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Exploring the solar system stamp7/4/2023 ![]() Each of the five stamps features a different representation of the sun. The selvage shows Saturn with its distinctive rings, and a few of its moons, including Dione. ![]() Special perforating dies were molded to give these five stamps their unique look. The sheet of five $1 Exploring the Solar System stamps includes another first – the first pentagon-shaped US stamps. The final sheet in the set was issued on July 11. US #3410 features the first pentagonal US stamps. These include the Hubble Telescope, the National Science Foundation’s 27-dish Very Large Array radio telescope, the twin domes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, the white domes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Each stamp features a different telescope or device used by astronomers to observe our solar system and deep space. The sheet’s selvage shows a digitally enhanced image of the Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble telescope. Its 60¢ stamps paid the international rate at the time. On July 10, the Probing the Vastness of Space sheet was issued. US #3409 recognizes the important role observatories and telescopes play in the American space program. The selvage pictures members of the Challenger crew during an October 1984 mission. One stamp features a computer-generated NASA image, while the other pictures an artist’s depiction of the station. On July 9, the USPS issued the Escaping the Gravity of the Earth hologram stamps paying the $3.20 Priority Mail rate. The sheet’s selvage pictures a 1972 photo of the Apollo 16 mission collecting lunar samples near Plum crater. It’s a relatively large stamp – measuring nearly two inches wide. ![]() The Moon is shown twice on the sheet – as the base for the lander and rising behind the horizon. The $11.75 Landing on the Moon stamp shows the US lunar lander above the Moon’s surface. US #3413 honors the Moon landing.Ī second hologram souvenir sheet was issued the following day. The hologram technique used allows the viewer to see the planet rotate 25 degrees east and west. This issue was America’s first hologram stamp, first round stamp, and first round souvenir sheet. The first stamp, issued on opening day, was an $11.75 Express Mail stamp picturing the Earth as a hologram. The theme of the show was Space Exploration, and the USPS issued a series of stamps along this theme over the course of the show. US #3412 – Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover. A total of 26 postal administrations and 107 vendors participated in the show, which planners said promised “to be one of the most extensive and exciting events of the new millennium.” Held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, the show ran from July 7 to 16, 2000. Several US postal firsts were issued during the show, including the first round, pentagonal, and holographic stamps. World Stamp Expo 2000 opened on July 7, 2000. Stamps Record ID npm_ Stamp Expo 2000 US #3412 was the first US stamp that was round and had a hologram. Data Source National Postal Museum Date JObject number 2000.2019.146.1-5 Printer American Packaging Corporation Type Postage Stamps Medium paper ink (multicolor) adhesive Dimensions 12.5 x 18.5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.) Place United States of America See more items in National Postal Museum Collection Title Scott Catalogue USA 3410 Topic Space Exploration & the Universe Contemporary (1990-present) U.S. Reference: Postal Bulletin (June 1, 2000) mint Credit line Copyright United States Postal Service. The selvage is a montage of Saturn and several of its moons imaged by Voyager I in November 1980, courtesy of NASA. ![]() They depict (clockwise from the top) an image of a solar eclipse from a satellite by Dan McCoy an illustrated cutaway view of the sun by artist Jim Lamb a digitally restored NASA image of sunrise from space, courtesy of Stock Solution an image made by Skylab on December 19, 1973, of a solar eruption, courtesy of Solar Physics Group/Naval Research Laboratory and a photograph from Earth of the sun in a partly cloudy sky by Craig Aurness, courtesy of Corbiss. These five stamps represent the exploration of our solar system and are the first pentagonal stamps ever issued by the U.S. These stamps, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, are based on different images of the Earth's sun, as described below. Object Details Description The Postal Service issued an Exploring the Solar System souvenir sheet featuring five 1-dollar commemorative stamps in Anaheim, California, on July 11, 2000. ![]()
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