Postal envelope with the matched pair of U. S. postage stamps celebrating the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. It is postmarked at the Kennedy Space Center on July 15, 1975 which was both theFirst Day of Issue and the date that the U. S. Apollo module docked with the Soviet Soyuz space capsule, officially ending the "space race" that began in 1957 when Sputnik was launched. The decorative cartouche on the postal cover was designed for the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Stamp Club by Carl A. Swanson. The cover is signed by Swanson in blue ink and is in excellent condition. Size: 3 5/8" by 6 1/2". Seller Inventory # W1909

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Title: FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY ARTIST CARL A. ...

Publisher: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Stamp Club, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Publication Date: 1975

Binding: Paper

Illustrator: Carl A. Swanson

Condition: Fine

Signed: SIGNED

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Manuscript

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art
VA, U.S.A.

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Payment by check, money order, Paypal, Abebooks payment. Libraries and dealers known to us net 30 days. Reciprocal courtesy to the trade. All domestic shipments include delivery confirmation. Please phone or e-mail to reserve books since all items are subject to prior sale.

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