{"product_id":"1974-skylab-10-houston-tx-first-day-cover","title":"1974 Skylab 10¢ Houston, TX First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an official Art Craft First Day Cover featuring the 1974 10¢ Skylab stamp, postmarked in Houston, Texas on May 14, 1974—the first day of issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkylab was the United States’ first orbiting space station, launched in 1973. The stamp and cachet celebrate America’s growing achievements in space exploration during the post-Apollo era, including the fifth anniversary of the first Moon landing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe striking black-and-white cachet depicts the Skylab station in orbit with the sun and Earth, while the colorful stamp shows the station against a vibrant cosmic background. The cover also notes the 1974 fifth anniversary of man’s first landing on the Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressed to Dr. Charles R. Martin in Jacksonville, North Carolina—a city long associated with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune—this cover carries an interesting personal connection to a military community with deep ties to aerospace and defense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, well-preserved example ideal for collectors of space-themed philately or NASA postal history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51394931818660,"sku":null,"price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/20260702110632.jpg?v=1783043387","url":"https:\/\/fdc-vault.com\/products\/1974-skylab-10-houston-tx-first-day-cover","provider":"Maple Springs - FDC Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}