USPS Planetary Stamps

Product Description

"During the modern era of space exploration, the planets of our solar system have been viewed with increasing clarity, thanks to the distant voyages of unmanned spacecraft and the development of ever-more powerful telescopes. With this pane of 16 stamps, the U.S. Postal Service showcases some of the more visually compelling full-disk images of the planets obtained during this era. Eight new colorful Forever stamps, each shown twice, feature Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some show the planet's "true" color-what we might see with our own eyes if traveling through space. Others use colors to represent and visualize certain features of a planet based on imaging data. Still others use the near-infrared spectrum to show things that cannot be seen by the human eye in visible light. Verso text explains what these images reveal and identifies the spacecrafts and powerful telescopes that helped obtain them. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps. Views of Our Planets is being issued as a Forever stamp. This Forever stamp will always be equal to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price. Image Credits Earth - NASA Jupiter - NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona) Mars - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Mercury - NASA/The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Neptune - NASA/JPL-Caltech Saturn - NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Uranus - NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona) Venus - NASA/JPL-Caltech Made in the USA SKUs featured on this page: 473604"

Features

• New Sheet of (16) Self Adhesive forever stamps issued by USPS
• Forever stamps, always valid for 1 ounce first class postage
• Issue Date: May 31, 2016
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Top Reviews

I really do like these stamps though
by Whittney (5 out of 5 stars)
July 12, 2016

Pluto "isn't a planet" huh? I WILL FOREVER CONSIDER PLUTO A PLANET!

VIVA LA PLUTO!

I really do like these stamps though.
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These Intergalactic stamps rock!
by missLI (5 out of 5 stars)
July 17, 2016

Beautiful stamps! They are exactly as pictured, the colors and details are so pretty and vivid. Packaged thoroughly. I love sending out letters to friends and family using these stamps, although I like them so much, I might have to buy more just to admire.
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But I do like to send a good old fashioned birthday card from ...
by Cathy Starr (5 out of 5 stars)
September 21, 2016

Ok, so with on-line bill pay, stamps are kind of going the way of the dodo bird. But I do like to send a good old fashioned birthday card from time to time and I ALWAYS forget to buy stamps when I'm out and about! Always. So then I write the birthday card and it sits on my kitchen counter for 3 months. Kind of defeats the point of a birthday card. One day, I thought "I buy everything else on Amazon, why not stamps?" And, sure enough, the stamps showed up at my door the next day. And they are cool solar system stamps. Nice.
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Certainly not from this world STAMPS!
by callie (5 out of 5 stars)
April 1, 2019

These stamps are awesome! I will be buying again! They look as if they are illuminating but they really are not under light but still, the pictures are breathtaking so I will be buying them. They are popular with my family and they arrived on time very speedy and in wonderful condition! :)
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I bought two. One for myself and one for ...
by AstroMelissa (5 out of 5 stars)
July 24, 2016

I bought two. One for myself and one for my boyfriend. I am going to save it to give it to him for Christmas. We will keep these for life!
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Rich in color
by Alice Oliver (5 out of 5 stars)
July 30, 2016

Too pretty to use, so I'm just keeping them. Super pigmented and not tiny like most stamps.
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Item fine till delivered
by Paul (4 out of 5 stars)
September 29, 2019

Very satisfied with item however, postman shoved it into mailbox, creasing the stamps. Envelope not labeled do not bend in their defense but I have never had a large envelope shoved in like that
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The post office delivers again with these "out of this world" designs.
by Burbank Mike (5 out of 5 stars)
February 12, 2017

The post office has delivered this time with these "out of this world" stamps. Fantastic images of our neighbors out there in the solar system. Very educations, sophisticated, good for business and personal mail.
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Nice
by Julia Kot (5 out of 5 stars)
April 21, 2019

Nice! Quality and look great!
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High quality
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
July 7, 2019

These stamps are great!

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