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In 1948, the U.S. Postal Service issued the
world's first 'space' stamp, a 3 cent, blue
issue, in recognition of the Palomar
Mountain Observatory.
Date of Issue - August 30, 1948
Place of Issue - Palomar Mountain Observatory, California.
First Day Cover Counts - 401,365
Quantity Issued - 61,120,010
1948 3¢ Mount Palomar
1960 4¢ Echo 1
1962 4¢ Project Mercury
1964 8¢ Robert Goddard Airmail
1967 5¢ Space Walk/Gemini
1969 6¢ Apollo 8
1969 10¢ Moon Landing Airmail
1971 8¢ Decade of Achievement
1974 10¢ Skylab
1975 10¢ Mariner 10
1975 10¢ Pioneer 10
1975 10¢ Apollo-Soyuz
1978 15¢ Viking missions to Mars
1981 18¢ Space Achievement
1991 29¢ Space Exploration
1992 29¢ Int. Cooperation
1992 29¢ Theodore von Karman
1994 29¢ Apollo 11 25th Anniv.
1997 $3.00 Mars Pathfinder
1998 32¢ Space Discovery
1999 33¢ Edwin Hubble
2000 $11.75 Lunar Hologram
2000 $3.20 Shuttle Hologram
2000 60¢ Vastness of Space
2000 $1.00 Solar System
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