February 2009

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10 February 2009: Jersey - EUROPA issue

Jersey Post Europa 2009 ~ Astronomy issue: The following constellations are set to be featured - Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Boötes, Corona Borealis, Cygnus, Pegasus, Perseus and Orion. As are Galileo, discoverer of the four Jovian satellites - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - who will join Jupiter and those moons as a centerpiece of the four stamps. The constellation designs are to present a 'twinkling star' effect through a combination of embossed printing and 'simili silver.'

Jersey ~ Europa 2009 - Astronomy - 35p Sheet - Galileo, Jupiter - Io, Ursa Major & Cassiopeia

Jersey ~ Europa 2009 - Astronomy - 39p Sheet - Galileo, Jupiter - Europa, Boötes & Corona Borealis

Jersey ~ Europa 2009 - Astronomy - 43p Sheet - Galileo, Jupiter - Ganymede, Cygnus & Pegasus

Jersey ~ Europa 2009 - Astronomy - 76p Sheet - Galileo, Jupiter - Callisto, Perseus & Orion

First Day Cover design with a complete set of the stamps and supporting cache art.

Four stamp set depicting Jupiter as the central motif of a four unit se-tenant design. Each quadrant of the design carries one arc of an image of Jupiter which when combined in the correct order, presents an overview of the gas giant. Additionally, the following constellations are featured - Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Boötes, Corona Borealis, Cygnus, Pegasus, Perseus and Orion. Galileo, discoverer of the four Jovian satellites - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - will join Jupiter and those moons as a design feature of the four stamps. The constellation designs are to present a 'twinkling star' effect through a combination of embossed printing and 'simili silver.' The stamps sold as sheets of ten (of a single value) also carry the constellations in the selvage portion of the sheet.

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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.