| Mission | Ship | Notes |
| STS-1 | UTC Freedom | Signed with extra blue Space Shuttle Flight Cachet |
| STS-1 | UTC Liberty | With recovery information & signed |
| STS-12 | UTC Liberty | A different cover with recovery information & signed |
| STS-12 | Both | This unique Return To Port cover probably wasn't aboard either Recovery ship |
| Training | UTC Liberty | Sucken parachute recovery test with signature |
| STS-2 | UTC Freedom | Signed |
| STS-2 | UTC Freedom | Not signed and addressed to Robert Boudwin |
| STS-2 | UTC Freedom | Not signed and addressed to Robert Boudwin with extra text |
| STS-2 | UTC Freedom | Not signed - Extra blue text cachet - KSC hand cancel |
| STS-2 | UTC Liberty | With recovery information & signed |
| STS-42 | UTC Freedom | Not signed - KSC hand cancel |
| STS-5 | UTC Liberty | Not signed - Orlando cancel |
| STS-6 | UTC Freedom | Maroon cachet plus black Space Shuttle cachet |
| STS-6 | UTC Liberty | Not signed - Orlando cancel |
| STS-41B | UTC Liberty | STS-11 - Not signed |
| STS-41B | UTC Freedom | Not signed - Includes blue mission emblem - Ship silhouette is maroon |
| STS-41B | UTC Liberty | Not signed - Includes blue mission emblem |
| STS-41C | UTC Freedom | Not signed - Includes red mission emblem |
| STS-41C | UTC Liberty | Not signed - Includes red mission emblem |
| STS-41C | UTC Liberty | Signed |
| STS-51B4 | UTC Liberty | Signed |
| STS-51C | UTC Liberty | Signed |
| STS-51G | Liberty | Signed - KSC postmark |
| STS-51G | UTC Liberty | Not signed - Orlando postmark |
| STS-61C2 | UTC Liberty | Signed |
| STS-27 | UTC Liberty | Signed |
| Mission | Ship | Notes |
| STS-1 | UTC Freedom | Satellite Beach Postmark - No Port Authority Cachet |
| STS-1 | UTC Liberty | Satellite Beach Postmark - No Port Authority Cachet |
| STS-2 | UTC Freedom | KSC Postmark - Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachet |
| STS-2 | UTC Liberty | Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachet |
| STS-4 | UTC Freedom | Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachet - Failure of SRB Parachutes |
| STS-4 | UTC Liberty | Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachet - Failure of SRB Parachutes |
| STS-5 | UTC Freedom | Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachet |
| STS-6 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-6 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-7 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-7 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-8 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-8 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority Cachets |
| STS-41B | UTC Freedom | Beautiful Photograph of ship plus Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachet |
| STS-41B | UTC Liberty | Beautiful Photograph of ship plus Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachet |
| STS-41D | UTC Freedom | Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-41D | UTC Liberty | Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-41G |
UTC Freedom |
Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-41G | UTC Liberty Liberty Star |
Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-51B |
Freedom Star |
Aqua-Blue printed plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-51B | Liberty Star | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-51F | Freedom Star | Aqua-Blue printed plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-51J | Freedom Star | Aqua-Blue printed plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-51J | Liberty Star | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-61A | Freedom Star | Aqua-Blue printed plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-61A | Liberty Star | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-61A | Freedom Star | Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-61A | Liberty Star | Beautiful Photograph of ship |
| STS-26 | UTC Freedom | Black RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-26 | UTC Liberty | Black RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-29 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-29 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-312 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-312 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-34 | UTC Freedom | Blue RSC plus Blue Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-34 | UTC Liberty | Green RSC plus Green Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachets |
| STS-40 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-40 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-41 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-41 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-49 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-49 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-63 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet plus red SBR Damaged by Water |
| STS-63 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet plus red SBR Damaged by Water |
| STS-64 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-64 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-71 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-71 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-74 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-74 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-78 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-78 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-80 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-80 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-99 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-99 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-102 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-102 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-105 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-105 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-109 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-109 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-111 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-111 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-113 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-113 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-114 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-114 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| STS-126 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom cachet |
| STS-126 | UTC Liberty | Green UTC Liberty cachet |
| Mission | Ship | Notes |
| STS-12 | UTC Liberty | Blue rubber stamp cachet without signatures |
| STS-2 | UTC Liberty | Blue rubber stamp cachet without signatures with extra small text cachet |
| STS-2 | UTC Liberty | Greyscale cover shows the Liberty and SRB under parachutes |
| STS-3 | UTC Freedom | Sarzin cover shows the UTC Freedom |
| STS-3 | Both | Colorano silk cover for recovery of the SRBs |
| STS-3 | Both | Space Voyager cover for return to port |
| STS-42 | UTC Liberty | Blue rubber stamp cachet without signatures |
| STS-6 | Both | Space Voyager cover for SRB ships leaving Port Canaveral on Apr 3 |
| STS-6 | Both | Space Voyager cover for SRB ships retrieving SRBs and returning to Port Canaveral on Apr 5 |
| STS-92 | UTC Liberty | Blue printed cachet with recovery information & signature |
| STS-24 | UTC Liberty | Green printed cachet with recovery information & signature |
| STS-61Cvi | UTC Liberty | Green printed cachet with recovery information & signatures |
| STS-60 | UTC Freedom | Blue UTC Freedom Port Canaveral cachet - Hand cancel CC |
| STS-84 | Freedom Star | S/H Photo of the Freedom Star |
| STS-983 | UTC Liberty | Blue printed cachet with recovery information & doubtful signature |
Notes General:
i ) These covers were on board the Recovery ship
ii) These were not aboard the Recovery ship
iii) There is some doubt as to whether the Cape Canaveral Port Authority cachet is genuine
iv) Bob Boudwin covers for STS-37, STS-39 and STS-40 may not exist. Note that these missions were flown in 1991 after STS-41.
v) All covers from STS-4 (or possibly STS-3) were postmarked at Cape Canaveral
vi) Note that the hand written date on this cover is for the original launch date which was scrubbed
Notes Other:
1) From the collection of Ken Havekotte
2) From the collection of Antoni Rigo
3) From the collection of Efim Sandler
4) From the collection of Robert McLeod
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