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Item no. P2538a (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Sweden

Date of use: 9 May 2019

FDCover with 3-stamp set issued in form of a souvenir sheet to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing (Apollo 11 mission). One of the stamps presents a reproduction of photograph taken by the mission commander NEIL ARMSTRONG of a bootprint impressed in the Moon’s dust by EDWIN “BUZZ” ALDRIN, pilot of Lunar Module (LM) “EAGLE”. The camera that was used by the astronauts, Hasselblad EDC (Electric Data camera), is shown as the left-hand cachet on the cover, and in the special cancel.

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