Exploring the Moon
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1991 Guernsey 26 p
A stamp commemorating the Apollo 11 Moon landing of 1969, which was the year in which Guernsey became a separate postal administration and began to issue its own stamps, hence the inset illustration.
SG 523
1991 USA 29 c
A Lunar Orbiter probe surveying the Moon. This stamp was part of a strip of 10 depicting the exploration of the Solar System. There were no perforations along one edge of the strip.
SG 2628
1994 Netherlands 90 c
In 1994 the Netherlands issued this stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. In the top half is a TV image of Armstrong at the foot of the Lunar Module’s ladder with his famous ‘One small step’ speech superimposed, while the bottom half shows Aldrin’s bootprint in the lunar dust.
SG 1733
1994 New Zealand $1.50
New Zealand commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing with this holographic stamp. Behind the figure of Buzz Aldrin looms the globe of the Earth with New Zealand prominent.
SG 1818
1994 USA $9.95
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, and issued on July 20, the same date as the Eagle landed. This stamp has a high face value and is expensive.
SG 2921
1994 USA 29 c x 12
A souvenir sheet commemorating the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, containing a dozen 29c stamps surrounded by the famous Apollo 8 picture of the Earth rising above the Moon. The sheet was issued on 1994 July 20, the same day as USA 2921. Stamps from this sheet can be obtained individually but do not have a separate number in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue.
SG MS2922
1999 Bosnia 2 m
In 1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina issued this attractive stamp to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.
SG 616
1999 USA 33 c
Commemorating the first manned landing on the Moon with an image of Buzz Aldrin’s boot print in the lunar dust. This stamp was part of a millennium series recalling events of the 1960s. A description of each subject was printed under the gum on the back of each stamp.
SG 3654