Celebrating NASA & Apollo 11 Through Stamps

We Came in Peace for All Mankind

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The 2.40-dollar 20th Anniversary of the Moon Landing stamp was issued July 20, 1989.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a plaque on the Moon with the following inscription:

Here Men From The Planet Earth

First Set Foot Upon The Moon

July 1969, A. D.

We Came In Peace For All Mankind

  • Neil A. Armstrong, Astronaut
  • Michael Collins, Astronaut
  • Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Astronaut
  • Richard Nixon, President, United States of America
 
$11.75 Landing on the Moon single
The 11.75 dollar Landing On The Moon stamp was issued July 8, 2000. This stamp along with three others issued a few days before and after were the first postage stamps with holographic images produced by the United States.