I am an old stamp collector too and there were several space based stamp series that were promoted very strongly expecially in the 60's when the space race was on bob Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com * * * * * * * * * * * NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment contain confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, print, copy, use or disseminate it. Please immediately notify me by return e-mail and delete it. If this e-mail contains a forwarded e-mail or is a reply to a prior e-mail, the contents may not have been produced by the sender and therefore we are not responsible for its contents. It is the recipient's responsibility to take measures to ensure that this e-mail is virus free, and no responsibility is accepted by the author or Commerce CRG for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ann Blanchard Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:56 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Freedom 7 Project Mercury Savings Bond Ephemera Interesting, my dad used to always be at a booth at the fair for the Utah Philatelic Society, I wonder if this brochure could have come from the event you are remembering? -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:52 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Freedom 7 Project Mercury Savings Bond Ephemera This reminds me of an event I attended when I was just a little tyke. As I recall, it was the Utah State Fair, or at least it was held at the State Fairgrounds. One of the Mercury capsules was displayed - I think it was on the back of a flatbed truck. The X-15 aircraft was also there, and as this was at the height of the cold war, several military missiles were also on display. I don't recall the year, but I believe that it was 1961. Anyone else remember that? Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ann Blanchard Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:38 AM To: Utah Astronomy Cc: Chuck Hards; chuckhards@yahoo.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Freedom 7 Project Mercury Savings Bond Ephemera I was cleaning out old books at home in one is a little pamphlet that says is a souvenir of the 1962 national tour of the freedom bond drive. The front is a picture of the project mercury manned spacecraft, inside is more about bonds and about the McDonnell's Project Mercury. A third leaf has black and white head shots of 7 astronauts and a short bio on each one (Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, Carpenter, Slayton, Cooper, and Schirra). It has survived this long, so I'd like to pass it on to anyone who collects this kind of thing and would enjoy it (gift, not sell). Anyone interested? Ann M. Blanchard Executive Assistant to the Associate VP Undergraduate Studies 110 Sill University of Utah (801) 581-3188 a.blanchard@ugs.utah.edu _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 10:47 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 10:47 AM _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com