{"id":1415,"date":"2014-11-14T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:40:07","slug":"royal-mail-postmark-celebrates-comet-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mail Postmark Celebrates Comet Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[press release[<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">ROYAL MAIL POSTMARK TAKES OFF FOLLOWING ROSETTA MISSION SUCCESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal Mail is issuing a postmark to highlight the historic moment the European Space Agency landed a spacecraft on a comet<\/li>\n<li>The Philae lander touched down on comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko yesterday following the Rosetta orbiter\u2019s 10 year mission across the Solar System<\/li>\n<li>Royal Mail\u2019s postmark will be delivered on mail across the UK on Friday and Saturday. It will say: \u2018Celebrating the first ever landing on a comet. Congratulations to the European Space Agency.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rosettapostmark.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rosettapostmark.png\" alt=\"Rosettapostmark\" width=\"800\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rosettapostmark.png 800w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rosettapostmark-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rosettapostmark-500x182.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Letters delivered across the UK will be reaching for the stars tomorrow (Friday 14th November), as Royal Mail celebrates the European Space Agency (ESA) landing a spacecraft on a comet, with a special postmark.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (November 12) saw the the ESA make history as the Rosetta orbiter\u2019s Philae lander touched down on comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time that a spacecraft has landed on a comet. The Rosetta orbiter began its ten year journey in 2004, chasing the comet across the Solar System. The mission aims to conduct unprecedented scientific analysis of the comet and its environment.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the occasion, Royal Mail\u2019s postmark will appear on millions of items of mail delivered to addresses nationwide on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It will say \u2018Celebrating the first ever landing on a comet. Congratulations to the European Space Agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hammond from Royal Mail, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be marking the European Space Agency\u2019s fantastic achievement with one of our special postmarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rosetta mission has captured the public\u2019s imagination and excitement about space exploration, and we\u2019re pleased to be recognising this historic moment in this unique way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur postmark is set to take off and will appear on mail delivered by our postmen and women across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Royal Mail\u2019s postmark programme is used to celebrate historic moments, sporting events and highlight our support of charities. The postmark is also used to remind customers to post their mail in time for certain occasions, such as Mother\u2019s Day or Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[press release[ ROYAL MAIL POSTMARK TAKES OFF FOLLOWING ROSETTA MISSION SUCCESS Royal Mail is issuing a postmark to highlight the historic moment the European Space Agency landed a spacecraft on a comet The Philae lander touched down on comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=1415\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}