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Stamp Profile
Space Fantasy Issue
United States
Date of issue Jan. 25, 1993
Released by the United States Postal Service on Jan. 25, 1993, this mint booklet pane
of five stamps features space fantasy art by Stephen Hickman. The artwork brings to
mind the 1930s vision of space travel made popular in comic books and movies.
Moon Landing Anniversary
United States
Date of issue July 20, 1994
This beautiful sheet of 12 mint
stamps was issued by the
United States on July 20,
1994, to commemorate the
25th anniversary of man's first
landing on the moon (July 20,
1969). The sheet selvage
includes astronaut Neil
Armstrong's message from
the Moon to Mission Control,
"That's one small step for
man, one giant leap for
mankind."
Mars Pathfinder Issue
United States
Date of issue Dec. 10, 1997
Issued by the United States on Dec. 10, 1997, this mint souvenir sheet includes a
large (38mm x 76mm) $3 Priority Mail rate stamp. The sheet saluted the Pathfinder
mission that had reached the surface of Mars the previous July 4. Facts about the
mission are printed on the back of the sheet (in the selvage), including that Mars
Pathfinder landed in the Ares Vallis region of Mars and that the land rover, Sojourner
(featured on the stamp), measures approximately 2 feet by 1.5 feet by 1 foot and
travels at a speed of only 0.4 inches per second.
