Guernsey 2009 Europa Astronomy
From Stamps of the World
- This is the 400th Anniversary of the Telescope
- Issue date : 28th May 2009
- Designed by: Mark Totty
- Printed by: Joh. Enschedé, Netherlands
- Print process: lithography
- Sheet Size: 10 (2 x 5)
- Stamp Size: 36mm x 36mm
- Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
- Withdrawn: 27th May 2010
36p ~ Quasar (digital enhancement)
43p ~ asteroid (with other bodies of the solar system)
51p ~ sunrays falling on surface of the Earth (view from a satellite)
54p ~ Jupiter, with Sun flaring in background
56p ~ Moon eclipsing Sun
77p ~ solar eruption, photographed by the SOHO satellite on July 1, 2002
- only the 43p and 51p values are inscribed EUROPA
