presley@mhuxj.UUCP (06/23/83)
>From the June 27 issue of the newspaper "Stamp Collector":
The US Postal Service, which needs a $9.35 stamp for Express Mail, will
inaugurate one on "space mail" covers, ...
The rate is for next-day delivery of a package weighing up to two
pounds. The special stamp will be issued Aug. 14 at the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
The space covers will be part of the payload for the Challenger,
scheduled for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center the same day.
The exact number of envelopes bearing the stamps ... has not yet been
determined ...
The tentative price ... is $15 a cover.
The Postal Service preference has been for 500,000 covers as adequate to
meet estimated philatelic and public requirements.
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Joe Presley (...!mhuxj!presley, harpo!presley)