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The U.S. Space Shuttle Priority Mail Stamps

Image of the space shuttle priority mail stamp, Scott Cat. No. 2544

Space Shuttle Priority Mail Stamp, Scott Catalog No. 2544, Issued in 1974

Skylab was designed from Apollo era hardware. There were a total of four launches. The laboratory, as a Saturn V, and three subsequent launches with a crew of three each. Each of these was a Command/Service Module,launched with a Saturn 1B booster.

This beautiful stamp is a mult-colored engraved design showing the partially deployed solar panels and the special thermal shield brought up on the first manned flight.

For further reading, see NASA's The Skylab Project web pages at the Kennedy Space Center.

Image of Space Shuttle Priority Mail stamp, Scott Cat. No. 3261

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