UNITED  STATES  SPACE  THEME  POSTMARKS  1990 - 1999

1990

• January, 26, 1990 - STAMP SHOW STATION, 15th Anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz Link Up. Rosemont, Illinois.

• February 2, 1990 - Nassau Bay Br., Houston, Texas. Used up to 1998 in various colors.

• March 31, 1990 - ARLINGTON VIRGINIA STATION, April 1, 1990, 30th Anniversary TIROS I-First Weather Satellite, Washington International Stamp Expo. Arlington, Virginia.

• April 4, 1990 - ITALIAN AEROSPACE SHOW STA., Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum. New York, New York. This was stamped on a large card for the show. See Introduction to this catalog for an illustration.

• April 24-25, 1990 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, (STS - 31) Hubble Space Telescope. Houston, Texas. Two dates, one for launch and a second for deployment.

• April 28, 1990 - ASDA STATION, 25th Anniversary First Walk in Space, LISDA Spring '90. Bayside, New York. 

• June 2-3, 1990 - HUNTSPEX STA. Apollo - Soyuz, 1975 - 1990. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 14, 1990 - FEDERATION PLANET EARTH STA., "Beam Me Up Scotty." Hunt Valley, Maryland.

• July 20, 1990 - MUSEUM STA., 21st Anniversary Apollo Eleven First Manned Lunar Landing. Wapakoneta, Ohio. Official cover exists (NAASM #17).

• July 22, 1990 - SPACEWEEK STATION, APOLLO SOYUZ 15th Anniversary, APOLLO SOYUZ. Titusville, Florida. Other dates exist.

• September 1, 1990 - DELECON ONE STATION, Earthdate September 1, 1990. Kansas City, Missouri.

• September 1, 1990 - GREAT AMERIC---? EXPO STATION, Silicon Valley Honors Tiros I, 30th Anniversary. San Jose, California.

• October 6, 1990 - GLADFEST STATION.  Gladstone, Missouri (Monument to the Challenger).

1991

• January 28, 1991 - RESNIK MEMORIAL STATION, 5th Anniversary. Akron, Ohio.

• February 9-10, 1991 - CEMPEX STATION, 30 Years of United States Manned Space Flight. Lansing, Michigan.

• February 16, 1991 - WOLVERINE STAMP CLUB STA, 5th Anniversary 1986 - 1991, Challenger Explodes, Seven Astronauts Perish. Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

• March 17, 1991 - SPACEPEX STATION, Wings In Space. Houston, Texas. Official cover exists.

• April 7, 1991 - PARFOREX STATION, 30th Anniversary, 1st American Astronaut in Space, Freedon 7. Park Forest, Illinois. Official cover exists.

• May 9, 1991 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER STATION, Astronauts Memorial Dedication, May 19, 1991. Astronauts Memorial Foundation. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Also found in light blue ink.

• June 1-2, 1991 - HUNTSPEX STATION, First Use of LRV, Apollo 15, Scott, Worden, Irwin. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• June 16, 1991 - TOM JONES MEMORIAL STATION, Aerospace America 91. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• July 19-21, 1991 - SPACEWEEK STATION, Look to the Heavens and Learn. Titusville, Florida. Official cover exists. Other dates must exist.

• July 20, 1991 - Museum Station, 22nd Anniversary First Manned Moon Landing, Honoring the 12 Moon Walkers. Wapakoneta, Ohio. Official cover exists with two colors of envelopes seen (white or deep orange). (NAASM - 22).

• August 1, 1991 - AEROSPACE MUSEUM STATION, Aerospace Historical Committee, California Museum Foundation, T. Von Karman Cal Tech Centenary, Lifetime Achievement Award. Los Angeles, California.

• September 8, 1991 - U.S.S. ENTERPRISE STATION, Sealed Sept 8 1991, Stardate 9109.08. 25th Anniversary / Star Trek. Hollywood, California.

• October 1, 1991 - MARS - JUPITER STATION, Galileo, Journey to a New Frontier. Long Beach, California.

• October 1, 1991 - SPACE STATION, U S Postal Service. Pasadena, California.

• October 1, 1991 - FIRST DAY COVER. Pasadena, California.

• October 2, 1991 - THE CHRISTA McAULIFFE PLANETARIUM SPACE STATION. Concord, New Hampshire.

• October 4, 1991 - SOVIET SPACE STATION, 34th Anniversary of Sputnik 1957 - 1991. Fort Worth, Texas.

• October 7, 1991 - SATURN - URANUS STATION, Cassini (CRAF), Journey to a New Frontier. Redondo Beach, California.

• October 10, 1991 - EARTH - MOON STATION,  --(?), Journey to a New Frontier. Downey, California.

• October 13, 1991 - STAMPEX STATION, Space Exploration. Salem Oregon.

• October 15, 1991 - "FRONTIER STATION", Journey to a New Frontier. . . Collect Stamps, National Stamps Collecting Month. Kissimmee, Florida.

• October 19, 1991 - BEN FRANKLIN STATION, Orbit Yourself into a New Adventure, Collect Stamps. Binghampton, New York.

• October 19, 1991 - MERRIFIELD, VIRGINIA STATION, Journey to a New Frontier . . . Collect Stamps. Merrifield, Virginia.

• October 19, 1991 - SPACE STATION, "Journey to a New Frontier - Collect Stamps!". Providence, Rhode Island.

• October 20, 1991 - MOTOPEX-91 EXH. STA., Salutes U.S.A. in Space 1961 - 1991. Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Two different cachets exist and may be the official covers. Each cover pictures one of the two images in the postmark. Both have the October 20th postmark.

• October 21, 1991 - MERCURY - VENUS STATION, Magellan, Jupiter to a New Frontier.(Compton?), California.

• October 26, 1991 - COPERNICAN OBSERVATORY STATION♦♦♦. New Britain, Connecticut.

• October 26, 1991 - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STAMP CLUB SPECIAL CANCELLATION STATION. Plymouth, Indiana.

• November 2, 1991 - BEN FRANKLIN STATION, A Blast into the Past, Stamps are History. Watertown, NY.

• November 22, 1991 - SECOND DAY OF ISSUE, LANGLEY RESEARCH STATION. Hampton, Virginia. This postmark was used on the booklet pane of 10 stamps of the various planets, issued on October 1, 1991 at Pasadena, California.

1992

• January 1, 1993 - TOURNAMENT STATION, Colorado Blvd, 103rd Tournament of Roses, "Voyages of Discovery." Pasadena, California.

• January 27, 1992 - The blue cancellation with a black circular postmark was for the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The black cancellation has Houston, TX at the bottom of the image and was used only in Houston, Texas. The image area of the three astronauts is the same size on both postmarks. It is believed official covers exist for the Houston postmark. Unknown for the Kennedy Space Center.

• February 8-9, 1992 - CEMPEX STATION, Exploring New Worlds 1492 - 1992. Lansing, Michigan.

• February 16, 1992 - WOLVERINE STAMP CLUB STA., Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., February 20, 1962. Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

• February 22, 1992 - SOPLEX/HIPLEX STATION. Lubbock, Texas This is an image of a comet. It is believed an official cover exists.

• February 28 - March 1, 1992 - EARLE BROWN STATION, The Exploration of Space, Twin City Stamp Expo '92. Brooklyn, Center, Minnesota. Official covers exist. Note the similarity to the Chicago postmark of June 26, 1981.

• April 5, 1992 - PARFOREX STATION, 500th. Anniversary of Discovery of the New World, 30th. Anniversary of 1st U.S. Orbital Flight. Park Forest, Illinois. Official cover most likely exists, plus another date for the show.

• May 7, 1992 - SPACE STATION DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA, Space • The Journey Begins Here, Launched. Downey, California. This cancellation was used for several launches and different dates.

• May 9, 1992 - 1492 VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY 1992 STATION, Voyages of Discovery Show, Long Rivers Council, 1492, 1992. Durham, Connecticut.

• May 22, 1992 -NSS SPACE STATION, Treasures of Discovery, 1?th International Space Development ?, Commemorating the International Space Year. Washington, D.C..

• May 29, 1992 - FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, Chicago, IL 60607, USA, Moscow, Russia. Chicago, Illinois.

• May 29, 1992 - WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO 92 STA., Space Day, May 29, 1992. Chicago, Illinois.

• May 29, 1992 - SPACE COOPERATION STATION, Apollo/Soyuz, Leonov/Stafford. Houston, Texas.

• May 30, 1992 - Shuttle Station, 2ND Day of Issue. Titusville, Florida.

• June 13, 1992 - JPL EXPO II STATION, ISY, International Space Year. Pasadena, California.

• June 20, 1992 - AEROSPACE AMERICA '92 ACCELEBRATION STATION. Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma.

• June 27, 1992 - TEXPEX '92 STA. - 1492 - 1992 Exploring New Worlds. Arlington, Texas.

• July 5, 1992 - DELECON TWO STATION, Delecon Deep Space Facility, Starfleet Interstellar Conferences, Stampdate: 9707.03. Kansas City, Missouri.

• July 10-11, 1992 - "ENTERPRISE STATION", OV-101, CVN-65, NCO-1701, Shore Leave 14. Hunt Valley, Maryland.

• July 16, 1992 - SPACEWEEK STATION, Space Year 1993. Titusville, Florida.

• July 17, 1992 - NACA NASA STATION, 75 Years, 1917 - 1992. Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.

• July 20, 1992 - MUSEUM STA., Twenty-Third Anniversary First Manned Moonlanding, Twentieth Anniversary Armstrong Space Museum. Wapakoneta, Ohio.

• August 31, 1992 - ROCKET PIONEER STATION, Von Karman. Houston, Texas.

• September 1, 1992 - VON KARMAN STATION, 2nd Day of Issue, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, California.

• September 6, 1992 - GREAT AMERICAN STAMP EXPO STATION, Great American Stamp Expo --?, NASA Space Exploration. San Jose, California.

• September 11, 1992 - INDYPEX STATION. Indianapolis, Indiana.

• November 1, 1992 - ASDA STATION, Space Day, Postage Stamp Mega Event, American Stamp Dealers Association. New York, New York.

• November 14, 1992 - PHILCON•STATION. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1993

• January 5, 1993 - FANTASY SPACE STATION. Premiere, Star Trek, "Deep Space Nine." Culver City, California. 

• January 25, 1993 - SPACE FANTASY STATION. Culver City, California.

• January 26, 1993 - SPACE FANTASY STATION. Red Hook, New York.

• February 13-14, 1993 - CEMPEX STATION, 75 Years U.S. Airmail Service, 1918-1993, 35 Years NASA Space Exploration, 1958-1993. Lansing, Michigan.

• March 20, 1993 - ASTRONAUT TRAIL STATION, II, Gemini Astronauts Induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Titusville, Florida.

• April 3, 1993 - PARFOREX STATION, America Returns to the Red Planet, Mars Observer. Park Forest, Illinois.

• April 24-25, 1993 - LANCOPEX STA., Lancopex '93, 35th Anniversary Explorer I. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Official cover exists.

• April 26, 1993 - NASA JSC STATION, Joint US-German Spacelab•Mission, Mission Control Center. Houston, Texas.

• June 5, 1993 - HUNTSPEX STA., Skylab 1973 - 1993. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 16 and 17, 1993 - SPACEWEEK STATION. Titusville, Florida. Official cover exists. Other dates exist.

• October 16, 1993 - MOTOPEX 93 STATION, 25th Anniversary First Manned Apollo Flight. Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Motor City Stamp and Cover Club. Two official covers with different colors exist.

1994

• January 28, 1994 - RESNIK MEMORIAL STATION. Akron, Ohio.

• February 3 and 11, 1994 - Joint US-Russian Mission, Sergei Krikalev, First Russian on an American Space Shuttle. DISCOVERY SIS-60, Wake Shield facility. Houston, Texas, Nassau Bay Br. The United States of America. The cancellation for the 11th is blue.  IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THIS IS NOT A GENUINE CANCELLATION AND WAS CREATED BY A GERMAN DEALER/COLLECTOR.

• February 24, 1994 - LINPEX (?) STATION, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.", 25th Anniversary Moon Landing, July 24 (?), 1969. Lincoln (?), North Carolina.

• March 12-13, 1994 - PARFOREX STATION, Skylab Returns to Earth, 1974. Park Forest, Illinois. Official cover exists.

• March 20, 1994 - MOTOPEX ? '94 STATION, 25th Anniversary of First Man on Moon. Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Official cover exists. A better image is needed.

• June 4-5, 1994 - HUNTSPEX STA., Apollo 11, 1969 - 1994. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 16-17, 1994 - 50th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, California. Official cover exists.

• July 20, 1994 - SPACEPORT STATION, Apollo 11, 25, 1969-1994, First Man on the Moon. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A better image is needed.

• July 20, 1994 - 25th ANNIVERSARY STATION, First Moon Landing, 1969. Cleveland, Ohio.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Edwards, California.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Hampton, Virginia.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Huntsville, Alabama

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Houston, Texas.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Pasadena, California.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE but city name at bottom of cachet. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE. Mountain View, California.

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• July 20, 1994 - AS ABOVE but USA Noordwuk, The Netherlands.

• July 20, 1994 - APOLLO 11 MOON STATION, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins. Houston, Texas.  Generally known with black ink.

• July 20, 1994 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, 25th Anniversary Apollo 11. Houston, Texas. Generally known with black ink.

• July 20, 1994 - MUSEUM STA., 25th Anniversary Lunar Landing, Apollo 11, First Men on the Moon, Armstrong - Aldrin. Wapakoneta, Ohio.

• July 21, 1994 - MONTPEX STATION, 1969 - 1994 Montclair Salutes Buzz Aldrin. Montclair, New Jersey. 

• July 21, 1994 - MOON LANDING STATION, Second Day of Issue, 25th Anniversary of the Moon Landing. Moon, Virginia.

• July 23, 1994 - CORMACK PLANETARIUM STATION, 25th Anniversary of Moon Landing, Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams, Park. Providence, Rhode Island.

• July 24, 1994 - GLENEXPO STA. 94, 25th Anniversary Moon Landing, Melrose Park, Illinois. Image not available.

• July 30, 1994 - COLLECTOR'S STATION, Commemorating First Moon Walk. Shreveport, Louisiana.

• September 25, 1994 - KID'S SPACE STATION. Pasco, Washington.

• September 30, 1994 - Endeavour Shuttle Launch. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• October 1, 1994 - STUCK ON STAMPS STA., Stuck on Stamps Salutes 25th Anniversary Apollo 11. Harbert, Michigan.

• October 28, 1994 - Rocky-Gate, Gaithersburg, 25 Years, First Moon Landing 1969. Gaithersburg, Maryland. Rockville-Gaithersburg Stamp Club.

• November 6, 1994 - JOSEX STATION, Moon Landing 25th Anniversary. Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

• November 12, 1994 - ASDA (?) STATION, New England '94, First M-- ---? 25th Anniversary. Burlington, Massachusettes (?)

• November 19, 1994 - PHILCON 1994 STATION, PHILCON '94. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1995

• January 29, 1995 - PROJECT SPACE STATION, Commemorating the Art of Robert McCall. Shreveport, Louisiana.

• February 11-12, 1995 - STAMP SHOW STATION, APOLLO / SOYUZ - Friendship in Space, Lansing Area Stamp Club & Peninsular State Philatelic Society. Lansing, Michigan

• March 16-17, 1995 - ASDA STATION, From Sea to Space, Long May it Wave. New York, New York.

• April 1, 1995 - PARFOREX STATION, 25th Anniversary of Flight of Apollo XIII. Park Forest, Illinois.

• April 8, 1995 -ROPEX STATION. Rochester, New York.  Official cover exists.

• April 20, 1995 - FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, Kids Care!. Washington, D.C..

• April 21, 1995 - EARTH DAY STATION, Eart Day Celebrates 25th Anniversary, April 22, 1995. Springfield, Illinois.

• April 22, 1995 - SPACESHIP EARTH STATION, Earthday Susquehanna Campaign, Is this a great planet or what? Every day is earthday! Havre De Grace, Maryland.

• April 23, 1995 - EARTH DAY STATION, Earth Day 1995, Contra Costa County, Sunday April 23. Concord, California.

• June 3-4, 1995 - HUNTSPEX STA., NASA'S Incredible Time Machine (Image of Hubble telescope). Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• June 22, 1995 - ASDA STATION, Postage Stamp Mega Event Honoring Space Shuttle. Anaheim, California.

• June 22, 1995 - CHALLENGER STATION, Less We Forget. Titusville, Florida. Other dates possibly exist.

• June 23, 1995 - CHALLENGER STATION, Least We Forget. Houston, Texas. May exist in black.

• June 27, 1995 -LAUNCH STATION, 100th, 1961-1995, U.S. Manned Spaceflight. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• June 29, 1995 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, MIR Docking Mission, US Space Shuttle and Russian Space Station MIR. Houston, Texas. Later dates (years) exist. Some in different colors.

• July 17, 1995 - 20th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Link-Up, USA - USSR, Apollo-Soyuz. Houston, Texas. Different ZIP codes.

• September 3, 1995 - GREAT AMERICAN STAMP EXPO STATION, Apollo-Soyuz, Honoring 25th Anniversary. San Jose, California.

1996

• January 5, 1996 - GARDEN STATE STAMP SHOW STATION, Challenger Disaster 10th Anniversary. Wayne, New Jersey.

• January 28, 1996 - RESNIK MEMORIAL STATION, Tenth Anniversary 1986-1996. Akron, Ohio. 

• January 28, 1996 - RESNIK MEMORIAL STATION. Akron, Ohio.

• January 28, 1996 - CHALLENGER STATION, Least We Forget. Houston, Texas

• February 10-11, 1996 - STAMP SHOW STA, In Memory of the Challenger 7. Lansing, Michigan.

• May 5, 1996 - NINTH ANNUAL OLDTIMERS BALLOON RALLY STATION, Roswell 1947 - 1997. Roswell, New Mexico.

• June 1-2, 1996 - HUNTSPEX. STA., First Launch Space Shuttle (Image of Shuttle). Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 25, 1996 - WALLOPS ISLAND STATION, 25th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, Second Day of Issue. Wallops Island, Virginia.

• July 26, 1996 - 25th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Apollo 15 First Lunar Rover Mission. Titusville, Florida.

• July 30, 1996 - APOLLO-15 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY STATION, First Lunar Rover. Houston, Texas. Also found with black ink.

• September 8, 1996 - STAR TREK 30th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Starbase (PI) Houston. Houston, Texas.

• September 8, 1996 - STAR TREK STATION, 1966-1999 Star Trek, One Weekend on Earth, 30. Huntsville, Alabama.

• September 30, 1996 - 1946 ♦ 50TH ANNIVERSARY ♦ 1996 STATION, Dryden Flight Research Center. Edwards, California. Official cover exists with insert.

• November 7, 1996 - LAUNCH STATION, Mars Global Surveyor. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• November 7, 1996 - MISSION OPERATIONS STATION, Mars Global Surveyor. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

• December 4, 1996 - LAUNCH STATION, Mars Pathfinder - Lander and Microrover. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Note that this postmark is almost identical to the one on July 7, 1997 for the Landing Station in Pasadena, California, but it is larger.

​1997

• February 20, 1997 - ANNIVERSARY STATION, 1962 - Project Mercury - 1997, Cd. John H. Glenn, Jr., First Orbital Flight of a US Astronaut. Panna Maria, Texas.

• March 3, 1997 - SPACEWEEK STATION, Space for Our Children. Tutusville, Florida. Official cover exists.

• March 15, 1997 - PARFOREX STATION, Lunar Lander, Apollo XVI. Park Forest, IL.

• April 12, 1997 - SPACE UNIT STATION, 25th Anniversary of Apollo 16 - April 16, 1972. Flushing, New York.

• April 20, 1997 - APOLLO-16 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY STATION, Second Lunar Rover. Houston, Texas.

• June 14-15, 1997 - HUNTSPEX STA., Apollo 17 The Final Landing. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 4, 1997 - LANDING STATION, Mars Pathfinder, Lander and Microrover Sojourner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Pasadena, California. This postmark is most likely found in black ink as well. Note that this cachet is very similar for the one for the launch on December 4, 1996. Also seen in a brown ink that is most likely a combination of the red and black.

• July 4, 1997 - 50thANNIVERSARY STATION, Roswell UFO Encounter '97. Roswell, New Mexico.

• August 23, 1997 - NEMESIS STATION. (Earth) Bakersfield, California.

• September 18, 1997 - Edwards AFB. Edwards Air Force Base, California. Other dates exist.

• September 18, 1997 - LAUNCH STATION, Seventh American ♦ Russian Shuttle ♦ MIR ♦♦♦ Docking Mission. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Other dates exist.

• September 18, 1997 - PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE STATION, 1947 United States Air Force 1997,  1959 ?- Air Force Space Command 1997, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

• September 28, 1997 to 1-27-1998 - FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE - MIR DOCKING STATION, NASA Johnson Space Center. Houston, Texas. Other dates exist.

• October 14, 1997 - BELL X-1 STATION, From First Supersonic to Shuttle-Mir. Houston, Texas.

• October 15, 1997 - CASSINI LAUNCH STATION. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Also known with red ink.

• October 15, 1997 - MISSION OPERATIONS STATION, Cassini, Orbiter and Huygens Probe, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Pasadena, California.

• December 11-14, 1997 - 25TH ANNIVERSARY STATION, Apollo - 17 Final Lunar Mission. Houston, Texas. It is not known the exact dates used. Also known in blue.

1998

• January 6, 1998 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, Lunar Prospector, Rediscovering the Moon, Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, California.

• January 31, 1998 - EXPLORER I 40th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Explorer I First U.S. Satellite in Space. Cape Canaveral, Florida

• February 21, 1998 - ALAPEX STATION. Birmingham, Alabama.

• March 1-7, 1998 - SPACE WEEK STATION, Earth day. Titusville, Florida. Official cover exists.

• March 7, 1998 - ROPEX '98 STATION, -- -- -- Years War of the Worlds. Rochester, New York. Official cover exists.

• March 8, 1998 - ROPEX '98 STATION, 1968 - 1998, 2001 a Space Odyssey. Rochester, New York. Official covers exists.

• March 28, 1998 - PARFOREX STATION, Deep Space 1, Mars, Asteroid & Comet Fly By. Park Forest, Illinois.

• April 16, 1998 - SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DAY STATION. Columbia, Illinois.

• April 23, 1998 - U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GARNER VISITOR CENTER STATION, Earth Day. Heber Springs, Arkansas.

• April 25, 1998 - SPACE UNIT STATION, 49th Anniversary of the Space Topics Study Group, Space Unit - APS/ATA, From Sputnik to the Space Shuttle 1957 - 1997. Elmhurst, New York. Official cover exists.

• May 14, 1998 - Skylab, International Space Station. Houston, Texas. Other dates may exist.

• May 16, 1998 - CELEBRATE THE CENTURY 1960's STATION. Mesa Arizona.

• May 25, 1998 - 25TH ANNIVERSARY STATION, First Manned Launch to Skylab. Houston, Texas.

• June 4, 1998 - SPACE STATION, Shuttle-MIR Docking. Downey, California. Possibly other dates as well.

• June 6-7, 1998 - HUNTSPEX STA., Explorer 1, 1958 - 1998. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club, Official cover exists.

• August 8, 1998 - MARS PATHFINDER STATION. Bloomington, Minnesota.

• August 30, 1998 - PALOMAR MOUNTAIN STATION, Palomar Observatory, 50 Years of Discovery. Palomar Mountain, California.

• September 1, 1998 - GREAT AMERICAN STAMP (?) EXPO STATION, Silicon Valley Honors Tirso I, 30th anniversary. San Jose, California.

• October 1, 1998 - SPACE DISCOVERY STATION. Aurora, Illinois.

• October 1, 1998 - 40th ANNIVERSARY STATION, NASA. Hampton, Virginia.

• October 1, 1998 - FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, Space Discovery. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• October 1, 1998 - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION STATION, 40 years, 1954 - 1998, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• October 29 - November 7, 1998 - LAUNCH STATION, 1962 - 1998 John Glenn Returns to Space from Friendship 7 to STS-95. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 

• October 28, 1998 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, Friendship 7 to STS-95 Discovery, Return to Orbit. Houston, Texas. See November 9, 1998 for the same postmark with an additional line of text added and a different placement of the date.

• October 29-November 9, 1998 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, Friendship 7 to STS-95 Discovery, Senator John H. Glenn, Jr. Return to Orbit. Houston, Texas.  Now the date is not part of the original postmark, but at the bottom. See October 28, 1998 for the same postmark minus the line "Senator John H. Glenn, Jr.," with the date above the stars at the bottom.  Note that the magenta image above is the postmark, without the date being added at the bottom. This is known on an envelope with no date in it as if it were a cachet, in addition to the black image above it, whereas the black postmark has the date. Other dates may exist.

• October 31, 1998 - MOLPEX STA., Martians Land In New Jersey, 1938--Halloween Broadcast--1998. Howell, New Jersey.

• November 15, 1998 - VAPEX STATION. Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• December 4, 1998 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. Houston, Texas.

• December 5, 1998 - BURLINGTON MASONIC STATION, Celebrating the Feast of Saints John, Reaching for the Stars for More Knowledge and Light. Burlington, New Jersey.

• December 15, 1998 - DOWNEY POST OFFICE PHILATELIC CENTER, Serving the Stamp Collector. Downey, California. This post mark was used for various events which are often not indicated in the postmark.

1999

• February 26, 1999 - METROEXPO STATION, International Space Station. Natick, Massachusetts.

• March 7, 1999 - NOVAPEX STATION. Redding, California.

• March 14, 1999 - FRESPEX STATION, A Salute To Space Exploration. Fresno, California.

• March 19-21, 1999 - ROPEX STATION, Honoring Apollo 8 (11 and 17) at ROPEX STATION. Rochester, New York. Note misspelling of "ROPEX" on above cover. Official covers exist.

• April 10, 1999 - DELPEX STATION 35th Anniversary First Landing of Man on the Moon. Washington, D.C.

• May 1, 1999 - GREENBELT MD STA., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 40 Years, -- --?. Greenbelt, Maryland.

• June 12-13, 1999 - HUNTSPEX STA., Apollo 11, 1969-1999. Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Philatelic Club. Official cover exists.

• July 4, 1999 - ROSWELL STATION, Roswell UFO Encounter '99. Roswell, New Mexico.

• July 16-24, 1999 - CELEBRATE THE CENTURY STATION, 30th Anniversary Man Walks on the Moon. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• July 20, 1999 - MOON LANDING STATION. Apollo, Pennsylvania.

• July 20, 1999 - MISSION CONTROL STATION, Apollo - 11, 30th Anniversary. Houston, Texas. Other dates may exist. See September 17 for the same design, but used at a different city.

• July 20, 1999 - PROJECT SPACE STATION, 30th Anniversary Jul. 20 (1969-1999), Commemorating the Art of Robert McCall. Shreveport, Louisiana.

• July 20, 1999 - MUSEUM STATION, 30th. Wapakoneta, Ohio. This is for the 30th Anniversary of Armstrong walking on the moon.

• July 22 and 27, 1999 - STS - 93 STATION, CHANDRA X-Ray Observatory, First Woman Shuttle Commander. Houston, Texas. Other dates exist.

• September 17, 1999 - MOON LANDING STATION, Apollo 11 30th Anniversary. Montclair, New Jersey. See July 20 for the same design, but used at a different city.

• October 1, 1999 -  NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION STATION, 40 Years 1958 - 1998. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

• October 9, 1999 - 40th ANNIVERSARY STATION, X-15 Rocket Pilots, They Flew at the Edge of Space. Edwards Air Force Base, California.

• November 13, 1999 - SHOW STATION, One Small Step for Man, One Giant Step for Mankind, Man on the Moon 1969-1999. Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Official cover exists.

• November 18, 1999 - 25th ANNIVERSARY STATION, Pioneer 10 & 11 - Jupiter. Pasadena, California.

• December 19, 1999 - STS-103 STATION, Hubble Telescope Repair Mission. Houston, Texas. This is also found with a later date.

Space Cancellations 2010 - Present

Slogan and Hand Cancellations

Space Cancellations 1958 - 1979

Space Cancellations 1980 - 1989

Space Cancellations 2000 - 2009

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