Best of the Smithsonian - Space
Date of issue: 2021
31 August 2021
30 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Congo Republic
60th anniversary of the first human flight in space
60th anniversary of the first human flight in space. Sheetlet of 4 stamps and souvenir sheet with portraits of the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1.
Date of issue: 12 April 2021
29 August 2021
26 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Burundi
60th anniversary of the first human flight in space
Date of issue: 12 April 2021
Stamp image courtesy of espacelollini
New Stamp issue - Burkina Faso
50th anniversary of Soyuz 11 flight - Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov
Date of issue: 9 January 2021
25 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Burkina Faso
60th anniversary of first man in space - Yuri Gagarin
Date of issue: 9 January 2021
24 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Bulgaria
First Man in Space 60th Anniversary - Yuri Gagarin
Date of issue: 11 June 2021
US Astronaut Birth Centenary John Glenn
Date of issue: 16 April 2021
23 August 2021
New ASSS Facebook Group
New ASSS Facebook Group
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Objection to Scotland rocket site dismissed
Objection to Scotland rocket site dismissed
A submission from a landowner who objected to the establishment of a rocket launch site in the Sutherland (Scotland) Highlands & Islands failed, and permission has now been given for the site’s spaceport development to go ahead.
Scotland’s Court of Session in Edinburgh, in a judicial review, denied the application by billionaire landowner (and Scotland’s largest landowner) Anders Holch Povlsen to halt the development on environmental grounds and that the relevant local authority had not followed the correct procedures in considering the impact the spaceport could have.
The court said that Povlsen’s action failed with the judge in the case, Lord Doherty saying: “I am not persuaded that the respondent did not apply the correct test. In my opinion there is nothing in the appropriate assessment which suggests the existence of any such error, and there is nothing in the report of handling which causes me to conclude that the report led the respondent into any such error.”
A spokesman for Highlands & Islands Enterprise welcomed the decision, commenting: “Naturally, we are delighted with this outcome, which brings the prospect of small satellites being launched from Scotland in the near future a step closer to reality. Space Hub Sutherland is a significant project that will provide high quality local jobs and create vital infrastructure to support the growth of the UK space sector in Scotland.”
Chris Larmour, CEO of Orbex, the Scottish rocket company that will be launching from the site, said: “This is extremely positive news for a wide variety of communities and businesses and paves the way for the Pathfinder launch of small satellites from Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland. We’re especially pleased for the crofters of the Melness Crofters Estate, who will be able to protect and develop their community with modern jobs. Sutherland is still the only UK spaceport with planning permission and now, with this ruling, the countdown to space launch from the UK can begin.”
New Stamp issue - Benin
60th anniversary of the first Human space flight Portraits of the cosmonaut and Korolev rocket and Vostok
Date of issue: 12 April 2021
22 August 2021
New look Website
New look Website
Our new look website is up and running, take a look and let us now what you think.
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New Stamp issue - Chad
Landing of the Perseverance Rover on Mars
Date of issue: 14 March 2021
Although this edition is authorized by the Postal Administration of Chad, it was not sold in Chad, only distributed to the novelty trade by the Philatelic Agency of Chad.
20 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Chad
60th Anniversary of the Vostok 1 and the First Man in Space
Date of issue: 14 April 2021
Although this edition is authorized by the Postal Administration of Chad, it was not sold in Chad, only distributed to the novelty trade by the Philatelic Agency of Chad.
19 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Bulgaria
First Man in Space 60th Anniversary - Yuri Gagarin
Date of issue: 11June 2021
US Astronaut Birth Centenary John Glenn
Date of issue: 16 April 2021
18 August 2021
New Stamp issues - Belgium
Great Women of Belgian Comic Strips (Spacesuit)
Date of issue: 25 January 2021
Landmarks (Moon)
Date of issue: 15 March 2021
New Stamp issue - Belarus
30th Anniversary RCC - Regional Communication Cooperation
Date of issue: 2 March 2021
Happy Postcrossing (Stars, Moon, Earth)
Date of issue: 10 July 2021
New Stamp issue - Azerbaijan
30th Anniversary RCC - Regional Communication Cooperation
Date of issue: 1 July 2021
16 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Australia
Full Steam Ahead (Technical Education) Space Study
Date of issue: 3 August 2021
New Stamp issue - Armenia
30th Anniversary RCC - Regional Communication Cooperation
Date of issue: 31 May 2021
15 August 2021
New Stamp Issue - Central African Republic
20th Anniversary of the Launch of
the Shenzhou 2
Date of issue: 31 March 2021
New Stamp Issue - Central African Republic
60th Anniversary of Launching of Venera 1
Date of issue: 31 March 2021
Although this edition is authorized by the Central African Postal Administration, it was not sold in Central Africa, but only distributed to the novelty trade by the Central African Philatelic Agency.
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