Solar & Lunar Eclipses, & Transit Of Venus Stamps

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

El Salvador

1991

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

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.

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.

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.

Costa Rica
International Space Year
July 17, 1992
Set of three, one stamp depicts total solar eclipse.

Republic of China (Taiwan)
Astronomy
June 20, 2020
Set of four, one stamp depicts annular solar eclipse which occurred over Africa, Asia, and Oceania on June 21, 2020.

The Legend of Rahu – The Origin of the Eclipse

During the churning of the milk ocean, the gods received the immortalization nectar from Monini. Svarbhânu the demon sneaked between Sûrya the sun and Chandra the moon, and received nectar. Both, when realized this fraud, convinced Vishnu to cut Svarbhânu into two pieces. The upper part of Svarbhânu became Rahu, an immortal dragon head that swallows occasionally the sun or the moon as revenge causing eclipse.

Here are three stamps issued by Laos:

Lao Mythology, Designer: Ky Phungchaleun, Engraver: Jumelet - 1971:

Space in Retrospect, Designer: Marc Leguay, Engraver: J. Larriviere:


Buddha Park of Xieng Khouane - 2006:

Here are a pair( #'s 934,935) of Portugal International Quiet Sun Year, Partial Eclipse of Sun.