Name: James Webb Space Telescope Stamps
SKU: 482704
Price: 13.60 USD
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James Webb Space Telescope Stamps

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Issue Date: 9/8/2022

With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sensitive telescope ever deployed in space. The James Webb Space Telescope stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp in panes of 20.

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Sheet of 20 $13.60

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With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), the largest and most sensitive telescope ever deployed in space— capable of peering directly into the early cosmos and to the limits of the known universe. Launched on December 25, 2021, Webb now orbits the Sun about a million miles away from Earth.
The image on the stamp is an artist’s digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape. Webb’s 18 gold-coated mirror segments—hexagons that combine to form its 21-foot-wide primary mirror—can pick up faint heat waves representing the universe’s first accessible starlight from billions of light-years away. The secondary mirror, supported by three struts, is opposite the primary mirror. Below are Webb’s solar shield, computers, control machinery, and the solar array that provides power.
The selvage image of a star and distant space was taken by Webb early in its mission, brilliantly confirming the perfect alignment of the telescope’s 18 mirror segments.
Webb will provide views of the universe in its infancy, including galaxies during their formation. The telescope may identify planets with conditions advantageous for supporting life as we know it.
Webb represents multinational cooperation of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. Overall development was led and managed by NASA.
Art director Derry Noyes was the designer for the stamp project using existing art by James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/STScI. The James Webb Space Telescope stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp in panes of 20. This Forever stamp is always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.

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Issue:	James Webb Space Telescope Stamp
Item Number:	482700
Denomination &	First-Class Mail Forever
Type of Issue:
Format:	Pane of 20
Issue Date & City:	September 8, 2022, Washington, DC 20066
Art Director:	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer:	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Art:	James Vaughan, Kent, OH
Modeler:	Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process:	Offset, Microprint
Printer:	Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type:	Gallus RCS
Stamps per Pane:	20
Print Quantity:	30,000,000 stamps
Paper Type:	Phosphor, Block Tag
Adhesive Type:	Pressure-sensitive
Colors:	Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation:	Horizontal
Image Area (w x h):	1.42 x 0.84 in/36.068 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h):	1.56 x 0.98 in/39.624 x 24.892 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h):	7.5 x 7.77 in/190.5 x 197.358 mm
Press Sheet Size (w x h):	15.54 x 22.5 in/394.716 x 571.5 mm
Plate Size:	120 stamps per revolution
Plate Number:	“B” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front:	Header “James Webb Space Telescope” • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back:	©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (482700) • USPS LOGO • Promotional text • Plate position diagram (6)

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