Apollo 11 25th Anniversary Moon Landing - Express Mail, 1994
This First Day Cover celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, featuring the $9.95 Express Mail stamp depicting an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface. The GAMM Cachets cachet displays a purple and red illustrated scene with an astronaut in a spacesuit, a Saturn V rocket on the launch pad, and the Moon, titled 'We Have a Lift-Off.' Cancelled with a Washington, DC postmark dated July 20, 1994, the cover commemorates one of humanity's greatest achievements.
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The GAMM Cachets cachet features a purple and red illustrated scene commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, with text 'We Have a Lift-Off' and an astronaut in a spacesuit in the foreground, a rocket on the launch pad, and the Moon in the background. The stamp is the $9.95 USA Express Mail issue depicting an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface with Earth visible in the background, inscribed '25th Anniversary First Moon Landing, 1969.' The postmark is a standard circular date stamp from Washington, DC dated July 20, 1994, with ZIP code 20066, accompanied by a printed 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' slug cancellation. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope.
The cachet artwork features a vibrant purple and red design with an astronaut in a white spacesuit, a Saturn V rocket on the launch pad, and the Moon in the background. The text 'We Have a Lift-Off' is prominently displayed, along with '25th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing by Apollo 11' and 'GAMM 1994.' The stamp depicts an astronaut planting the American flag on the lunar surface, with the Earth visible in the background and a second astronaut standing nearby. The postmark is a circular cancellation with the text 'WASHINGTON, DC JUL 20 1994' and a partial ZIP code '20066.' The cover is in excellent condition with clear and vivid colors.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)