Celebrate space exploration with this new OSIRIS-REx stamp from the U.S. Postal Service.
One stamp on a pane of 20 shows a capsule containing a sample of the asteroid Bennu parachuting down to Earth. This is the final step in NASA’s 7-year mission to study and map the asteroid.
Product Specification:
| Issue: | OSIRIS-REx Stamp |
| Item Number: | 484200 |
| Denomination & | First-Class Mail Forever |
| Type of Issue: | |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date & City: | September 22, 2023, Salt Lake City, UT 84199 |
| Art Director: | Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA |
| Designer: | Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA |
| Artist: | Alan Dingman |
| Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset, Microprint |
| Printer: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (APU) |
| Press Type: | Muller A76 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 18,000,000 stamps |
| Paper Type: | Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tagged |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Colors: | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Pantone Warm Grey 2 |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.84 x 1.42 in / 21.336 x 36.068 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.98 x 1.56 in / 24.892 x 39.624 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 7.50 x 8.50 in / 109.50 x 215.90 mm |
| Press Sheets Size (w x h): | 23.00 x 26.00 in / 584.20 x 660.40 mm |
| Plate Size: | 180 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Number: | “P” followed by five (5) single digits in two corners |
| Marginal Markings: | |
| Front: | Header: “OSIRIS-REx” • Mission to Asteroid Bennu and Return to Earth • Plate number in bottom 2 corners |
| Back: | ©2023 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (484200) • Plate position diagram (9) • Promotional text |