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This page contains covers with "Astro Covers" cachets but without the Astro Covers logo, mostly on un-manned spacecraft launch and event covers but also on some other covers of interest to the authors.
Readers who know of additional information or images are invited to contact the authors using the e-mail addresses found at the link at the bottom of this page.
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Astro Covers cachets without logos | Astro Covers cachets without logos |
Below is a list of Astro Covers cachets on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Covers cachets without logos (on (non-launch cover) postal items) | ||||
| United States | None | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | 1983 | "Project Surveyor - Un-manned soft Moon landing" |
Below is a list of Astro Covers cachets on launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Covers cachets without logos (on un-manned spacecraft launch and event covers) | ||||
| United States | 1961-08-23 | Port Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-1 launch |
| United States | 1961-10-21 1986-10-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | MIDAS-4 and WestFord-1 launch 25th anniv. launch MIDAS-4 and WestFord-1 |
| United States | 1961-11-15 | Port Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, for comparison with the no-logo version) cachet on cover | Transit-4B and TRAAC launch |
| United States | 1961-11-16 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| Bahamas | 1962-01-25 | Freeport | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-3 launch |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on (airmail) cover | Ranger-4 impact on Moon |
| United States | 1962-06-19 | Port Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | TIROS-5 launch |
| United States | 1963-06-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | TIROS-7 launch |
| United States | 1964-02-02 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-6 impact on Moon |
| United States | 1964-07-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-7 launch (on cancel date), Ranger-7 impact on Moon (on cachet only) |
| United States | 1964-07-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (and signature) on cover | |
| United States | 1964-07-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-7 impact on Moon |
| United States | 1964-11-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Mariner-3 launch |
| United States | 1965-02-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-8 launch |
| United States | 1965-02-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different picture) on cover | |
| United States | 1965-02-20 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-8 impact on Moon |
| United States | 1965-02-20 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1965-02-20 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1965-02-20 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1965-03-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-9 launch |
| United States | 1965-03-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Ranger-9 telecasts scenes |
| United States | 1965-03-24 | Pasadena CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1965-06-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | PAGEOS launch |
| United States | 1965-10-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | OGO-2 launch |
| United States | 1965-11-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Alouette-2 and Explorer-31 (ISIS-X) launch |
| United States | 1966-02-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | ESSA-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-02-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1966-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Saturn-1B (Apollo-Saturn AS-201) rocket launch |
| United States | 1966-02-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | ESSA-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-03-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | GATV-8 (and Gemini-8) separate launches |
| United States | 1966-03-16 | Corpus Christi TX | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different text) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-04-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | OAO-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Surveyor-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-06-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Surveyor-1 "soft landing" on Moon |
| United States | 1966-06-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Gemini-9A spacewalk |
| United States | 1966-06-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | OGO-3 launch |
| United States | 1966-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | IDCSP-1/7 and GGTS-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-07-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Explorer-33 (IMP-D/AIMP-1) launch |
| United States | 1966-07-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | GATV-10 (and Gemini-10) launch |
| United States | 1966-07-18 | WSMR, NM | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-07-20 | Kwajalein HI | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | GATV-10 (and Gemini-10) event |
| United States | 1966-08-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Lunar Orbiter-1 launch |
| United States | 1966-08-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Pioneer-7 launch |
| United States | 1966-08-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1966-08-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (slightly different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-08-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Saturn-1B (Apollo-Saturn AS-202) rocket launch |
| United States | 1966-09-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | GATV-11 (and Gemini-11) separate launches |
| United States | 1966-09-12 | WSMR, NM | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1966-09-12 | Corpus Christi TX | (Astro Covers, no logo, and Texas Manned Space Flight Tracking Station blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1966-09-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Surveyor-2 launch (but impact on Moon, on date in cachet) |
| United States | 1966-09-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1966-10-02 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | ESSA-3 launch |
| United States | 1966-11-11 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | GATV-12 (and Gemini-12) launch |
| United States | 1966-11-11 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | |
| United States | 1966-11-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Lunar Orbiter-2 Moon photo |
| United States | 1966-11-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Lunar Orbiter-2 Moon photo |
| United States | 1967-01-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Lunar Orbiter-2 unknown event |
| United States | 1967-04-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers green, no logo) cachet on cover | OV5-1 and US-ERS-18 and Vela-7/8 launch |
| United States | 1967-04-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers brown, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1967-10-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | OSO-4 launch |
| United States | 1967-10-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1967-10-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, for comparison with no-logo version) cachet (different text font) on cover | |
| United States | 1967-11-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Saturn-V AS-501 (Apollo-4) rocket launch |
| United States | 1968-08-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Canyon-1 launch ("spy-in-sky satellite") |
| United States | 1968-09-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | LES-6 and OV2-5 and OV5-2/4 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-24 | Pasadena CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Apollo-8 Earthrise image |
| United States | 1969-11-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Apollo-12 launch (Surveyor-3 visit on 20 November 1969) |
| United States | 1969-11-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Apollo-12 event (Surveyor-3 visit) |
| United States | 1969-11-20 | MSFC, FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different) on cover | Apollo-12 event (Surveyor-3 visit) |
| United States | 1971-08-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | P&FS-1 deployed (from Apollo-15) |
| United States | 1971-08-04 | MSFC, FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1973-06-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Skylab-2 Earth image |
| United States | 1973-06-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Skylab-2 Earth image |
| United States | 1973-11-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Mariner-10 launch |
| United States | 1973-12-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Pioneer-10 encounter Jupiter |
| United States | 1973-12-03 | Pasadena CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet (different text) on cover | |
| United States | 1974-02-05 | Pasadena CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Mariner-10 flyby of Venus |
| United States | 1974-02-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1974-03-29 | Barstow CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Mariner-10 close-up of Mercury |
| United States | 1974-03-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1974-03-29 | Pasadena CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1974-03-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1978-05-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Pioneer-12 launch |
| United States | 1978-08-08 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Pioneer-13 launch |
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