New Zealand - “ SPACE PIONEERS."

MNH ~ Unique Stamp Set with Meteor Dust !

These fun stamps celebrate six of New Zealand's astronomers, cosmologists, discoverers and rocket scientists.

They have been topped off with a sprinkling of crushed meteorite and together form a rocket ship shape in a se-tenant strip.

Immersed in a clear, unpolluted southern sky, from New Zealand we have more stars and galaxies accessible to the naked eye than in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

It is not surprising then that for most of New Zealand’s history, the lines between professional and amateur astronomers have been blurred.

It is in this spirit that New Zealanders have helped to advance the world’s knowledge about space and space sciences.

Date of Issue: 1 May 2019.

(NZS19).