Exploring the Moon
on stamps
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1971 USA 8 c + 8 c
These stamps, joined as a panoramic pair, show the Apollo 15 astronauts in their Lunar Roving Vehicle.
SG 2166
1971 East Germany 20 pf
Lunokhod 1 rolling down a ramp from the Luna 17 lander onto the surface of the Moon.
SG E1380
1971 Poland 2.50 z
Lunokhod 1 exploring the Moon, its front wheels rising to pass over a rock. As in other stamps depicting lunar surface scenes, the Earth low on the horizon is artistic licence.
SG 2106
1971 Romania 3.30 l + 3.30 l
This pair of stamps showing Lunas 16 and 17 was issued joined together.
SG 3794–3795
1972 Chad 100 f
The Luna 16 ascent stage taking off from an improbably rugged Moonscape, bringing lunar samples back to Earth.
SG 381
1972 Chad 150 f
Lunokhod 1 gingerly crossing an improbable crevice in the lunar surface.
SG 382
1972 Mauritania 75 f
Another nice pair of illustrations of Luna 16 and 17 from a French colony (see also the pair from Chad, above, by the same engraver. This one shows the Luna 16 ascent stage taking off from the surface of Mare Fecunditatis.
SG 411
1972 Mauritania 100 f
Lunokhod 1 rolling down a ramp off the Luna 17 landing stage near the western shores of Mare Imbrium, where it landed in November 1970
SG 412