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U.S. #5399-5400

2019 55¢ Moon Landing

Value:  55¢ 1-ounce First-class rate (Forever)
Issue Date:  July 19, 2019
First Day City:  Canaveral, FL
Type of Stamp:  Commemorative
Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Pane of 24
Self-Adhesive
Quantity Printed:  60,000,000
 

On May 24, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged American scientists to land a man on the Moon.  While Kennedy did not live to see his vision realized, it was accomplished in just eight years.

Fittingly, Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969.  Among the items astronaut Neil Armstrong carried with him was a piece of wood from the Wright brothers' 1903 plane, to show how far aviation had advanced.

On July 20, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited the Moon.  Back on Earth, a record 600 million people watched as Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon.  In addition to collecting samples, setting up equipment, and conducting experiments, the astronauts left behind a plaque that reads, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon.  July 1969, A.D.  We came in peace for all mankind."  After returning to Earth, they were honored with parades, a world tour, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The mission has also been honored on several US stamps, including a set for the 50th anniversary in 2019.

The Moon landing was a pivotal event of the century.  It was a major technological feat and ushered in a new era in space cooperation in which the US collaborated with Space Race rivals, the Soviet Union.

U.S. Lands First Men On The Moon

1969 10¢ Moon Landing stamp
US #C76 was the first jumbo-sized US commemorative.

On July 20, 1969, the US effectively won the Space Race when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle lunar module on the Moon’s surface.

The space race began 12 years earlier, on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union used rocket technology developed by the Germans in World War II to launch Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite.  Originally, Sputnik was intended to be a massive, thousand-pound satellite.  However, because the Americans were attempting to launch their own satellite, the decision was made to scale back the design considerably.  At the time of launch, Sputnik was no bigger than a basketball.

1989 $2.40 Moon Landing stamp
US #2419 was issued on the 20th anniversary of the Moon landing.

Success continued for the Soviets during the next few years, prompting President John F. Kennedy to push NASA to place a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.  Kennedy’s challenge was no small feat.  At the time, the US space program wasn’t prepared for such an undertaking.  There were no rockets, spacesuits, or computers capable of the task.  NASA scientists didn’t know what they’d need to accomplish the goal, but they stepped up to the challenge.  Hundreds of thousands of scientists and engineers joined together to achieve something many thought was impossible.

1994 29¢ Moon Landing Sheet of 12 stamps
US #2841 was issued for the 25th anniversary of the Moon landing.

After thousands of hours of work over eight years, NASA launched Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969.  Four days later, on July 20, 1969, their Eagle lunar module approached the Moon.  The landing module touched down in a place called “West Crater,” which was scattered with boulders.  After the landing, Aldrin requested everyone “…to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.”

1999 33¢ Celebrate the Century - 1960s: Man Walks on Moon stamp
US #3188c – Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the Moon.

Aldrin, who was an elder in his church, then proceeded to receive Communion from a kit prepared for him by his pastor.  This was blacked out of the broadcast due to an ongoing lawsuit filed against NASA concerning the crew of the Apollo 8 mission reading from the Book of Genesis.

After the landing was completed, the crew began preparations for the Moonwalk.  They had originally planned a five-hour sleep period, but it was decided they would be too excited to sleep.

Then, at 10:56 p.m. EDT, Armstrong set his left foot down upon the surface of the Moon and called it, “…one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”  Fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin joined Armstrong on the surface and described the scene as “magnificent desolation.”  Back on Earth, the world watched through a live television feed.

1989 $2.40 Moon Landing Silk First Day Cover
US #2419 – Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover

The Moonwalk wasn’t just symbolic – Armstrong and Aldrin had several tasks to perform.  One of them included planting the American flag.  They first had to get used to walking around on the Moon.  They took photographs, collected rock, and dust samples and set out equipment to transmit readings.  After about two-and-a-half hours, they returned to the landing module.  When taking off their spacesuits they noticed a strange smell in the air.  Armstrong described it as wet ashes and Aldrin said it was like “the smell in the air after a firecracker has gone off.”  It was the smell of the Moon dust.  Scientists had been concerned that the dust might ignite when it came in contact with oxygen when the module re-pressurized, but luckily, that wasn’t the case.  Armstrong and Aldrin then took a much-deserved rest.

1969 10¢ Moon Landing Classic First Day Cover
US #C76 – Classic First Day Cover with Moon Landing cancellation

But this was the era of the Space Race, and the Soviet Union had launched an unmanned spacecraft three days before the Apollo 11 mission took off.  As the US astronauts slept, Luna 15 began its descent to the Moon’s surface.  It was the third attempt by the Soviets to collect lunar soil, and the third failure.  Luna 15 crashed into the Moon, likely on the side of a mountain.

1994 $9.95 First Moon Landing, Express Mail stamp
US #2842 – Express Mail stamp honoring the 25th anniversary of the Moon Landing

Following their rest, Armstrong and Aldrin blasted off from the Moon’s surface – unfortunately toppling the American flag they had planted.  In future lunar landings, the flag was placed no closer than 100 feet from the modules, so as not to repeat that mistake.

Item #AC1 – Commemorative First Day Postcard With NASA’s Official Apollo 11 Photo And Moon Landing Cancel

The Eagle docked with the Columbia, where fellow astronaut Michael Collins had been waiting.  The Eagle was released into orbit around the Moon, and NASA scientists later assumed that it crashed to the surface after a few months.

2019 First Moon Landing stamps
US #5399-5400 – 2019 stamps honoring the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing

The Columbia command module, a 10-foot-long cone, was all that remained of the massive Saturn V rocket that began the journey.  The Saturn V was 363 feet long and weighed 6,699,000 pounds (Columbia weighed 13,000 pounds).  The journey home lasted three days, and the crew had to make only one correction.

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary, 6 sheet and 6 souvenir sheets
Item #M12456 – Collection of six sheets and six souvenir sheets honoring the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.

On July 24, the command module separated and began its descent to Earth.  The bottom of the module faced the surface and had special heat shields that would burn away during re-entry, to prevent the build-up of heat.  The parachute opened after 195 hours and 13 minutes in space.  The Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, where Navy ship USS Hornet was nearby.  They were finally home and President Kennedy’s vision was realized.  America had effectively won the Space Race and was ready to embark on a new era in space exploration.

2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary, 1/2 Dollar Proof
Item #CNM12418 – US Mint half dollar proof honoring the 50th anniversary

The three Apollo 11 astronauts were honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City soon after returning to Earth.  Armstrong received the Medal of Freedom, the highest award offered to a US civilian.  His other awards included the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, seventeen medals from other countries, and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

US Stamps Celebrate Moon Landing - 36 mint stamps included
Item #M12488 – Collection of 36 US stamps honoring the Moon landing.

Did you know?

The engraved master dies for US #C76, above, traveled to the Moon with the Apollo 11 crew.  An envelope bearing a proof of the stamp was also canceled in the space module.  The First Day Cover for that stamp was the most popular ever.

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U.S. #5399-5400

2019 55¢ Moon Landing

Value:  55¢ 1-ounce First-class rate (Forever)
Issue Date:  July 19, 2019
First Day City:  Canaveral, FL
Type of Stamp:  Commemorative
Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Pane of 24
Self-Adhesive
Quantity Printed:  60,000,000
 

On May 24, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged American scientists to land a man on the Moon.  While Kennedy did not live to see his vision realized, it was accomplished in just eight years.

Fittingly, Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969.  Among the items astronaut Neil Armstrong carried with him was a piece of wood from the Wright brothers' 1903 plane, to show how far aviation had advanced.

On July 20, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited the Moon.  Back on Earth, a record 600 million people watched as Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon.  In addition to collecting samples, setting up equipment, and conducting experiments, the astronauts left behind a plaque that reads, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon.  July 1969, A.D.  We came in peace for all mankind."  After returning to Earth, they were honored with parades, a world tour, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The mission has also been honored on several US stamps, including a set for the 50th anniversary in 2019.

The Moon landing was a pivotal event of the century.  It was a major technological feat and ushered in a new era in space cooperation in which the US collaborated with Space Race rivals, the Soviet Union.

U.S. Lands First Men On The Moon

1969 10¢ Moon Landing stamp
US #C76 was the first jumbo-sized US commemorative.

On July 20, 1969, the US effectively won the Space Race when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle lunar module on the Moon’s surface.

The space race began 12 years earlier, on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union used rocket technology developed by the Germans in World War II to launch Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite.  Originally, Sputnik was intended to be a massive, thousand-pound satellite.  However, because the Americans were attempting to launch their own satellite, the decision was made to scale back the design considerably.  At the time of launch, Sputnik was no bigger than a basketball.

1989 $2.40 Moon Landing stamp
US #2419 was issued on the 20th anniversary of the Moon landing.

Success continued for the Soviets during the next few years, prompting President John F. Kennedy to push NASA to place a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.  Kennedy’s challenge was no small feat.  At the time, the US space program wasn’t prepared for such an undertaking.  There were no rockets, spacesuits, or computers capable of the task.  NASA scientists didn’t know what they’d need to accomplish the goal, but they stepped up to the challenge.  Hundreds of thousands of scientists and engineers joined together to achieve something many thought was impossible.

1994 29¢ Moon Landing Sheet of 12 stamps
US #2841 was issued for the 25th anniversary of the Moon landing.

After thousands of hours of work over eight years, NASA launched Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969.  Four days later, on July 20, 1969, their Eagle lunar module approached the Moon.  The landing module touched down in a place called “West Crater,” which was scattered with boulders.  After the landing, Aldrin requested everyone “…to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.”

1999 33¢ Celebrate the Century - 1960s: Man Walks on Moon stamp
US #3188c – Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the Moon.

Aldrin, who was an elder in his church, then proceeded to receive Communion from a kit prepared for him by his pastor.  This was blacked out of the broadcast due to an ongoing lawsuit filed against NASA concerning the crew of the Apollo 8 mission reading from the Book of Genesis.

After the landing was completed, the crew began preparations for the Moonwalk.  They had originally planned a five-hour sleep period, but it was decided they would be too excited to sleep.

Then, at 10:56 p.m. EDT, Armstrong set his left foot down upon the surface of the Moon and called it, “…one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”  Fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin joined Armstrong on the surface and described the scene as “magnificent desolation.”  Back on Earth, the world watched through a live television feed.

1989 $2.40 Moon Landing Silk First Day Cover
US #2419 – Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover

The Moonwalk wasn’t just symbolic – Armstrong and Aldrin had several tasks to perform.  One of them included planting the American flag.  They first had to get used to walking around on the Moon.  They took photographs, collected rock, and dust samples and set out equipment to transmit readings.  After about two-and-a-half hours, they returned to the landing module.  When taking off their spacesuits they noticed a strange smell in the air.  Armstrong described it as wet ashes and Aldrin said it was like “the smell in the air after a firecracker has gone off.”  It was the smell of the Moon dust.  Scientists had been concerned that the dust might ignite when it came in contact with oxygen when the module re-pressurized, but luckily, that wasn’t the case.  Armstrong and Aldrin then took a much-deserved rest.

1969 10¢ Moon Landing Classic First Day Cover
US #C76 – Classic First Day Cover with Moon Landing cancellation

But this was the era of the Space Race, and the Soviet Union had launched an unmanned spacecraft three days before the Apollo 11 mission took off.  As the US astronauts slept, Luna 15 began its descent to the Moon’s surface.  It was the third attempt by the Soviets to collect lunar soil, and the third failure.  Luna 15 crashed into the Moon, likely on the side of a mountain.

1994 $9.95 First Moon Landing, Express Mail stamp
US #2842 – Express Mail stamp honoring the 25th anniversary of the Moon Landing

Following their rest, Armstrong and Aldrin blasted off from the Moon’s surface – unfortunately toppling the American flag they had planted.  In future lunar landings, the flag was placed no closer than 100 feet from the modules, so as not to repeat that mistake.

Item #AC1 – Commemorative First Day Postcard With NASA’s Official Apollo 11 Photo And Moon Landing Cancel

The Eagle docked with the Columbia, where fellow astronaut Michael Collins had been waiting.  The Eagle was released into orbit around the Moon, and NASA scientists later assumed that it crashed to the surface after a few months.

2019 First Moon Landing stamps
US #5399-5400 – 2019 stamps honoring the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing

The Columbia command module, a 10-foot-long cone, was all that remained of the massive Saturn V rocket that began the journey.  The Saturn V was 363 feet long and weighed 6,699,000 pounds (Columbia weighed 13,000 pounds).  The journey home lasted three days, and the crew had to make only one correction.

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary, 6 sheet and 6 souvenir sheets
Item #M12456 – Collection of six sheets and six souvenir sheets honoring the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.

On July 24, the command module separated and began its descent to Earth.  The bottom of the module faced the surface and had special heat shields that would burn away during re-entry, to prevent the build-up of heat.  The parachute opened after 195 hours and 13 minutes in space.  The Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, where Navy ship USS Hornet was nearby.  They were finally home and President Kennedy’s vision was realized.  America had effectively won the Space Race and was ready to embark on a new era in space exploration.

2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary, 1/2 Dollar Proof
Item #CNM12418 – US Mint half dollar proof honoring the 50th anniversary

The three Apollo 11 astronauts were honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City soon after returning to Earth.  Armstrong received the Medal of Freedom, the highest award offered to a US civilian.  His other awards included the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, seventeen medals from other countries, and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

US Stamps Celebrate Moon Landing - 36 mint stamps included
Item #M12488 – Collection of 36 US stamps honoring the Moon landing.

Did you know?

The engraved master dies for US #C76, above, traveled to the Moon with the Apollo 11 crew.  An envelope bearing a proof of the stamp was also canceled in the space module.  The First Day Cover for that stamp was the most popular ever.