Mail-Art to the Moon

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 31, 2013 at 1:57pm

October 31...Halloween MOON:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 21, 2013 at 12:12pm

On August 20:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 20, 2013 at 1:38pm

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 20, 2013 at 1:38pm

Just a slight slice away from Full Moon tonight

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 19, 2013 at 3:11pm

August Full Moon coming tomorrow, August 20!

Tonight "almost" full moon :-)

Comment by FATIMA VARELLA on August 13, 2013 at 2:16pm

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 13, 2013 at 1:01pm

It would be fun to get mail art stamped with space-station stamp:

(hint, hint to my fellow Americans :-)

For events that occur in space, it is common for collectors to have their covers postmarked at postal stations located near where the mission was launched or, as in the case of Houston, where it was managed by flight controllers.

NASA's Mission Control oversees the station, while flight control centers in California and outside of Moscow direct the Dragon and Soyuz, respectively.

Collectors and space fans desiring the Dragon or Soyuz postmarks can mail their stamped envelopes or postcards to:

ISS Dragon Space Station Postmark, or
ISS Soyuz Houston Postmark
USPS GPO
401 Franklin Street
Houston, Texas 77201-9718

Both postmarks include interchangeable dates, such that requests can be made for any event date beginning Aug. 8, 2013 and going forward. Requests must be received in Houston however, within 30 days of the requested date.

The USPS advises on its website that those desiring the use of one of the postmarks should "affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap."

"Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to [the station's address]," the USPS writes.

Collectors can also send stamped envelopes or postcards without addresses, so "long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address," states the postal service. "After applying the pictorial postmark, the U.S. Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover."

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 13, 2013 at 12:11am

Mail-art-to-the-Moon lovers, are we watching the Perseides? Nice!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 3, 2013 at 2:10pm

Caly DePalma sent this Moon Art...

Thank you! xxx

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 1, 2013 at 3:11pm

More "moon mail" coming soon :-)

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