02/20/1963 USA, Project Mercury Air Mail Commemorative Cover
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Cover Honors First American to Orbit Earth
This Air Mail Cover commemorates the flight of the Friendship 7 space capsule that orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962. The cover features two Project Mercury stamps, US #1193.
US #1193 pictures the Friendship 7 flown by John Glenn in the first successful orbit of the Earth. The stamp was the result of a secret project run by the Post Office Department. The Post Office had recently (at the time) started using a Giori Printing Press, which allowed it to produce stamps in two or three colors in a single run (instead of having to send the stamps througha press for each color).
Glen was one of seven men chosen to take part in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Project Mercury in April 1959. He was selected for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission to become the first American to orbit the Earth. On February 20, 1962, Friendship 7 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with Glen aboard. He broke through Earth’s atmosphere and circled the globe for four hours, 55 minutes. He made three orbits before a heating problem forced an early landing. Upon his return, astronaut John Glenn was a national hero, with his own ticker-tape parade and a service medal awarded by President Kennedy.
Cover Honors First American to Orbit Earth
This Air Mail Cover commemorates the flight of the Friendship 7 space capsule that orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962. The cover features two Project Mercury stamps, US #1193.
US #1193 pictures the Friendship 7 flown by John Glenn in the first successful orbit of the Earth. The stamp was the result of a secret project run by the Post Office Department. The Post Office had recently (at the time) started using a Giori Printing Press, which allowed it to produce stamps in two or three colors in a single run (instead of having to send the stamps througha press for each color).
Glen was one of seven men chosen to take part in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Project Mercury in April 1959. He was selected for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission to become the first American to orbit the Earth. On February 20, 1962, Friendship 7 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with Glen aboard. He broke through Earth’s atmosphere and circled the globe for four hours, 55 minutes. He made three orbits before a heating problem forced an early landing. Upon his return, astronaut John Glenn was a national hero, with his own ticker-tape parade and a service medal awarded by President Kennedy.