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Envelope with purple stamp cover depicting USS Intrepid from the bow and inscriptions “Fighting…
Douglas J. Skinner Stamp Cover
Envelope with purple stamp cover depicting USS Intrepid from the bow and inscriptions “Fighting…
Envelope with purple stamp cover depicting USS Intrepid from the bow and inscriptions “Fighting I/ In Mare/ In Coelo”

Douglas J. Skinner Stamp Cover

Object NameEnvelope
Historic Owner
DateNovember 19, 1962
PeriodCold War
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Douglas J. Skinner. A2015.99
Object numberA2015.99
DescriptionEnvelope; Stamp cover "Fighting I // USS Intrepid // In Mare In Coelo," addressed to "Mr. Edward C Zuiger," handwritten in black ink. Stamp cover image depicts a bow view of USS Intrepid sailing through water.

A "Project Mercury" stamp is on the envelope, showing a drawing of the Mercury capsule.
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