Chinese Rare Astrophiletic Items
B2-22 Flown cover issued by JSLC MPO
B1-6 Flown cover issued by CLTC
C1-27 Flown cover issued by China Aerospace Co.
B7-1 Flown cover issued by China Satellite Agent (HK) Ltd.
On July 3,1994, the 16th recoverable satellite was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC). It carried 2846 covers issued by four units. After 15 days travel in space, all these covers were safely recovered on July 18 at Suining, Sichuan province. The cabin was unsealed on the same day at Dazu airport in Sichuan province.
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All of these 2846 covers had been notarized by the Beijing Notary Office on May 20, 1994 at JLSC, with special postmarks from the launch center on the same day. The postmark is 30mm in diameter bearing characters meaning JSLC in the upper semicircle, and Lanzhou 27th Post Office in the lower semicircle, and the date of 1994, 5, 20, 10. One certificate is showed as on the left. |
B2-22 Flown cover issued by JSLC MPO
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JSLC Military Post Office (MPO) issued 108 covers with number from 94001 to 94108. The No. 940090 is showed on the right. |
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B1-6 Flown cover issued by CLTC
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China Satellite Launch Track and Control General (CLTC) made 1200 flown covers, among which 200 covers were marked with "gift" seal as special issues for gift. On the reverse side is the yellowish mimeographed picture of the command and control center. |
C1-27 Flown cover issued by China Aerospace Co.
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This beautiful flown cover by China Aerospace Co. under the name of China Space Philatelic Association totaling 997 covers. |
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B7-1 Flown cover issued by China Satellite Agent (HK) Ltd.
China Satellite Agent (HK) Ltd. Issued 541 covers, simply made by adding explanatory words on the official envelope. They were directly mailed from Hong Kong to the launch center on April 20, 1994. On May 20, they were sealed into the cabin with other unit's flown covers. There may be some confusion over their similarities.
