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20 Forever Stamps Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard 1st US Space Messenger Mission
20 Forever Stamps Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard 1st US Space Messenger Mission
20 Forever Stamps Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard 1st US Space Messenger Mission

20 Forever Stamps Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard 1st US Space Messenger Mission

$ 10.87

Availability: 67 in stock
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: N / A
  • Condition: Sheet is in great condition - Packed between layers of sturdy cardboard and carefully shipped in large flat bubble lined envelope. Image provided as reference. Position and plate number may vary
  • Color: Blue
  • Topic: Space
  • Theme: Astronaut
  • Denomination: Forever Stamp
  • Time Period Manufactured: 2011
  • Quality: Mint on Sheet / never used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Year of Issue: 2011-Present

    Description

    Mercury Project and Messenger Mission
    Forever Stamps
    Full sheet – 2011
    Forever stamp:
    The Forever stamp  will always be valid as First–Class postage on standard envelopes weighing one ounce or less, regardless of any subsequent increases in the First–Class rate postage
    forever.
    Mercury Project and Messenger Mission
    stamps:
    With this pane of 20 stamps
    the U.S. Postal Service
    celebrates American Firsts in Space.  The 50th anniversary of America’s first manned spaceflight and an unmanned spacecraft charting planet Mercury are commemorated on two designs of First-Class Forever stamps. The first stamp has Alan Shepard along with the rocket and space capsule he piloted to become America’s first man in space. A second stamp celebrates the MESSENGER Mission spacecraft that was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.  MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011, becoming the first spacecraft to do so.  It successfully completed its primary mission in 2012.  Following two mission extensions, the spacecraft used the last of its maneuvering propellant to deorbit, impacting the surface of Mercury on April 30, 2015.
    Issue Date – Mar 18, 2011
    Features American Space Firsts
    Stamps per sheet:
    20
    USPS Number:
    468040
    Scott
    #
    4527
    These stamps are in great unused condition.
    Stamps will be well packed between stiff cardboard and sealed in plastic.
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