{"id":26516,"date":"2019-06-03T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26516"},"modified":"2019-06-03T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:32:11","slug":"postal-service-issuing-1969-first-moon-landing-forever-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/06\/03\/postal-service-issuing-1969-first-moon-landing-forever-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service Issuing 1969: First Moon Landing Forever Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and man\u2019s first steps on the Moon with two Forever stamps.<\/p>\n

The stamp dedication ceremony is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags\u00a0#MoonLandingStamps<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0#AstronautStamps<\/strong>.<\/dd>\n

Who:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, United States Postal Service and Dedicating Official<\/p>\n

Steven W. Monteith, Vice President, Marketing, United States Postal Service<\/p>\n

Col. Robert D. Cabana, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA<\/p>\n

Russell L. (Rusty) Schweickart, former NASA astronaut and scientist, NASA<\/dd>\n

When:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Friday, July 19, 2019, at 11 a.m. EDT<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
\nSpace Commerce Way
\nMerritt Island, FL<\/p>\n<\/address>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

RSVP:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dedication ceremony attendees are required to RSVP at\u00a0usps.com\/moonlanding<\/em><\/a>.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved something that had long been confined to the realm of science fiction when they landed a spidery spacecraft named\u00a0Eagle<\/em>\u00a0on the Moon. A worldwide audience watched and listened when Armstrong stepped onto the Moon\u2019s surface and famously said, \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the 50th anniversary of this first Moon landing, two stamp designs commemorate that historic milestone. One stamp features Armstrong\u2019s iconic photograph of Aldrin in his spacesuit on the surface of the Moon. The other stamp, a photograph of the moon taken in 2010 by Gregory H. Revera from his home in Madison, AL, shows the landing site of the lunar module,\u00a0Eagle<\/em>, in the Sea of Tranquility. The site is indicated on the stamp by a dot. Art director Antonio Alcal\u00e1\u00a0designed the stamps.<\/p>\n

The 1969: First Moon Landing\u00a0<\/em>stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through\u00a0USA Philatelic<\/em>\u00a0or at Post Office locations nationwide.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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