Apollo 11 25th Anniversary Express Mail, $9.95 Stamp, 1994

This First Day Cover celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing with the $9.95 Express Mail commemorative stamp (Scott 2842) featuring an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface. The cachet artwork by renowned artist Gerry Adlman of GAMM Cachets depicts a dramatic purple and red illustration titled 'We Have a Lift-Off,' showing an astronaut in the foreground with a rocket launch pad and large moon in the background. The cover was postmarked in Washington, DC on July 20, 1994, the exact anniversary of the historic 1969 moon landing.

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Gerry Adlman GAMM Cachets
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Claude

The cachet artwork by GAMM Cachets features a purple and red illustrated scene commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing by Apollo 11, with text 'We Have a Lift-Off' at the top. The artwork depicts an astronaut in a spacesuit in the foreground, a rocket launch pad, and a large moon in the background rendered in purple tones. The stamp is the $9.95 Express Mail commemorative showing an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface with the Earth visible in the background, inscribed '25th Anniversary First Moon Landing, 1969.' The circular postmark reads 'WASHINGTON, DC / JUL 20 1994 / 20066' and the cover includes a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' printed label.

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This First Day Cover commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The cachet artwork, titled 'We Have a Lift-Off,' features a vibrant purple and red illustration of an astronaut in the foreground, with a rocket on the launch pad and a large moon in the background. The stamp depicts an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface, with the Earth visible in the background. The postmark is a circular cancellation from Washington, DC, dated July 20, 1994. The cover is in excellent condition, with clear and legible text, including 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' printed below the postmark.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)