$11.75 Landing on the Moon single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued an 11.75-dollar Landing on the Moon souvenir sheet with one commemorative stamp in Anaheim, CA, on July 8, 2000. The stamp was designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona.
- This sheet features a single stamp with a hologram of a lunar lander based on computer and three-dimensional models from NASA. The selvage photograph was taken by astronaut John W. Young during the Apollo 16 mission in April 1972. It depicts astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. on the surface of the moon with a lunar rover in the background.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (June 1, 2000)
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- July 8, 2000
- Object number
- 2000.2020.707
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / photogravure with hologram; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3413
- Topic
- Space Exploration & the Universe
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2000.2020.707
