What Space Travel Stamps Do You Have?

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United States' Apollo program, the enterprise that landed the first humans on the Moon. Here is an image of an airmail stamp commemorating the Apollo 17 Moon landing in December, 1972, designed and engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by Malagasy on January 25, 1973, Scott No. C111, plus a photo of mission commander astronaut Eugene A. Cernan behind the wheel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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"Man on the Moon," printed by photogravure, and issued by India on November 19, 1969 to commemorate the Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969, Scott No. 503.

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British Virgin Islands 2009 International Year of Astronomy / 40th Anniversary of 1st Man on the Moon MS+5v.
The miniature sheet shows a painting of space exploration, with the painter's imagination of a vehicle on the moon surface. The stamps feature:
50c Goddard Rocket Shop, Roswell, 1940
75c Vertol VZ-2, 1960
$1.00 Apollo 11 at the launchpad, 1969
$1.25 Space Transportation System 126, 2008
$2.30 Docking Procedure at the International Space Station

Cayman Islands 2009 International Year of Astronomy / 40th Anniversary of 1st Man on the Moon MS+5v.
The MS shows a painting by an astronaut. The stamps show:
20c Mars Rover, 2004
25c Space Transportation System 71 launch, 1995
75c Hubble Telescope
$1.00 Apollo 11 launching, 1969
$1.50 International Space Station

Kiribati 2009 International Year of Astronomy / 40th Anniversary of 1st Man on the Moon MS+5v.
The MS shows an astronaut's painting of the planting of USA flag on the moon. The stamps show:
40c Mars Science Laboratory on the Red Planet
50c International Space Station
75c Endeavour and Boeing Transporter, 2008
$1.25 Apollo 12 launching, 1969
$3.00 Luna 16, 1970

Seychelles 2009 International Year of Astronomy / 40th Anniversary of 1st Man on the Moon MS+5v.
The MS shows painting of astronaut saluting the USA flag. The stamps show:
R3.50 X1 being loaded under Superfortress, 1951
R7 Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, 1964
R8 Apollo 11 launch site, 1969
R13 Space Transportation System 86, 1997
R20 Soyuz TMA rolling out to launch pad, 2008

I have recently purchased hundreds of space stamps and first day issue covers from various countries. Is there a good price value guide that is recommended?

Wellp, this arrived on a postcard today, and seeing as I can't read Russian, I am not totally sure what is depicted next to the man. Looks like a space craft of some kind to me!

He doesn't seem to be happy to be on the stamp, does he? :)

Nells - Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin (1914-1971) was a prominent aerospace engineer working in the USSR's space program. Your Russia stamp, featuring a portrait of Babakin and depicting the 1970 Soviet spacecraft "Luna-17" in the background, was designed by A. Povarihin, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia on November 13, 2014 to commemorate G. N. Babakin's birth centenary.

Here is an image of an airmail stamp illustrating the descent of the USSR's Venera-4 probe through the atmosphere of Venus on October 18, 1967, designed and engraved by Jacques Gauthier, and issued by Central African Republic on April 23, 1968 to commemorate this achievement in space exploration, Scott No. C56. Note: G. N. Babakin's team designed and built the Venera-4 spacecraft!

- nethryk

On Jun 20th 1998, the last day that the Pathfinder sheets were being sold, I mailed one for eleven different small towns along California's scenic coastline to my self. From Stewarts Point to Fort Bragg. North western Sonoma county and Mendocino county coastal towns. This one is from Point Arena.

Here are images of the two airmail stamps in a set commemorating successful Russian (USSR) unmanned moon missions accomplished in 1970, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991), and issued by Chad on September 19, 1972, Scott Nos. C140 & C141, plus relevant photos.

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Luna 16 lander on the moon, and a rocket in flight. Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth.


Luna 17 Lunokhod 1 ("Moonwalker") moon rover on the surface.

Here are images of the five airmail stamps in a set honoring "pioneers of space research," designed and engraved (except as noted) by French artist Michel Monvoisin (1932-1982), and issued by Niger on May 11, 1970, Scott Nos. C122-C126.

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Clément Ader (1841-1925), French inventor and engineer.


Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799), French hot air balloon inventors and aeronauts.


Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist.


Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, and philosopher (engraved by Cécile Guillame, 1933-2004).


Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian polymath.