First Day Issue (FDI) Commemoratives A set of seven sheets f

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First Day Issue (FDI) Commemoratives. A set of seven sheets, four of which have a machine FDI cancel dated 5 May 1969 (Houston) of the Apollo 8 six cent stamp. Subject matter includes the Apollo 8 Time Magazine cover and New York Times front page on Apollo 8, plus the Agreement on Rescue of Astronauts (two sizes) and the UN treaty governing celestial bodies exploration. In addition, an 11x17 inch version of the same UN "Space Treaty" with FDI machine cancel of 7 Aug. 1970 and a sheet on the "Cooperation in Space" between the US and USSR with FDI machine cancel dated 23 April 1973. Sizes vary from 6x8 to 11x17 inches. Vp, vd

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Each item is inscribed and signed on the reverse side by Cunningham with: "From my personal collection, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7."