S ince this was a surprise stamp issue, many post offices only had the stamps on sale for a couple of hours. Collectors did not have much time to prepare first day covers and they used whatever envelopes were handy. This is considered the official cancel. M any collectors have tried to collect a first day cover from each of the 305 cities, but as far as I know this has not been accomplished. Cape Canaveral was a geographical name for a point of land where the launch took place.
All covers are unaddressed unless otherwise noted.
All covers are cacheted and a brief description is given of the event being commemorated, unless otherwise noted. If covers are autographed they are genuine. Cape Canaveral Florida first day of issue machine cancel. No cachet . No cachet .