Closure of Kennedy Space Center post office

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OLDIE Member Posts: 362 From: Portsmouth, England Registered: Sep 2004	posted 11-02-2023 05:56 AM I see that in the cover pics kindly shown by Ken Havekotte that the First day of use handstamp is in blue. The last day of use stamps are all in blue or mauve. However, I have now seen a cover with a first day of use in red ink. Has anyone got any information about the origins of this one?
thisismills Member Posts: 506 From: Michigan Registered: Mar 2012	posted 11-02-2023 07:36 AM Can you post a photo or share a link to the image of the first day with red cachet? This would be interesting to see and help to explain its existenece.
yeknom-ecaps Member Posts: 847 From: Northville MI USA Registered: Aug 2005	posted 11-02-2023 10:20 AM This looks to be a red printed version of the NASA RSC on last day of post office cover.
Axman Member Posts: 237 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023	posted 11-02-2023 10:54 AM This particular cover seems to emanate from one supplier - the Red Eagle Stamps Covers & Collectibles store on eBay. The full description includes this: Offering a cover serviced for Kennedy Space Center, Last Day Postal Service, "Official" KSC rubber stamp cachet (V2), Cancelled Kennedy Space Center FL 26-September-2023. The blue logo (last day) has an identical description apart from a V1. The purple (last day) is described as V3. Why the red V2 has "first day" I don't know! Maybe somebody could ask the seller direct? They seem to be reproductions as opposed to the stated "official".
OLDIE Member Posts: 362 From: Portsmouth, England Registered: Sep 2004	posted 11-04-2023 11:17 AM I checked with the seller, and there is no significance really attached to the red ink colour. The design was chosen to commemorate the stamp used when the KSC Post Office first opened

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