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“ SPACE ~ PLANETS ~ JOURNEY TO THE MOON.”

Unique ~ MNH Miniature Sheet with odd - shaped stamps + a cut - out !!

About "Journey to the Moon"

On 21 April 2023, PostNL will issue the Journey to the moon stamp sheet, dedicated to space. Travelling to and in space has always captured people’s imagination. This year a number of space flights have been planned once again.

The Journey to the moon stamp sheet features nine stamps with illustrations related to space. The 10th stamp featuring the moon is missing.

The stamp with the moon is symbolised by the punched-out circle, and PostNL plans to issue it when man sets foot on the moon again around 2025. 

This tenth stamp will then complete the journey to the moon series. The denomination on the Journey to the moon stamps is ‘1’, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for the Netherlands.

Space, with all its planets, stars and other celestial bodies has always fascinated mankind. Ever since the development of the first telescopes more than 400 years ago, we have loved looking beyond what the human eye can see. 

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space in 1961, while the Russian Soyuz programme was launched in 1967. In 1969, the Americans put a human on the moon for the first time with Apollo 11. The Apollo programme was followed by the space shuttle programme. The ISS International Space Station has been the site of close international cooperation since 1998.

Year: 2023.

[NLO23] ~ RDBG111.