#eclipsestamps

[aulty]

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The Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamp, USA, the limited-edition, colour-changing total eclipse stamp - #EclipseStamps #TotalEclipse #Sun #Solareclipse #moon #Foreverstamp #Stamp #colorchanging #eclipse #USA ##thermochromic commemorative #space #Aulty #Qatar #Doha #tourism #Kerala #India #followme #addme #collection #Black (at Doha)

[znoe]

Artmail of #robertpattinson as Eros the archetype of love. Desire mates with chaos and love is born. Film still from #cosmopolis #eclipsestamps (at Velcrow Studios)

[sarahheartsdesign]

🌕And the #eclipsestamps in the hot, humid Georgia air causing all these clouds.⛈ Stamps make me happy now. Also the TV because I keep watching it happen across the country! #eclipse2017 #eclipsestamp #snailmail #eclipse (at Glynn County, Georgia)

[sarahheartsdesign]

🌑This is about as close to the eclipse as we’re gonna’ get here I fear! Rain, rain go away I want to see the #eclipse live today!🌕 Here are my stamps in the cool indoor Georgia A/C. ✨✨✨ #eclipsestamps #celestial #moonpower #moonrising #eclipse2017 #snailmailrocks (at Glynn County, Georgia)

[taralekatana]

Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever 49¢ | Sheet of 16 On August 21, 2017, tens of millions of people in the United States will have an opportunity to view a total eclipse of the Sun. A total solar eclipse was last seen on the U.S. mainland in 1979, but only in the Northwest. The eclipse this summer will sweep a narrow path across the entire country—the first time this has happened since 1918. The U.S. Postal Service® anticipates this rare event with a stamp celebrating the majesty of solar eclipses. The Total Eclipse of the Sun stamp is the first U.S. stamp to use thermochromic ink, which reacts to the heat of your touch. Placing your finger over the black disc on the stamp causes the ink to change from black to clear to reveal an underlying image of the moon. The image reverts back to the black disc once it cools. The back of the stamp pane shows a map of the eclipse path.You can preserve the integrity of your Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever® stamp pane with our protective sleeve specifically designed for stamp preservation. The stamp uses a photograph taken by astrophysicist Fred Espenak of a total solar eclipse that was seen over Jalu, Libya, on March 29, 2006. Mr. Espenak also took the photograph of the full moon that is revealed by pressing upon the stamp image. The reverse side of the stamp pane shows the path across the United States of the forthcoming August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse and gives the times that it will appear in some locations. Issue Date: June 20, 2017 Art Director/Designer: Antonio Alcalá #unitedstatespostalservice #usps #thepostalstore #totaleclipseofthesun #totaleclipse #eclipse #eclipsestamps #foreverstamps #postalstamps #postage #thermochromic #thermochromicink #fredespenak

[tikaimports]

Who's excited about the solar eclipse on Monday? We've got our viewing glasses ready to go, but in the mean time we're having fun playing with our heat sensitive color changing Mirage Beads next to these cool USPS color changing stamps. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕 #heatsensitive #thermosensitive #colorchanging #miragebeads #colorchangingbeads #usps #foreverstamps #colorchangingstamps #eclipsestamps #totalsolareclipse #solareclipse #eclipse2017 #sun #moon #pathoftotality #tika #tikaimports (at Trinidad, California)

[comtedemoney]

Stamp images ©opyright United States Postal Service 2017

Total Eclipse of the Sun to be commemorated on a Forever Stamp One Stamp: Two Images April 27, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger. The public is asked to share the news on social media using the hashtag #EclipseStamps.

Tens of millions of people in the United States hope to view this rare event, which has not been seen on the U.S. mainland since 1979. The eclipse will travel a narrow path across the entire country for the first time since 1918. The path will run west to east from Oregon to South Carolina and will include portions of 14 states.

The June 20, 1:30 p.m. MT First-Day-of-Issue ceremony will take place at the Art Museum of the University of Wyoming (UW) in Laramie. The University is celebrating the summer solstice on June 20. Prior to the event, visitors are encouraged to arrive at 11:30 a.m. to witness a unique architectural feature where a single beam of sunlight shines on a silver dollar embedded in the floor, which occurs at noon on the summer solstice in the UW Art Museum’s Rotunda Gallery.

The Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamps may be pre-ordered at usps.com/shop in early June for delivery following the June 20 nationwide issuance.

Be sure to click on the link to see both the map of the solar eclipse’s track and to read more about the thermochromic ink this unusual commemorative stamp uses.

[cosmophage]

The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger. The public is asked to share the news on social media using the hashtag #EclipseStamps. In a swath of the country from South Carolina to Oregon, darkness will reign in the middle of the day for a full two minutes and 40 seconds as the moon slips between the sun and Earth casting a shadow 100 miles wide. Astrophysicist Fred Espenak, known as Mr. Eclipse, took the photos used for the stamp. The image of the full eclipse is from a March 29, 2006 event seen in Jalu, Libya. When warmed by touch, the image turns to a full moon, and reverts to the solar eclipse as it cools. https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_020.htm