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eurospace
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 04-25-2008 11:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A pictorial postmarker is to be used at the town of Strausberg (near Berlin) to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of German manned spaceflight. This refers to the spaceflight of the 1st German cosmonaut, Sigmund Jähn. Jähn lives in the town.

12.6.08: 15344 Strausberg;

Pictorial postmarker Nr. 08/143
“30 Jahre bemannte deutsche Raumfahrt/Interkosmos/ESA” (30 Years of German Manned Spaceflight)

Ill.: ESA and Intercosmos symbols.

Send your stamped covers within 28 days of the cancellation date to this address:
Deutsche Post AG,
Niederlassung Brief,
Sonderstempelstelle,
10770 Berlin
Germany

A mobile service team of Deutsche Post will be on location between 10 am and 5 pm. Address:
Grundschule (primary school), Am Annatal 64, 15344 Strausberg.

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany

International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies

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posted 04-29-2008 06:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo-Soyuz   Click Here to Email Apollo-Soyuz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here is a fdc of the Russian stamps issued in honor of Jaehn's Interecosmos flight aboard Soyuz-31 autographed by Jaehn and Commander, Valery Bykovsky

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John Macco
Vice President
Space Unit
Shady Side, Md.

eurospace
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posted 06-03-2008 11:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Note that the event is organized for a project day on "Stamp Collecting in Primary School" by the local stamp club.

I have no information as yet whether any cosmonaut will be present.

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany

International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies

eurospace
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 06-07-2008 08:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There is yet another special postmarker to commemorate the 30th Anniversary, this time used by a private mail company:

17.6.08: 15320 Neuhardenberg
Pictorial postmarker by "City-Brief-Bote (CBB)": “Sigmund Jähn zu Gast in Neuhardenberg - 30 Jahre bemannte Raumfahrt in Deutschland” (Sigmund Jähn visits Neuhardenberg - 30 Years of Manned Spaceflight in Germany)

Ill.: Soyuz rocket; logo of the private mail company CBB.

There are cacheted covers:
blank €1, with the special postmarker at €2 plus postage: Dietmar Zimmermann, Neudorf 42, 15320 Neuhardenberg, Germany.
e-mail: dietmar.zimmermann@feuersoziataet.de

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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany

International Director (Europe), Space Unit
Vice President, Weltraum Philatelie e. V.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies

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