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- OBJECT TYPE
- U.S./official/first day of issue
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0237.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ECHO 1
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Fist day cover
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER ENVELOPE & STAMP/ METAL FOIL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.6 cm
- Width
- 9.3 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMP: 'COMMUNICATIONS FOR PEACE/ ECHO 1/ U.S. POSTAGE 4c/ ENVELOPE: 'COMMEMORATING/ ECHO I/ WORLD'S FIRST PASSIVE/ COMMUNICATIONS/ SATELLITE/ Placed in Orbit/ AUGUST 12, 1960', & 'ADVANCING WORLD/ COMMUNICATIONS FOR PEACE/ TO THE PEOPLE/ OF THE WORLD/ FIRST DAY OF ISSUE'/ ENVELOPE STAMPED 'WASHINGTON/ DEC 15/ 9-AM/ 1960/ D.C.', 'WORLD-WIDE/ COMMUNICATIONS/ THROUGH/ SPACE', & 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE ENVELOPE/ STAMP: PURPLE GROUND WITH WHITE EARTH, CLOUDS, SATELLITE.
- Decoration
- BLACK AND WHITE ROCKET & SATELLITE DESIGN ON ENVELOPE, NASA LOGO.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cover, 1960, Artifact no. 1966.0237, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0237.001/
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