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[b]Space Cover #159: Space Cover Cachet Errors[/b] While the many space cover servicers and cachet makers of days gone by routinely created accurate and factual cacheted covers, mistakes and errors did happen, and this week's Space Cover of the Week presentation will exhibit a few of the more obvious and interesting cachet errors. But first, we want to say that the many space cover and cachet makers have done a splendid job and it is rare to find any error or mistake in a space cover cachet, however... The top cover shown above is a handsome and well-designed Artcraft FDC for the Project Mercury stamp and shows John Glenn with a rocket. It shouldn't take much study for most any space fan to see what's wrong with this cachet. The next cover is a Robert Rank/Space Voyage cover and is a rare example of his usual well-designed and factual covers. This amazing cover has at least five errors, including stating that Wernher von Braun is carrying a V-2 rocket. The next image shows the cachet in better detail. Above is a Mercury/Redstone-3 launch cover with a cachet identifying Alan Shepard as the first man into space (we know that he wasn't). The final cover has two errors and both were corrected by the person that the cover/cachet is for: Chuck Yeager. The Ray DeBeau cachet identifies Charles "Chuck" Yeager as "Buck," and also has the X-1 Program managed by NACA. I'm sure that other collectors have covers also having errors.
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