UN Commemorates 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 with International Lunar Exploration Stamp

The subject is photos of the moon taken by spacecraft from the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, India, Korea, and China. New UN stamps NASA celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission.

The United Nations Postal Service (UNPA) will issue six postage stamps and three commemorative papers to mark International Moon Day on Saturday (July 20). Starting in 2021, the UN will commemorate the first moon landing by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. walked on the moon “To raise awareness of the commitment of national and international space programs around the world to sustainable lunar exploration.”

“Today’s lunar exploration is surrounded by ambitious plans, but expanding the clear horizons so far must be done sustainably,” said Aarti Holamaini, director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in a statement included in the souvenir sheet. “The United Nations will use its unique convening power to facilitate the dialogue needed to move forward.”

Stamps and banknotes are issued in three denominations, according to the UNPA offices in New York (US dollars), Geneva (Swiss francs) and Vienna (euro).

Designed by Rorie Katz in collaboration with the UN, the stamps feature images from six different lunar missions, with three more on the commemorative sheet. The themes of the setenant are:

• Danuri, also known as the Korea Project Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), is Korea’s first lunar probe scheduled to be launched in 2022.
• America’s first Surveyor 1 soft lunar landerA mission preceding the 1966 Apollo missions.
• India’s Chandrayaan-3 First probe lands Going to the moon in 2023.
• Japan’s first lunar exploration smart lander (SLIM, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) Reach the surface In 2024;
• SMART-1, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first lunar exploration mission in 2003;
• Chang’e 5, China’s first lunar sample return missionIt was released in 2020.

The commemorative sheets commemorate the U.S. Apollo 11 mission, which landed on July 20, 1969; the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 robotic probe, which made the first moon landing on September 14, 1959; and China’s Chang’e 4 probe, which made the first moon landing on January 3, 2019.

In addition to the stamps and sheets, UNPA also designed illustrated International Moon Day stamps (one for each office). Sales offer First day envelope (envelope postmarked with the date the stamp was issued). Setenant stamps are limited to 12,000 per pair. The Apollo 11 commemorative sheet is limited to 17,000, and the other two sheets are limited to 18,000 each.

Previous UNPA space stamps include: 2007 8 stamp collection A 2011 issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the space age, a 2013 issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight, two nebula-themed stamps for World Space Week, and a 2018 set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Development of Space. peaceful use of space; and a collection of 6 stamps and 6 commemorative papers for 2022. Mars mission launched It is co-hosted by the United States, China, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).