 12 Launch – 11th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 EVA – 13th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 Stand UP EVA – 14th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 Splashdown & Recovery – 15th Nov 1966:
LATER | Back to Year choices
Surveyor 5 Analysis of Lunar Soil – 10th Sep 1967:
Apollo 4 (AS-501) Launch – 9th Nov 1967:
Lower Body Pressure Test for Space Shuttle – 29th Nov 1976:
Pioneer Venus 1 Launch – 20th May 1978:
Pioneer Venus 2 Launch – 8th Aug 1978:
10th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing – 20th Jul 1979:
20th Anniversary of the Launching of Chimp Miss Sam Mercury Test – 1st Jan 1980:
