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Bedrock Of The Community

United States

11845 Posts

Posted 02/12/2017 5:03 pm

Bulgaria
International Quiet Sun Year
December 15, 1965
The stamp set shows the logo of IQSY. The 2 Ct and 13 Ct stamp shows solar eclipse and lunar eclipse, respectively.

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Bedrock Of The Community

United States

11845 Posts

Posted 04/09/2017 6:34 pm

Bolivia
Solar Eclipse
October 21, 1994
The stamp marks the total solar eclipse of November 3, 1994 across central part of South America, southern Atlantic Ocean, and the southern tip of Africa.

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United States

11845 Posts

Posted 06/26/2017 9:45 pm

United States
Total Solar Eclipse
August 21, 2017
The new stamp is printed with thermochromic ink. Warming the stamp causes the ink to change from black (left image) to clear to reveal an underlying image of the moon (right image).

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United Kingdom

774 Posts

Posted 07/28/2017 04:39 am

From Alderney (Bailiwick of Guernsey), marking the next Solar Eclipse to take place on 21 August 2017:

The full disc of the Sun is shown when the stamps/MS are exposed to heat (warm hands should suffice).

Issue date - 19 July 2017
designed - The Potting Shed
Printed - Joh Enschede
Method - offset litho
Six stamps (of the values shown in the MS) were also issued.

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Edited by Outremer01 - 07/28/2017 04:40 am

Bedrock Of The Community

United States

11845 Posts

Posted 11/26/2017 4:34 pm

Angola
Total Solar Eclipse
December 4, 2002
The minisheet commemorates the total solar eclipse of June 21, 2001, which was visible from a narrow corridor in the southern Atlantic Ocean and southern Africa, including Angola.

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Brazil

205 Posts

Posted 02/10/2019 1:24 pm

El Salvador

1991

A se-tenat stamp was issued celebrating the total eclipse of the Sun, happened in july, 11 of 1991.

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United States

11845 Posts

Posted 06/26/2019 12:03 pm

Portugal
Centenary of the Einstein Eclipse
May 20, 2019
Set of two, one stamp depicts the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919. Observations from two expeditions demonstrate the bending of light by the gravity of the Sun and validate the general theory of relativity of Albert Einstein.

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Edited by KuoLC5310 - 06/26/2019 12:22 pm

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United States

11845 Posts

Posted 07/05/2019 5:12 pm

Brazil
Centenary of the Sobral Eclipse
May 29, 2019
The stamp marks the centenary of the Sobral (Ceara) Eclipse, also known as the Einstein Eclipse, which occurred on May 29, 1919.

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United States

11845 Posts

Posted 07/09/2019 12:22 pm

Chile
Solar Eclipse in Chile
July 2, 2019
The stamp commemorates the solar eclipse occurred on July 2, 2019. Totality was visible from the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand to the Coquimbo Region in Chile and Central Argentina.

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Edited by KuoLC5310 - 07/09/2019 6:07 pm

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