Front:
USAirmail
45
20 Universal P
Sress
AINGTON
NOV
27
1989
20066
Chus Calle
DC
WAS
Back:
FUTURE MAIL TRANSPORTATION
First Day of Issue: November 27, 1989
First Issue Location: Washington, D.C.
Imagine that human space colonies someday dot the
universe the way cities dot the earth today. Space travel
would become so routine that an interstellar highway
system would become necessary to handle the traffic —
people would have to be transported from space station
to space station, from planet to planet. But that would not
be the only kind of traffic generated by space colonies.
“Interstellar trucklines" would evolve to carry into space
things that colonies would consider necessities, like food,
medicine, clothing, and, of course, letters from home.
Some people feel that it is quite likely that the day will
come when space-age vehicles travel along interstellar
highways delivering mail to colonists as close as the
moon and as far away as the outer reaches of the universe.
This impressive transportation system would carry
people, goods and raw materials as well as mail on routes
to extraterrestrial destinations, including post offices
among the stars.
No. 89-40
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle
