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| 1139.1 | Yes | 29736::FEHSKENS | len, Engineering Technical Office | Mon May 03 1993 10:59 | 6 |
| These are a recent issue. I think there are 5 stamps that together
form a "quintych". They are sold in booklets of 20 for $5.80 at your
local post office.
len.
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| 1139.2 | | VMSMKT::KENAH | Another flashing chance at bliss... | Mon May 03 1993 16:08 | 10 |
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>The stamp could easily be the cover art for an SF book or
>magazine.
In 1939, perhaps. It's real old-fashioned looking technology.
Fortunately, the USPS got it right, and entitled the stamp
series "Space Fantasy" -- no hint whatsoever of SF.
andrew
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| 1139.3 | Back To The Future | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, Engineering Technical Office | Tue May 04 1993 10:35 | 10 |
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>In 1939, perhaps. It's real old-fashioned looking technology.
Interesting notion, that: an old-fashioned view of the future...
Of course it makes sense, but it's still curious.
len.
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| 1139.4 | Space Fantasy? SF? | MSBCS::BORSOM | | Tue May 04 1993 18:11 | 20 |
| >>The stamp could easily be the cover art for an SF book or
>>magazine.
>In 1939, perhaps. It's real old-fashioned looking technology
>Fortunately, the USPS got it right, and entitled the stamp
>series "Space Fantasy" -- no hint whatsoever of SF.
The silly artistic cliches in the stamps continued to appear on
book and magazine covers well into 1960s (the "real" space age). But
certainly the style is dated.
I have to wonder what the cut-off point is for labeling something
"space fantasy" as opposed to SF. For instance, is all literature
that involves faster-than-light travel not SF, but rather "space
fantasy"? If so, I think SF is the poorer for it and space fantasy the
richer.
-doug
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| 1139.5 | A Case for Fuzzy Logic | CUPMK::WAJENBERG | | Wed May 05 1993 10:14 | 15 |
| If the border between SF and fantasy is debatable, the border between
SF and "spcae fantasy" must be even smudgier, since "space fantasy"
seems to have been deliberately invented as a buffer state between the
other two genres.
I would tend to regard a work as more "space fantasy" the more it
includes magic or transparently equivalent things such as magic-like psi
or magic-like super-science, and the less it pays attention to little
niceties of scientific accuracy (like no audible explosions in vaccuum,
or planets having palpable differences in gravity and atmosphere).
But you are now trying to get rigidly determined areas of doubt and
uncertainty.
Earl Wajenberg
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| 1139.6 | | VMSMKT::KENAH | Another flashing chance at bliss... | Wed May 05 1993 15:35 | 6 |
| I really don't want to get into the "genre wars" -- when I said
they avoided the controversy by referring to the stamps as "Space
Fantasy" I meant simply that the USPS recognized that what they
were depicting was fanciful, with connotations of "space opera."
I like the stamps -- they're stylish, in a 40's sort of way.
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| 1139.7 | | TINCUP::XAIPE::KOLBE | The Goddess in Chains | Thu May 06 1993 11:35 | 1 |
| They make me think of "Rocket Man" every time I place one on a letter. liesl
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| 1139.8 | Star Wars! | PEKING::SMITHRW | The Great Pyramid of Bloke | Fri May 07 1993 08:52 | 4 |
| Are we sure they aren't a leftover SDI promo issue? 8*)
Richard
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| 1139.9 | New SFish U.S. space stamp | VERGA::KLAES | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Wed Jun 02 1993 18:14 | 45 |
| From: US1RMC::"[email protected]" "Peter Yee" 1-JUN-1993 21:18:23.04
To: [email protected]
CC:
Subj: Postal Service to launch space stamp Thursday at Spaceport USA
[Release 60-93/KSC] (Forwarded)
Mitch Varnes June 1, 1993
407/867-2468
KSC Release No. 60-93
POSTAL SERVICE TO LAUNCH SPACE STAMP THURSDAY AT SPACEPORT USA
The U.S. Postal Service will unveil its latest space-themed crea-
tion at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Spaceport USA, the Kennedy Space
Center's visitors complex. The $2.90 stamp features the image of
a futuristic space plane soaring through space, leaving Earth and
other interstellar objects in its celestial wake.
Deputy Postmaster General Michael S. Coughlin and KSC Director
Bob Crippen will dedicate the stamp in a ceremony set to occur
inside the Spaceport Central annex of Spaceport USA. Members of
the public are invited to attend the free event.
Stamps with space themes have historically been favorites among
both philatelists and collectors of space memorabilia. Popular
space stamps of the past include a 1969 issue commemorating the
manned lunar landing and a 1992 joint venture with Russia that
culminated in the release of four stamps depicting international
cooperation in space exploration.
The Titusville Postmaster will establish a mini-post office at
Spaceport USA on Thursday to allow for the purchase of the new
stamp. The makeshift mail room will open at 9 a.m. and close at
2 p.m.
First day cancellations of the space stamp will indicate that the
stamp was issued at the Kennedy Space Center. Collectors are en-
couraged to send their requests to the Titusville Post Office
where first day of issue postmarks will be available for purchase
until July 2, 1993.
Members of the media wishing to cover the dedication may proceed
directly to Spaceport USA.
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