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1993 29c Space Fantasy: Rocketeers
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US #2743
1993 29¢ Rocketeers
Space Fantasy
- First US booklet to show five individual stamps forming a single mural
- Designed to look like 1930s comic book vision of space travel
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Value: 29¢
First Day of Issue: January 25, 1993
First Day City: Huntsville, Alabama
Quantity Issued: 8,731,875
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Booklet of 20
Perforations: 11 vertically
Why the stamp was issued: The set of five stamps were issued to appeal to younger customers. They were designed to look like comic books and science fiction from the 1930s. The idea was to portray past views of what the future would look like.
About the stamp design: The stamps were designed by Stephen Hickman, an illustrator of fantasy and science-fiction. This stamp a man and a woman being propelled through space by the portable rockets on their backs. Their spacesuits are reminiscent of Buck Rogers, the science-fiction hero of comic strips, radio, films, and television.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Former astronaut Alan Shepard spoke at the ceremony.
Unusual fact about this stamp: Some of these stamps were sold before the official release date. Covers with these stamps are postmarked before the January 25th release date.
History this Space Fantasy stamp represents: These stamps show an image of the future, as seen from the past. Stamp artist Stephen Hickman based his original sketches, on a request for concepts based on the idea of “past views of the future.” As a fantasy and science fiction illustrator, Hickman got to work on images that conveyed the feel of comic books from the early 20th century, like Buck Rogers.
These stamps have no commemorative purpose, but rather serve to highlight steps being taken towards future space exploration. Much of what was considered science fiction at the time of the Buck Rogers comics and others of the same era, has become a reality today. Man has not only orbited the earth but has also walked on the moon. Jet-powered backpacks allow astronauts to maneuver through space as they enhance and repair the International Space Station. Humans can now live in space, on the space station, for extended time periods. We have probed deep into the mysteries of space with space telescopes. What was once science fiction is now reality.
US #2743
1993 29¢ Rocketeers
Space Fantasy
- First US booklet to show five individual stamps forming a single mural
- Designed to look like 1930s comic book vision of space travel
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Value: 29¢
First Day of Issue: January 25, 1993
First Day City: Huntsville, Alabama
Quantity Issued: 8,731,875
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Booklet of 20
Perforations: 11 vertically
Why the stamp was issued: The set of five stamps were issued to appeal to younger customers. They were designed to look like comic books and science fiction from the 1930s. The idea was to portray past views of what the future would look like.
About the stamp design: The stamps were designed by Stephen Hickman, an illustrator of fantasy and science-fiction. This stamp a man and a woman being propelled through space by the portable rockets on their backs. Their spacesuits are reminiscent of Buck Rogers, the science-fiction hero of comic strips, radio, films, and television.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Former astronaut Alan Shepard spoke at the ceremony.
Unusual fact about this stamp: Some of these stamps were sold before the official release date. Covers with these stamps are postmarked before the January 25th release date.
History this Space Fantasy stamp represents: These stamps show an image of the future, as seen from the past. Stamp artist Stephen Hickman based his original sketches, on a request for concepts based on the idea of “past views of the future.” As a fantasy and science fiction illustrator, Hickman got to work on images that conveyed the feel of comic books from the early 20th century, like Buck Rogers.
These stamps have no commemorative purpose, but rather serve to highlight steps being taken towards future space exploration. Much of what was considered science fiction at the time of the Buck Rogers comics and others of the same era, has become a reality today. Man has not only orbited the earth but has also walked on the moon. Jet-powered backpacks allow astronauts to maneuver through space as they enhance and repair the International Space Station. Humans can now live in space, on the space station, for extended time periods. We have probed deep into the mysteries of space with space telescopes. What was once science fiction is now reality.
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