Space Stamps–Space Imagined

In recent years, science fiction and scientific speculation have inspired a wealth of U.S. postage stamps. Some of the stamps show beloved icons of the popular imagination such as the Star Trek starship Enterprise; others hark back to pulp fiction illustrations of the 1930s. Still more represent today’s imaginings about future space vehicles and future mail transportation.

To celebrate the millenium, the Postal Service sponsored a children’s stamp design contest, “Stampin’ the Future.” All four of the Stampin’ the Future stamps, issued in 2000, are on imaginative space themes, and can be seen among the stamps here.