USPS - Views of Our Planets

During the modern era of space exploration, the planets of our solar system have been viewed with increasing clarity, thanks to the distant voyages of unmanned spacecraft and the development of ever-more powerful telescopes. With this digital stamp art, the U.S. Postal Service® showcases some of the more visually compelling full-disk images of the planets obtained during this era. Eight colorful stamps feature Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some show the planet’s “true” color—what we might see with our own eyes if traveling through space. Others use colors to represent and visualize certain features of a planet based on imaging data.

Views of Our Planets - Mercury
This view of Mercury, obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft in 2011-2012, uses colors to visualize chemical and other differences between the rocks on its surface.

Image by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 2,000
Rarity: Common
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Venus
Through the use of stimulated colors, the view of Venus in this stamp art was produced from data generated in 1991 by a radar sensor on NASA’s Magellan spacecraft that penetrated the planet’s thick clouds and mapped details of its surface.

Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 2,000
Rarity: Common
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Earth
This detailed image of Earth was created from photographs taken by an imaging radiometer on NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite soon after it began orbiting our home planet in 2011.

Image by NASA © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 1,500
Rarity: Uncommon
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Mars
The view of Mars combines 24 images taken on a single day in 1999 by a camera aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor. The camera generates pictures resembling weather maps seen on nightly broadcasts.

Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 1,500
Rarity: Uncommon
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Jupiter
Jupiter appears in pastel colors in this image taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer in 2004. The near-infrared view reveals the layers of clouds that make up the planet’s atmosphere.

‍Image by NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 900
Rarity: Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Saturn
‍The view of Saturn, taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1998, is one of a sequence of images showing detailed variations in the color and brightness of the planet’s rings.

Image by NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl/AURA) © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 900
Rarity: Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #41
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 90 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Uranus
Scientists used a near-infrared filter in this image of Uranus, taken in 2003 by Hubble’s Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys, to reveal atmospheric features.

Image by NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 500
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 50 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

Views of Our Planets - Neptune
‍The picture of Neptune, taken in 1989 by NASA’s Voyager 2, shows the “Great Dark Spot” that later disappeared from view.

Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech © 2024 United States Postal Service®.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with Permission

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 8 AM PT
List Price: 6.00
Editions: 250
Rarity: Secret Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

‍_{A total of 40 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

View of Our Planets - Pane of 16 (craft)
Thanks to the distant voyages of unmanned spacecraft and the development of ever-more powerful telescopes, scientists can look at the planets of our solar system in many different ways. This stamp pane offers a small sample of the vast portfolio of planetary images. Some show the planet’s “true” color—what we might see with our own eyes if traveling through space.

Drop Date: 21 August 2024, 9 AM PT
List Price: 0.00
Editions: 650
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Edition Type: First Edition
First Edition for Public Sale: #21
License: USPS
Brand: USPS Stamp Art
Series: Views of Our Planets
Available: Globally

Crafting details

To be eligible to craft View of Our Planets - Pane of 16 user's will need to hold any 3x digital collectible from the USPS Views of Our Planets series which will be burned during the crafting process. Crafting will begin one hour after the drop opens and is first in / first served. Store purchases only and crafting will close 4 September 2024 at 11:59PM PT.

‍_{A total of 50 editions from each rarity will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.}

_{There is a 5,000 minimum Points bid for this blind box. 40% of reservations will be allocated in the Waitlist for MCP Priority Bidding.}

_{© 2024 United States Postal Service®. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission}

Waitlist Drop - Blind Box

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