ALAN SHEPARD - FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE 1961 - PROJECT MERCURY - 2 U.S. STAMPS

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ALAN SHEPARD / PROJECT MERCURY STAMPS
Set of 2 U.S. postage stamps commemorating Project Mercury and honoring astronaut Alan Shepard as the first American in space. The stamp pictured on the top was issued for the 50th anniversary (1961-2011). The stamp on the bottom was issued in 1962. Both are in mint, post office fresh condition.
Initiated in 1958 and completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. Six manned flights were made from 1961 to 1963. In May 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr's suborbital flight on the Freedom 7 spacecraft successfully put the first American in space. In Feb. 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn Jr's 3-orbit flight aboard the Friendship 7 put the first American into orbit.
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