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Product: 2000 Hubble Telescope Images 33 Cent Pane of 20 Postage Stamps Scott 3388a
Brand: USPS
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In 2000 the USPS issued these 33 cents stamps depicting images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, launched into space on April 25, 1990. The huge instrument can see the cosmos clearer than land-based telescopes because of its position above Earth's distorting atmosphere. It was named for Edwin Powell Hubble, an American astronomer whose studies helped explain the universe.
Eagle Nebula
Ring Nebula
Lagoon Nebula
Egg Nebula
Galaxy NGC 1316

Product: 1 Sheet of Views of Our Planets + 1 Sheet of Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever First Class Postage Stamps Self-Adhesive (1 Combo set)
Brand: US Post Office
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"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"
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.