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[b]Space Cover #4, Apollo Soyuz Test Project Launches[/b] This week's Space Cover of the Week features a very special Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) cover that was dual cancelled, first in Moscow for the Soyuz launch and then at Cape Canaveral for the Apollo launch. Having covers cancelled for both launches taking place on the same day (7 1/2 hours apart) and thousands of miles apart, posed a great challenge but space dealer Eberhard Coelle, through much planning and assistance was able to succeed. The results was 3000 covers like the one shown above and another 3000 covers also cancelled in Moscow for the Soyuz launch and then cancelled in Houston for the historic linkup on July 17. It should be of interest and noted that both cancels are dated July 15, 1975; the cover is cacheted with the official ASTP Program insignia and that both the Soviet ASTP stamp (designed from a painting by Alexei Leonov) and the US ASTP stamp, both show similiar depictions of the two spacecraft docking. A Word document file detailing the step by step process and history of how these covers were created will be emailed to anyone interested.
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