C76 Moon Landing Cachet 1969 Dual Cancel UA Apollo 11 First Day Cover LOT 1244

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#C76 USA First Moon Landing
Cachet United States First Day of Issue Cover - Thermographed
Unaddressed
1969 Moon Landing
2019 is the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Moon Landing
Dual Cancels
Stamp Was Printed By
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printed - Lithographed and Engraved (Giori) printing
This stamp
Commemorates man’s first footstep on the moon’s surface by Neil Armstrong, Commander of the
Apollo 11
mission
This was the USA's First Jumbo Sized Commemorative Airmail Stamp
there are two dates in the postmark: July 20 and Sept. 9, 1969
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The master printing die for the Apollo 11 stamp was carried to and from the moon in July, 1969. When the printing die returned to earth it then it was used to make the printing plates for the postage stamps that were issued by the Post Office and used on these first day covers.
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These postage stamps were not ready to be released to the public until September 9, 1969, and this is the date of first issue that appears in the postmark.
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This Sept. 9 postmark also reproduces the July 20, 1969 cancel of the first moon mail which was used to cancel a proof of the 10¢ First Man on the Moon stamp cancelled on the moon, this is the commemorative part of the Sept. 9, 1969 cancel.
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The 10¢ First Man on the Moon stamp was designed by artist Paul Calle and this postage stamp is the first jumbo-size commemorative issue. This Apollo 11 first day cover was the most popular ever issued with a record 8,743,070 postmarked at Washington, D.C., the official city of release.
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