Solar & Lunar Eclipses, & Transit Of Venus Stamps

Portugal
Solar Eclipse of October 3, 2005
October 3, 2005

South Africa
Total Solar Eclipse of December 4, 2002
December 4, 2002

Great Britain
Total Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 souvenir sheet
August 3, 1999

Alderney
Solar Eclipse souvenir sheet
April 27, 1999
The souvenir sheet (190 mm x 80 mm) shows the sequence and trajectory of the total solar eclipse of northern Europe on August 11, 1999.

South Africa
Transit of Venus
June 5, 2012
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun.
Transits of Venus occur in a pattern that generally repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years. The souvenir sheet marks the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012 and on June 8, 2004.

Portugal
Astronomy - Venus' Solar Transit
June 27, 2012
The souvenir sheet illustrates the transit of Venus in 2004 and 2012.

Curacao
Transit of Venus
May 21, 2012

The 200th Anniversary of the Observation of the Transit of Venus
Norfolk Island - June 3, 1969
New Zealand - October 9, 1969
Both New Zealand and Norfolk Island issued a stamp to mark the 1769 Transit of Venus observed by Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) during his voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean.

Indonesia
Total Solar Eclipse
March 9, 2016
A total solar eclipse will sweep across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday March 9, 2016. The stamp design features the ancient legends of the sun devoured by heavenly beast.

Turkey
Solar Eclipse
March 29, 2006
On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse occurred when the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon's shadow fell on the eastern tip of Brazil, sped eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, and into Turkey. The eclipse passed through Turkey from 13:54 to 14:13 local time.

Egypt
Solar Eclipse
March 29, 2006
A total solar eclipse passed through Egypt on March 29, 2006. The eclipse was best observed at Matrouh on the Mediterranean coast.

Turkish Cyprus
Solar Eclipse
November 12, 1999
The stamp marks the total solar eclipse on August 11, 1999 which acrossed the Atlantic Ocean, central Europe, Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan and India.

Netherlands Antilles
Total Solar Eclipse, Curacao
February 26, 1998
The souvenir sheet contains a stamp in which the Moon is printed in hologram.

Vanuatu
Partial Solar Eclipse
October 31, 2012
A total solar eclipse took place on November 13 - 15, 2012 across the International Date Line. Total eclipse was visible from northern Australia to about 4° north of the Chilean Juan Fernández Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The stamp set marks the partial solar eclipse in the morning of November 14, 2012 in Vanuatu.

Philippines
Total Solar Eclipse
March 18, 1988
A total solar eclipse occurred on March 18, 1988. It passed by Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines into the western Pacific Ocean.