1992 Space Accomplishments Joint Issue with USSR
This numbered cover (#3 of 10) celebrates the historic 1992 Space Accomplishments joint issue between the United States and Russia, featuring a 29-cent stamp with vibrant artwork by designers Vladimir Beilin and Robert McCall depicting spacecraft and satellites in orbit. The cachet presents technical philatelic specifications alongside a pictorial cancellation showing a globe connecting Chicago and Moscow with a Space Shuttle illustration, commemorating Cold War-era cooperation in space exploration. Postmarked May 29, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois, this cover was produced by Technical Cachets.
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The cachet on this plain white cover consists entirely of printed technical text (no artwork illustration on the left side) detailing philatelic specifications for the $0.29 Space Block Joint Issue stamp. The right side features a pictorial cancellation showing a globe with 'CHICAGO, IL 60607 / MOSCOW, RUSSIA' and a line-drawn Space Shuttle illustration with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' text. The stamp depicted is a USA 29-cent space-themed stamp showing spacecraft/satellites in orbit with vivid magenta, yellow, cyan, and black colors. The cover is numbered #3 of 10 and notes designers Vladimir Beilin and Robert McCall.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)