ASTP Anniversaries and events
This section will be dedicated to ASTP commemoration. Besides numerous covers celebrating project anniversaries there are general commemorative stuff inspired by joint space mission theme like 1992 US-Russian joint “Space cooperation” stamps issue. I also include covers with ASTP related cachets from various astrophilately exhibitions like COSMOS in France and LILIENTHAL in Germany. Many special postmarks have been issued and officially used in USA and several in Russia. This issue still needs to be researched.
Well, not all the covers are from the direct participants of the project but taking into account international essence of astrophilately events I assume they are in the right place like a couple of Romanian club coves that I just liked. Besides Russia and USA there is Kazakhstan that hosts Baikonur Cosmodrome and with all related considerations has its right to be present. As simple as that!
In the head of the section I show Russian Federation ASTP 25th anniversary small sheet of 6 stamps issued in 60,000 pieces in 2000 as part of “International Cooperation in Space” set.
Destelbergen, Belgium
Sep 28, 1974
Sep 28, 1974
Sep 28, 1974 SCCS cover
Sep 29, 1974
Sep 29, 1974
Clyde Sarzin cachet
May 3, 1975
May 4, 1975
May 4, 1975
exhibition booklet
"Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" UN stamp First Day of Issue. The applications included ASTP. Space Voyage cachet SV-UN-1975-T1
Colorano Silk cachet
May 30, 1975
May 30, 1975
May 31, 1975
Jun 1, 1975
COSMOS astrophilately exhibition
COSMOS astrophilately exhibition
First Day of postmark usage SCCS cover
Jul 25, 1975
Jul 26, 1975
Oct 17, 1975
Oct 18, 1975
Oct 19, 1975
Nov 8, 1975
Nov 9, 1975
Nov 9, 1975
quite uncommon event cover with ASTP dedication
1st anniversary of docking SV-ASTP-1976-T1
1st anniversary of docking SV-ASTP-1976-T1
President G. Ford
Fleetwood
Colorano Silk
15th anniversary of Gagarin flight FDC
20th anniversary of space age Fleetwood cover
this card was issued in 1976, nicely decorated with soviet ASTP stamps front
inside-1
inside-2
5th Anniversary Smithsonian Museum
5th anniversary - IIR-Berlin
5th anniversary
very unusual combo with Mercury and ASTP Cape Canaveral cancellations + cachet dedicated to the initial US space flight and the last US flight. LURABA exhibition Soviet cancellation just days before the first Space Shuttle STS-1 flight.
House of Farnam Space Accomplishments series
Deke Slayton commemorative cover cancelled on the day of first SSI satellite launch. Deke Slayton's only space flight was ASTP. In 1982 he left NASA to become a president of SSI. SV-DS-1982-T1-V1
8th anniversary
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T1-black
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T1-green
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T1-blue
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T1-purple
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T1-brown
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T2-black
10th anniversary SV-ASTP-1985-T2-purple
10the anniversary - Romanian Space Philately club
10th anniversary
mailed cover with San Jose Expo cachet
mailed cover with San Jose Expo cachet
International Transportation Commemorative Covers Collection
Fred Collins hand painted cachet
Art-cover for the US - USSR joint issue
15th anniversary July 20, 1990
serviced card July 21, 1990
15th anniversary July 22, 1990
15th anniversary
15th anniversary
15th anniversary June 2, 1990
15th anniversary June 2, 1990
15th anniversary June 3, 1990
IBM designed cachet
IBM designed cachet
15th anniversary
Germany
The New York Times
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T1-V1
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T1-V2-brown
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T1-V2-blue
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T2
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T3-V1
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T3-V2-green
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T3-V2-blue
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T4-V1-brown
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T4-V1-purple
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T4-V2
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T5-V1
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T5-V2-blue
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T5-V2-purple
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T5-V2-brown
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T6-V1-green
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T6-V1-blue
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T6-V2-green
US - Russia joint issue SV-JI-1992-T6-V2-brown
US - Russia joint issue House of Farnam cachet
US - Russia joint issue Artmaster serviced cover
US - Russia joint issue Pugh cachet
US - Russia joint issue Fleetwood
UNCOVERS
Launch. Artopages
Linkup. Artopages
Splashdown. Artopages
KSC Cachets
Space Explorations Colorano Silk
Space Explorations Colorano Silk
Space Explorations Colorano Silk
US - Russia joint issue Postal Commemorative Society
US - Russia joint issue Postal Commemorative Society
US - Russia joint issue ArtCraft FDC
Space City Cover Society (SCCS)
Space City Cover Society (SCCS)
US - Russia joint issue cachet by Philswiss
Deke Slayton commemorative cover cancelled the day he has passed away. Deke Slayton's only space flight was ASTP. SV-DS-1982-T1-V2
SV-DS-1982-T1-V2-green
100th US manned flight - STS-71 Shuttle-MIR program. SV-100-1995-T1
20th anniversary SV-ASTP-1995-T1-green
20th anniversary SV-ASTP-1995-T1-blue
20th anniversary unusual blue color of cancellation SV-ASTP-1995-T1-blue
1st Shuttle-MIR docking special postmark SV-ASTP-1995-T1-brown
20th anniversary
20th anniversary
20th anniversary
20th anniversary
20th anniversary of ASTP KSC
20th anniversary of ASTP KSC
20th anniversary of ASTP KSC
Romania
20th anniversary of space cooperation exhibition
1st Shuttle - Mir docking Fleetwood FDC
20th anniversary FDC
20th anniversary
20th anniversary Sergey Chizhov cachet
Space flown on Mir Space Station
20th anniversary
20th anniversary
20th anniversary club cover
20th anniversary club cover
20th anniversary club cover
20th anniversary club cover
honoring USAF astronauts T. Stafford and D. Slayton
40th Anniversary of Space Age
25th anniversary
serviced cover
25th anniversary
25th anniversary club cinderellas
FDC - Space cooperation
25th anniversary
25th anniversary 5 pcs of each color were done
25th anniversary
25th anniversary
25th anniversary
25th anniversary
25th anniversary
TF Cachets by Tom Foust
TF Cachets by Tom Foust
40th anniversary of ASTP was marked in Russia by issuing special postmark for Moscow and ISS as well as official ITC Marka postcard and Roscosmos covers for space ISS onboard cancellations. Of course several independent designers implemented the idea on cards and covers and added their own stamped cachets like Moscow Philatelic society and BaikonurSvyazInform. Roscosmos prepared and sent 50 commemorative covers that received only ASTP special onboard cancellation and blue octagon seal but not ISS calendar postmarks – that is quite uncommon practice. Several privately designed covers were sent to ISS as well probably as much as a couple of dozens. As usual Roscosmos covers were used as souvenirs for senior stuff and NASA officials. After being applied in space the “corrected” device travelled back to Earth and was used to postmark like a 100 official and private cards and covers to be sold to collectors. Strangely enough this anniversary has not received any attention in USA ...
Kazakhstan special postmark connecting 200th EVA on Jul 15, 2001 to ASTP.
serviced cover with special postmark
interesting cover with Mirny 65th anniversary special cancellation and ASTP stamps. Mirny was a civil part of Plesetsk missile site, that was established on July 15, 1957. Occasionally ASTP launch occurred on the same day, 18 years later.
30th anniversary
30th anniversary Deke Slayton hometown
Therome cachet
Therome cachet
30th anniversary
30th anniversary
30th anniversary club cover
100th anniversary of Konstantin Bushuev - Soviet ASTP director
40th anniversary of Soyuz-16 launch - Dec 2, 1974
40th anniversary of Soyuz-16 landing - Dec 8, 1974
40th anniversary
40th anniversary
40th anniversary, this cover was reconverted from FDC issued in 2010 - 35th anniversary
40th anniversary
40th anniversary
40th anniversary
40th anniversary BaikonurSvyazInform
40th anniversary BaikonurSvyazInform
Kaluga Philatelic Society cachet
Kaluga Philatelic Society cachet
40th anniversary Alex Olshevsky postcard
ITC Marka postcard with Moscow Philatelic Society cachet
Alex Olshevsky cachet
Alex Olshevsky cachet
1975 issue stationary cover
1975 issue stationary cover
40th anniversary
40th anniversary
40th anniversary serviced cover from Star City to USA
40th anniversary Roscosmos commemorative cover
40th anniversary ISS ASTP special postmark was not completely destroyed and returned to Earth with cut date. Note - missing 17 from the date. 70 such cards along with 30 covers were cancelled unofficially to be sold to collectors.
the only known US cachet to mark the 40th anniversary
40th anniversary Nordkurier private post service
40th anniversary Biberpost private post service
40th anniversary Biberpost private post service
40th anniversary Biberpost private post service
40th anniversary Biberpost private post service
45th anniversary
45th anniversary