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2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp information


Total Eclipse of the Sun stamp
Country of productionUnited States of America
Location of productionBrowns Summit, North Carolina[1]
DesignerAntonio Alcalá[1]
PrinterBanknote Corporation of America[1]
Dimensions31.12 mm × 31.12 mm (1.225 in × 1.225 in)[1]
PerforationDie cut
CommemoratesSolar eclipse of August 21, 2017
DepictsA total solar eclipse
NotabilityFirst U.S. stamp using thermochromic ink
Estimated value49¢

The United States Postal Service issued the Total Eclipse of the Sun[2] Forever stamp[3] on June 20, 2017.[4] The stamp includes two superimposed images, one showing a total solar eclipse and the second showing a full moon that is revealed upon heat being applied. This stamp commemorates the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, which was visible across the continental United States from coast to coast,[5] weather permitting.

  1. ^ a b c d "Update: Stamp Announcement 17-27: Total Eclipse of the Sun Stamp". United States Postal Service. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2017-07-12. The technical details table for the Total Eclipse of the Sun stamp is shown here.
  2. ^ "Total Eclipse of the Sun to be commemorated on a Forever Stamp". United States Postal Service. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  3. ^ "Touch New Stamp and Presto, Total Solar Eclipse Becomes Moon". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-07-09. the Forever 49 cent stamp
  4. ^ Rice, Doyle (2017-05-01). "Awesome new eclipse Forever stamp morphs when you touch it". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-07-09. The stamp's official release ceremony will take place at the Art Museum of the University of Wyoming in Laramie on June 20, the day of the summer solstice.
  5. ^ "Eclipse America". American Astronomical Society. 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-18. For the first time since 1979, a total eclipse of the Sun is coming to the continental United States, and for the first time since 1918, it is crossing the country from coast to coast.

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