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First "Official Space Mail of the Isle of Man," flown to the International Space Station and signed by the crew of Expedition 55 and 56. The middle stamp shows the denomination "Postage Paid, International Space Station." Only 250 copies of this stamp were printed; 247 were used on these letters. Signed in black ballpoint by the crews of Expedition 55 and 56: Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Scott Tingle (USA) and Norishige Kanai (Japan, all three Soyuz MS-07), Oleg Artemyev, Andrew Feustel, and Richard Arnold (both USA, all three Soyuz MS-08) as well as Sergei Prokopyev (Russia), Alexander Gerst (Germany), and Serena Auñón-Chancellor (USA, all three Soyuz MS-08). The cover bears several on-board hand stamps and postmarks. In fine condition, with minor dampstaining along the bottom edge.
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