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[from PostNL press materials] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]<\/em><\/span>
\nJourney to The Moon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of issue: 21 April 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Format: sheet with nine stamps in different shapes
\nItem number: 430461
\nDesign and illustrations: Lilian Vos, Vividblue<\/p>\n

On 21 April 2023, PostNL issued the Journey to The Moon stamp sheet, dedicated to space. Travelling to and in space has always captured people\u2019s imagination. This year a \"\"<\/a>number of space flights have been planned once again. The Journey to The Moon stamp sheet features nine stamps with illustrations related to space. The 10th stamp featuring the moon is missing. The stamp with the moon is symbolised by the punched-out circle, and PostNL plans to issue it when man sets foot on the moon again around 2025. This tenth stamp will then complete the journey to the moon series. The denomination on the Journey to The Moon stamps is \u20181\u2019, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for the Netherlands. A sheet of nine stamps costs \u20ac9.09.<\/p>\n

Ever since the development of the first telescopes more than 400 years ago, we have loved looking beyond what the human eye can see. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was \"\"<\/a>the first human in space in 1961, while the Russian Soyuz programme was launched in 1967. In 1969, the Americans put a human on the moon for the first time with Apollo 11. The Apollo programme was followed by the space shuttle programme. The ISS International Space Station has been the site of close international cooperation since 1998.<\/p>\n

Space is now visited more than ever before. This year, for instance, the ESA European Space Agency will be launching the Juice space probe, which will map Jupiter\u2019s largest moons. A number of commercial organisations will also be testing their latest rockets in 2023, including the New Glenn (Blue Origin) and the Starship (SpaceX). Later this year, NASA will send space probe Psyche to the asteroid of the same \"\"<\/a>name between Mars and Jupiter. The moon will also get a visit in 2023, from Japanese, Russian and Indian unmanned lunar landers, among others.<\/p>\n

The Artemis international space programme aims to land astronauts on the moon again by 2025. The programme consists of 3 missions: an unmanned test flight (late 2022), a mission during which astronauts circle the moon without landing (scheduled for 2024) and finally a lunar landing mission (scheduled for 2025).<\/p>\n

The stamps feature illustrations of the following nine subjects:<\/p>\n