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Issue: Mercury Project/MESSENGER Mission
Item Number: 468000
Denomination: First-Class Forever
Type of Issue: Commemorative
Stamp Format: Pane
Stamp Count: 20
Design Count: 2
Series: N/A
Issue Date: May 4, 2011
Issue City: Titusville, FL 32780
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Artist: Donato Giancola, Brooklyn, NY
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset/Microprint "USPS"
Engraver: N/A
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: Alprinta, 74
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 60 million stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged, Overall
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 727 (Brown), PMS 270 (Purple)
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.40 x .82 in./35.56 x 20.82 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.56 x .98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.22 x 5.88 in./183.39 x 149.35 mm
Plate Size: 200 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: "S" followed by six (6) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Plate block numbers in four corners
Back: © 2010 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (468000) in lower left and upper right of pane • Verso text on back of each pane
Verso Text: Fifty years ago, Project Mercury set the United States on a path that would lead to the stunning Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, the crowning technological achievement of the 20th century.
Initiated in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury was the nation's program to send a manned spacecraft into orbit around the Earth. On May 5, 1961, as the world watched on television, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space after blasting off from Cape Canaveral.
Although Shepard did not orbit the Earth that day, his 15-minute, 300-mile flight "roused the country to one of its highest peaks of exultation since the end of World War II," reported the New York Times. Emboldened by the achievement, President John F. Kennedy declared later that month that America "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
In March 2011, America achieved another milestone in its 50 years of space exploration. In an unprecedented scientific investigation of the planet closest to the sun, NASA's unmanned MESSENGER, launched on August 3, 2004, became the first spacecraft to enter into orbit around Mercury.
Scientists have conceived the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission to investigate several important features of "the least-studied terrestrial planet" in our solar system, including Mercury's geologic history, the nature of its magnetic field, the structure of its metal-rich core, and the unusual materials, possibly ice, at its poles.
The data obtained by MESSENGER during the year-long orbit will be analyzed for many years to come. Scientists think the data may tell us how the planet took shape and also offer clues about the origin of our solar system.
Item Number: 468000
Denomination: First-Class Forever
Type of Issue: Commemorative
Stamp Format: Pane
Stamp Count: 20
Design Count: 2
Series: N/A
Issue Date: May 4, 2011
Issue City: Titusville, FL 32780
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Artist: Donato Giancola, Brooklyn, NY
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset/Microprint "USPS"
Engraver: N/A
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: Alprinta, 74
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 60 million stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged, Overall
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 727 (Brown), PMS 270 (Purple)
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.40 x .82 in./35.56 x 20.82 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.56 x .98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.22 x 5.88 in./183.39 x 149.35 mm
Plate Size: 200 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: "S" followed by six (6) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Plate block numbers in four corners
Back: © 2010 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (468000) in lower left and upper right of pane • Verso text on back of each pane
Verso Text: Fifty years ago, Project Mercury set the United States on a path that would lead to the stunning Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, the crowning technological achievement of the 20th century.
Initiated in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury was the nation's program to send a manned spacecraft into orbit around the Earth. On May 5, 1961, as the world watched on television, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space after blasting off from Cape Canaveral.
Although Shepard did not orbit the Earth that day, his 15-minute, 300-mile flight "roused the country to one of its highest peaks of exultation since the end of World War II," reported the New York Times. Emboldened by the achievement, President John F. Kennedy declared later that month that America "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
In March 2011, America achieved another milestone in its 50 years of space exploration. In an unprecedented scientific investigation of the planet closest to the sun, NASA's unmanned MESSENGER, launched on August 3, 2004, became the first spacecraft to enter into orbit around Mercury.
Scientists have conceived the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission to investigate several important features of "the least-studied terrestrial planet" in our solar system, including Mercury's geologic history, the nature of its magnetic field, the structure of its metal-rich core, and the unusual materials, possibly ice, at its poles.
The data obtained by MESSENGER during the year-long orbit will be analyzed for many years to come. Scientists think the data may tell us how the planet took shape and also offer clues about the origin of our solar system.
Issue: Civil War: 1861
Item Number: 576300
Denomination: First
Issue Type: Class Forever Commemorative
Stamp Format: Souvenir Sheet
Stamp Count: 12
Design Count: 2
Series: N/A
Issue Date: April 12, 2011
Issue City: Charleston, SC 29401
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Engraver: N/A
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Press Type: Mueller Martini, A76
Stamps per Pane: 12
Print Quantity: 60 million stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III, Block
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 2.0005 x 1.0578 in./50.81 x 26.87 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 2.1405 x 1.1978 in./54.37 x 30.42 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 8.88 x 6.75 in./225.55 x 171.45 mm
Colors:
Front: Header: "THE CIVIL WAR, 1861, A Nation Touched with Fire" • Verso-text
Back: © 2010 USPS • Header: "THE CIVIL WAR, 1861, A Nation Touched with Fire" • Verso-text • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (576300) at bottom of pane
Plate Size: 72 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: N/A
Marginal Markings:
Item Number: 576300
Denomination: First
Issue Type: Class Forever Commemorative
Stamp Format: Souvenir Sheet
Stamp Count: 12
Design Count: 2
Series: N/A
Issue Date: April 12, 2011
Issue City: Charleston, SC 29401
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Engraver: N/A
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Press Type: Mueller Martini, A76
Stamps per Pane: 12
Print Quantity: 60 million stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III, Block
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 2.0005 x 1.0578 in./50.81 x 26.87 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 2.1405 x 1.1978 in./54.37 x 30.42 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 8.88 x 6.75 in./225.55 x 171.45 mm
Colors:
Front: Header: "THE CIVIL WAR, 1861, A Nation Touched with Fire" • Verso-text
Back: © 2010 USPS • Header: "THE CIVIL WAR, 1861, A Nation Touched with Fire" • Verso-text • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (576300) at bottom of pane
Plate Size: 72 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: N/A
Marginal Markings:
Thanks: USPS
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