Future Mail Transportation

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USAirmail Fir 45 20 Universal Dl Congress HINGTO NOV 27 1989 20066 Chis lallo DC

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FUTURE MAIL TRANSPORTATION First Day of Issue: November 27, 1989 First Issue Location: Washington, D.C. Can you imagine a young moon child, nose pressed against space station window glass, anxiously awaiting a birthday gift from grandma? A popular thesis on building communities in outer space suggests a mining colony on the moon to mine aluminum and titanium for structural shells, silicon for solar cells, silica for making glass, and oxygen, the most common element in moonrock, for life- support systems and rocket propellant. These raw mate- rials would supply space station building sites in the furthest reaches of the universe. If such a mining colony were established, “moon miners” would undoubtedly want to keep in touch with family and friends back on earth. And grandmas would definitely want to send packages to grandchildren, even on the moon, so a postal system would be a must. Mail would obviously reach the moon via spacecraft, and once on the moon a lunar rover like the one illustrated on this Maximum Card would take the place of the trusty, earthbound mail jeep to deliver letters and packages to lunar addresses. No. 89-41 ©1989 The Maximum Card Collection A Division of Unicover Corporation Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 Original painting by Chris Calle