1/1/2024 0 Comments Us solar system stamp sheet![]() Stamps featured in post: 15 Period: contemporary (2000) Pricing: moderate Availability: not readily available. ![]() The fifth and last issue of Jul-11, 2000 is entitled “Exploring the Solar System” and shows five different facets of the sun in five hexagonal stamps. The Hubble telescope, the New Mexico “Very Large Array” wavelength radio astronomy observatory, the Cerro-Tololo Observatory in Chile, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, the Mount Wilson Observatory in North California, and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The fourth issue of Jul-10, 2000 is a six-stamp block. ![]() The stamps also use generously holographic foil and present minute details of the Alpha space station, and of two astronauts inside the space station. The third issue, of Jul-09, 2000 is a 2-stamp sheet. Just like the previous issue, holographic foil is used, and the stamp is again a high nominal of $11.75. The second issue, of Jul-08, 2000 is entitled “Landing on the Moon” and features another holographic foil depicting the landing on the Moon. The first issue, of Jul-07, 2000 is a circular block featuring a concentric circular stamp with holographic foil showing the Earth from space. A new one was issued daily, between Jul-07 and Jul-11, and each addressing a different topic of space exploration. While the USPS issued numerous stamps dwelling on the topic of space exploration, in this article we are going to look at the beautiful stamps issued in 2000 with the occasion of the World Stamp Expo in Anaheim, CA.Ī number of five sheets and blocks were issued on this occasion.
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