This is a gallery-quality Skylab I (SL-2) First Day Cover (FDC) commemorating America's first experimental space station. Part of the Grace Archive, these items were moved directly into storage in 1973 and have remained there for over 50 years.
Key Features for Collectors:
Official Crew Signatures: Features the official NASA-authorized signatures of the full prime crew: Charles "Pete" Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz.
Pristine White Paper: Unlike most 1970s space covers, these have zero foxing (no brown age spots) and have remained remarkably white and crisp.
Unaddressed & Uncirculated: These covers are completely clean with no typewritten or handwritten addresses. They never entered the standard postal system, preserving them in their original state.
Historical Postmark: Cancelled at the Kennedy Space Center, FL on June 22, 1973, marking the mission's splashdown and return.
Exceptional Provenance: Direct family lineage from the original source to the present owner, ensuring the highest standard of preservation.
Condition: Mint / Uncirculated.
Defects: None. No yellowing, no corner wear, and no foxing.
Storage: Kept in professional-grade storage since the year of collection.
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