1998 USPS : Space Discovery Stampers Saver Cards
Space Discovery Stampers Saver Cards were issued by the United States
Postal Service (USPS) on October 1, 1998, in Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The five-card collection was sold exclusively at participating USPS Post
Offices. The card series was designed by Phil Jordan.
Each card pack includes a Space Discovery title card. The card features
an uncredited photograph of Bruce McCandless II on Space Shuttle
Challenger STS 41-B. Mission Specialists Bruce McCandless II and Robert
L. Stewart performed the first untethered EVA on February 7, 1984. The
astronauts tested the nitrogen propulsion thrusters of the Manned Maneuvering
Unit (MMU). McCandless is pictured travelling at nearly 18,000 miles per hour,
but the relative thrusts of the MMU were roughly
two or three miles per hour.
The collection was bundled with five 32-cent Space Discovery stamps
(Scott #3238–3242). The Space Discovery stamp series was illustrated
by Attila Hejja. The stamps were printed by Sennett Security Products.
Space Discovery Stampers | ||
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Hold Your Rocket Boosters | Space Discovery | |
1 | Space Travel | Space Shuttle |
2 | Space Living | Mir Space Station |
3 | Looking for Aliens | Saturn |
4 | Black Holes | Galaxy |
5 | Space Today | Capsule |