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Space Block
Posted by Danielle in Crafts & Hobby Projects, Currency & Postage on January 21, 2010
Space Block © Bombus Design on Flickr
A friend showed me this terrific decoupage cube, featuring vintage space stamps (looks to be mostly, if not all, Soviet.) Very nice work, I love the overlapping of the stamps and “sides” (stamps folding over onto another face of the cube.)
Astro-philatelics, part 50
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on February 4, 2009
For this, my final installation of the space stamp series, I offer a 1989 (20th anniversary) Apollo 11 stamp from Montserrat, and a 1971 Apollo 14 stamp from Ajman. The colors on the Ajman stamp are just beautiful.
Astro-philatelics, part 49
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on January 28, 2009
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. These stamps are from Mali and were issued for the tenth anniversary of the disaster, in 1996.
Astro-philatelics, part 48
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on January 21, 2009
This 1966 set of stamps hails from the Yemen Arab Republic and celebrates the Gemini 6 & 7 missions. (Rest of the set can be viewed at here.)
Astro-philatelics, part 47
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on January 14, 2009
This stamp from the Maldive Islands has gorgeous artwork of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project linkup between the United States and Russia in 1975.
Astro-philatelics, part 46
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on January 7, 2009
We’re just starting the International Year of Astronomy, and in a similar vein, these Australian stamps from 1992 celebrate the International Space Year .
Astro-philatelics, part 45
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on December 31, 2008
These awesome stamps from Fujeira focus exclusively on Apollo 16, as seen through television stills. I really like the look, it’s very unique.
Astro-philatelics, part 44
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on December 17, 2008
These stamps were issued by Japan in March 2008 to commemorate the Astronomical Society of Japan’s centenary. They feature (among other things) the planets, the Subaru Telescope, and the Hayabusa probe, which rendezvoused with near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa, sampled it, and is scheduled to return to Earth in 2010. Information from here.
Astro-philatelics, part 43
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on December 10, 2008
Sometimes the images that strike me are the simple ones — it’s dramatic, I suppose. Could not help but post this beautiful stamp of the Southern Cross, issued by Argentina in 1997.
Astro-philatelics, part 42
Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on December 3, 2008
Today’s stamp features a stylized version of the Astronomical Clock in Prague (shown below)
The astronomical dial is a form of mechanical astrolabe, a device used in medieval astronomy. Alternatively, one may consider the Orloj to be a primitive planetarium, displaying the current state of the universe.
The astronomical dial has a background that represents the standing Earth and sky, and surrounding it operate four main moving components: the zodiacal ring, an outer rotating ring, an icon representing the Sun, and an icon representing the Moon.
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