MY WANT LIST

Monday, April 07, 2008

This is my want list concerning astrophilatelic materials – the manned moon flights. Contact: dndobrescu_dannd@yahoo.com

Flights	Activity
GEMINI 3	Splashdown CC / KSC – 1965, March 23 PM Recuperation USS INTERPID – 1965, March 23 PM, hand cancellation
GEMINI 4	EVA WHITE Port Washington – 1965, June 3 , first US space walk
GEMINI 5	Launching date KSC – 1965, Aug 21 AM Recuperation USS LAKE CHAMPLAN (CVS – 39) – 1965, Aug 29 AM, hand cancellation
GEMINI 7	Launching date KSC – 1965, December 4 PM Recuperation USS WASP – 1965, December 18 AM, hand cancellation
GEMINI 6	Splashdown CC – 1965, December 16 Recuperation USS WASP – 1965, December 16, hand cancellation
GEMINI 8	Splashdown CC – 1966, March 17 PM
GEMINI 9	Launching date KSC – 1966, June 3 AM Splashdown CC – 1966, June 6 AM
GEMINI 10	Launching date KSC – 1966, July 18 PM EVA COLLINS – 1966, July 19 EVA COLLINS – 1966, July 20 Splashdown CC – 1966, July 21 PM
GEMINI 11	EVA GORDON CC – 1966, September 14 Splashdown CC – 1966, September 15 AM
GEMINI 12	EVA ALDRIN CC - 1966, Nov 14 Landing date CC – 1966, Nov 15 PM
APOLLO 7
APOLLO 8	Launching date KSC – 1968, December 21 AM First lunar orbit – 1968, December 24 Departure lunar orbit – 1968, December 26 Recuperation USS YORKTOWN – 1968, December 27, hand cancellation
APOLLO 9	Splashdown KSC – 1969, March 13 PM Recuperation USS GUADALCANAL – 1969, March 13, PM, hand cancellation, text “GUADALCANAL” in top
APOLLO 10	The last orbit of the Moon, CC – 1969, May 24 AM Recuperation USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) – 1969, May 26 AM, hand cancellation
APOLLO 11	Docking Moon CC – 1969, July 21, PM Last Moon orbit CC – 1969, July 21, PM Departure to Earth CC - 1969, July 22, AM Splashdown KSC – 1969, July 24, PM
APOLLO 12	Recuperation USS HORNET - 1969, November 24, AM, hand cancellation, “AM” placed above “1969” Recuperation USS HORNET - 1969, November 24, AM, hand cancellation, AM omitted entirely
APOLLO 13	Recuperation USS IWO JIMA – 1970, Apr 17, AM, hand cancellation, text “IWO JIMA (LPH-2)” in bottom
APOLLO 14	Launching date CC, Huston – 1971, January 31 PM LEM separation CC – 1971, February 4 PM First TV transmission – 1971, February 5
APOLLO 15
APOLLO 16	EVA missions on the lunar surface CC – 1972, April 22 AM Scratch Moon KSC – 1972, April 19 Recuperation USS TICONDEROGA 1972, April 27, machine cancellation
APOLLO 17	EVA missions on the lunar surface CC – 1972, December 12 PM Recuperation USS TICONDEROGA 1972, December 19 AM machine cancellation