The stamp's designer, Paul Calle, had previously created the art for the 1967 U.S. The largest stamp released up to that day, it was produced using an engraved die that was carried to the Moon on-board the Apollo 11 spacecraft. (Calle Space Art)īeyond the covers though, the stamps themselves were special. commemorative stamp of all time based on the number saved, which had three million fewer covers requested.Ī rare example of a First Man on the Moon First Day Cover with an original cache by Paul Calle. Nearly 9 million of the covers were processed, surpassing any other stamp release to that date and even beating the 1993 Elvis stamp, the most popular U.S.
Postal Service) release the 10-cent First Man on the Moon airmail stamp, and with it came a flood of public requests for "First Day Covers", envelopes postmarked in the city and for the date where the stamp was first introduced. That is because on this day in 1969, with Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew mates Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins present in Washington, DC, did the United States Post Office Department (which just under a year later became what is now the U.S. time zones, at least) that Neil Armstrong first set foot on the lunar surface - it was this day 40 years ago, September 9, that many if not most have marked down on their souvenir of the event. While Jis likely the date that most people associate with the first man on the Moon - it being the day (by U.S.
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