On July 19 the Postal Service issued the 1969: First Moon Landing Forever
Stamps during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral,
Florida. The stamps celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon
landing. Left to right: USPS Vice
President Marketing Steven Monteith; retired Astronaut and Scientist Russell
“Rusty” Schweickart; USPS General Counsel and Executive Vice President Thomas
J. Marshall; KSC Associate Director, Technical Kelvin Manning; Astronaut
Stanley G. Love; and KSC Chief Operating Officer Therrin Protze.
Acting Suncoast District Manager Steve Hardin (left) greeted Art Director
Antonio Alcala (right), who designed the stamps.
Customers (above) flocked to the event and were thrilled to purchase the
new stamps and retail products.
From left: Manager, Retail Carol
Shirley; Orlando Postmaster Diane Tindle and Manager, Marketing Sanja Reeves
posed for a photo after the event.
The 1969: First Moon
Landing stamps (above). The stamp on the left features
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s iconic photograph of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in his
spacesuit on the surface of the moon, while the stamp on the right is a
photograph of the moon that shows the landing site of the lunar module. The stamps are available at Post Offices
nationwide, through the Postal Store at usps.com/shop and by calling
800-STAMP24.
