First Man on the Moon
Print
1969 (printed and published)
1969 (printed and published)
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The printing plate for these stamps commemorating the first manned moon landing was taken into space on Apollo 11 and a proof was hand ‘cancelled’ by one of the crew during the flight. NASA artist Paul Calle created the image from his sketches of the astronauts preparing for their voyage. The design was kept a closely-guarded secret until the stamp was released two months after the successful mission in July 1969.
Object details
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| Title | First Man on the Moon (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph and engraving |
| Brief description | First Man on the Moon, sheet of 32 US 10c postage stamps commemorating the first manned moon landing, 1969. |
| Physical description | Rectangular perforated sheet (portrait format) of 32 x rectangular postage stamps (landscape format) printed in colour with illustration of astronaut Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface, the lunar module, and the earth visible over the horizon, lettered in red and black, logo printed in red in top left corner of the sheet, selvedge on left hand side of the sheet. |
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| Content description | Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the moon, the lunar module, and the earth appearing over the horizon. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Summary | The printing plate for these stamps commemorating the first manned moon landing was taken into space on Apollo 11 and a proof was hand ‘cancelled’ by one of the crew during the flight. NASA artist Paul Calle created the image from his sketches of the astronauts preparing for their voyage. The design was kept a closely-guarded secret until the stamp was released two months after the successful mission in July 1969. |
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| Accession number | E.729-2019 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2019 |
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