Exploring the Moon on stamps

These stamps, joined together as a panoramic pair, marked ten years of human exploration since the first American manned spaceflight by Alan Shepard in 1961. They were issued on 1971 August 2, the very day that the Apollo 15 astronauts left the Moon after having been the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle shown here. The Sun and Moon are placed unrealistically low and close together in the sky for artistic effect.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers:

1437–1438

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	USA 1971 Apollo 15



	These stamps, joined together as a panoramic pair, marked ten years of human exploration since the first American manned spaceflight by Alan Shepard in 1961. They were issued on 1971 August 2, the very day that the Apollo 15 astronauts left the Moon after having been the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle shown here. The Sun and Moon are placed unrealistically low and close together in the sky for artistic effect. Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers: 1437–1438  Back to Exploring the Moon on Stamps