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SHINGUOR
JUL
20
1989
20066
DC
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FIRST MOON LANDING • 20 YEARS
First Day of Issue: July 20, 1989
First Issue Location: Washington, D.C.
On July 20, 1969, twenty years to the day before this
historic Maximum Card was issued, America's Apollo 11
mission achieved the goal which had driven the U.S.
space program almost from the start. With the words,
“Houston, Tranquillity Base here, the Eagle has landed,"
a small module carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin alighted gracefully on the moon. An esti-
mated five hundred million persons — one of every seven
people on earth — listened as Armstrong climbed down
the ladder towards the lunar surface. And all the world
shared the sense of pride when he stepped off carefully
and remarked, “That's one small step for a man, one giant
leap for mankind." For with his small step, mankind's long
dream of standing on a world other than his own had been
fulfilled. Some nineteen minutes later, Aldrin climbed out
of the module, and the two Americans explored the
strange world around them before returning home. This
Card bears America's first-ever Priority Mail stamp, issued
to commemorate their landing.
No. 89-21A
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Ed Little
