#Astronomy stamps
Luxembourg Post released a 3D stamp for Asteroid Day!
Luxembourg Post has cooperated with ESA to mark Asteroid Day, which is observed each year on 30 June. The aim of this event is to tell the public about the ‘risks and opportunities’ of asteroids. The campaign was initiated by astrophysicist and guitarist Dr. Brian May of the rock group Queen, Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, filmmaker Grig Richters, and B612 Foundation President D
USPS revealed ten NASA sun science Forever stamps!
The USPS announced a new bright issue of ten captivating stamps displays images of the Sun taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. These mesmerizing items feature various events that happen on this star, including solar flares, sunspots and coronal loops. This beautiful philatelic release was designed by art director Antonio Alcalá and the images depicted on it was taken by a spac
Chunghwa Post issued four stamps on astronomical phenomena!
Astronomical phenomena fascinate people from the very beginning of mankind up to today. They have an enthusiastic effect, especially on the youth. To help people understand the astronomical phenomena, Chunghwa Post has introduced a set of four stamps featuring the most amazing and well-known phenomena. The first stamp features a solar eclipse. It occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the su
New Zealand Space Pioneers - five stamps released by New Zealand Post
New Zealand has more stars and galaxies accessible to the naked eye than in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere. And it is no surprise that the New Zealanders have helped to advance the world’s knowledge about space and space sciences. To celebrate six of New Zealand's astronomers, cosmologists, discoverers and rocket scientists New Zealand Post has released a set of five interesting stamp
Aurora Borealis stamp presented by Åland Post
Your chance to contemplate the aurora borealis in Åland is pretty good from mid-August to April when nights are dark. Åland Post has prepared for issuance a special stamp featuring this fascinating luminous phenomenon, commonly called the northern lights. The stamp shows a photograph taken by Ingmar Eriksson and the ruins of Bomarsund fortress, appearing in the foreground. Let's take a
Albert Einstein as one of the greatest physicists to have ever lived. 4 bright scientific stamps released by Jersey Post
Albert Einstein is one of the most recognized and well-known scientists of the century. His theories solved centuries-old problems in physics and rocked even non-physicists' view of the world. To commemorate this genius and underline its significant scientific contribution Jersey Post released four special stamps that FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to introduce to our readers. Albert Einstein, th
Marshall Islands issues new stamps featuring Early Astronomers
On April 7, 2010, the Marshall Islands Postal Service issued five new stamps featuring some of history's early astronomers. Wilhelm Hirschel systematically observed the heavens, compiling three catalogs listing thousands of nebulae and contributed pioneering ideas about the stellar system's structure. Nicolaus Copernicus refuted Ptolemy's theory that the Earth was the center of the universe, revol
Science in Belgium: Astronomy
This stamp of the series EUROPA was issued in occasion of the International year of the Astronomy and 400 years from the first astronomical observation of Galileo Galilee.
Europa 2009 - Astronomy stamps from Denmark
Astronomy is the theme of this year's two EUROPA stamps. 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, in celebration of the fact that it was 400 years ago that Galileo Galilei first pointed a telescope at the night sky and saw, among other things, the four moons around Jupiter and the mountains on the Moon. Ever since the 16th century, when Tycho Brahe built his two observatories on the island of
