805 | Event | 12/15/1975 | Joint US/USSR Recovery of Kosmos 782 (unmanned Biological Satellite Program), 1 of 24 “damaged” (color shifts in cachet) or destroyed of 178 total produced, Moffett Field, CA 4-bar (backdated with USPS authorization, because USSR only discloses date of launch 24 hours later), some serviced w/launch date (11/25/75), some w/recovery date, some w/both dates, Stanley Henderson cach applied to covers in March, 1976, w/stuffer | $20.00 |