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NEW ZEALAND

Issued on: May 2, 2019.-
9 Values Perforated
Type: Complete Set
Printing method: offset

Description : New Zealand space pioneers. Famous scientists and important space events including 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. Relief 3-D.

News release of New Zealand Post Office.

NZ Post Head of Stamps and Coins Simon Allison says this year marks 50 years since the Moon landing, and the time is right to commemorate New Zealanders` role in pioneering space exploration.
In New Zealand we have some amazing clear skies with which to study the night sky, so it`s no wonder Kiwis have made such an impact in this field.”

These stamps celebrate New Zealand`s achievements in the areas of astronomy, cosmology and rocket science in the context of global progress in this area, alongside celebrations of the first Moon landing.”

The stamps are sprinkled with real star dust, collected from a meteorite found in Morocco, and celebrate six New Zealanders who have helped to advance the world`s knowledge about space and space sciences:
• Beatrice Hill Tinsley: Pioneer astrophysicist Beatrice Hill Tinsley was a world leader in modern cosmology. Her 114 published papers are regularly cited today, showing her ongoing contribution to understanding the Universe. An asteroid, a mountain and a prize that recognises her outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics, of an exceptionally creative or innovative character, are named after her.
• Charles Gifford: Charles Gifford was New Zealand`s most outstanding astronomer in the first half of the last century. He mathematically showed that the Moon`s craters were made by meteorite impact.
• Sir William Pickering, ONZ KBE: A pioneer of the world`s space exploration, William Pickering directed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States for 22 years. On the cover of TIME magazine twice, he launched America`s first spacecraft, was instrumental in the success of the Apollo programme and the Voyager missions and retired after seeing Viking 1 on its way to Mars. Sir William also has a New Zealand mountain named after him.
• Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin: Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin track near-Earth asteroids, objects that might be a threat to Earth in the long term. In the course of this work they have discovered 41 minor planets, a comet and a nova.
• Albert Jones, OBE: One of the greatest visual observers of all time, Albert Jones monitored stars that change brightness called variable stars. With a telescope he built in 1948, he made more than 500,000 brightness estimates, more than anyone in history, and discovered two comets and a supernova (SN1987a)

“We`re proud of the significant contributions Kiwis have had in pioneering this field, and hope through the stamps and our Space Place at the Carter Observatory to inspire a new generation to follow their lead.”

The wider stamp issue also contains 3D images celebrating the bigger space story, including the Moon landing.
These fun stamps celebrate six of New Zealand`s astronomers, cosmologists, discoverers and rocket scientists. They have been topped off with a sprinkling of crushed meteorite and together form a rocket ship shape in a se-tenant strip.
3D Lenticular Miniature Sheet

This mesmerising 3D lenticular miniature sheet is a celebration of the world`s achievements in space exploration. The four stamps feature spacecraft Voyager 1, which reached interstellar space; the Space Shuttle, America`s reusable spacecraft which launched many satellites including the Space Station; the first Moon walk on 20 July 1969; and the lightweight craft Apollo Lunar Module, used to transport astronauts to the Moon`s surface. The Solar System, a comet, nebula and the galaxy with exoplanets, and New Zealand`s history-making Electron rocket by Rocket Lab form the background to the stamp sheet.

Values information :
strip of 5:
10580 NZE 1    1.20$ Beatrice Hill Tinsley Cosmologiste
10580 NZE 2    1.20$ Alan Gilmore et Pamela Kilmartin
10580 NZE 3    2.40$ Charles Gifford Astronome
10580 NZE 4    3.00$ Albert Jones Astronome
10580 NZE 5    3.60$ Sir William Pickering - Rocket Man

sheetlet of 4:
10580 NZE 6    4.00$ Voyager 1
10580 NZE 7    4.00$ Shuttle NASA
10580 NZE 8    4.00$ Aldrin
10580 NZE 9    4.00$ Apollo 11

Yvert  : 3481/3485 + F3486
Michel : 3672/3676 + Block 432
Scott  : 2861a + 2862

SPACE REVUE : 09 - 2019

Keyword(s) : #Apollo, #Armstrong, #Astronaut, #Celebrity, #Deep space, #Moon and probes, #NASA, #Rocket, #Satellite, #Scientist, #Spaceship.

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