The U.S. Postal Service issued these Exploring the Solar System commemorative stamps on July 11, 2000 in Anaheim, CA. This sheet of five 1-dollar stamps, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, AZ, are based on different images of the earth's sun and are the first pentagonal stamps ever issued by USPS. 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. The selvage is a montage of Saturn and several of its moons imaged by Voyager I in November 1980, courtesy of NASA.
Features
Five gummed pentagonal stamps, featuring 5 different images of the sun.Collectible stamps or use for postage.
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