Apollo 11 50th Anniversary, 6 sheet and 6 souvenir sheets

This collection brings together six stamp sheets and six souvenir sheets, each issued by a different country to honor the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The set includes releases from Liberia, Antigua and Barbuda, Palau, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tuvalu. Each nation created its own design to mark this shared milestone in space history, giving collectors a wide range of artwork built around a single historic event.

The sheets in this set draw from well known NASA photographs and imagery connected to the mission. Several designs picture the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, in their official portraits or space suits. Other sheets show the Saturn V rocket lifting off, the lunar module descending toward the Moon's surface, footprints left in the lunar dust, and Earth as seen from space. A few sheets also include scenes from the astronauts' return, such as the ticker tape parade held in their honor in New York City. Together, the collection offers a visual timeline of the mission from launch to splashdown.

Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, and four days later the lunar module Eagle touched down on the Moon, allowing Armstrong and Aldrin to become the first humans to walk on its surface. The mission marked a defining moment in the space race and remains one of the most celebrated achievements of the 20th century. Because so many countries chose to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 2018 and 2019, sets like this one give collectors a chance to see how nations around the world honored the same event in their own stamp designs.

Here's what you'll get:

Antigua            #3435

Antigua            #3436

Grenada            #4305

Grenada            #4306

Liberia              #3297

Liberia              #3298

Palau                #1389

Palau                #1390

St. Vincent        #4155

St. Vincent        #4156

Tuvalu              #1428

Tuvalu              #1429