Maldives postage stamps year 1986 Halley Comet full set MNH
Here are the specifics for the Maldives 1986 Halley’s Comet stamps:
🇲🇻 Stamp Series Details
- Year of Issue: 1986
- Theme: Appearance of Halley’s Comet and related space missions.
- Set Composition: A set of five commemorative stamps.
- Catalogue Numbers (Scott): #1151–1155 (for the set of five).
- Souvenir Sheet: A separate souvenir sheet (miniature sheet) was also issued.
- Scott Number (Souvenir Sheet): #1156.
- Subjects: The designs focused on the international efforts to study the comet, featuring different space probes:
- 20L (Larees) Value: NASA space telescope (likely a representation, as the Hubble Telescope was not launched until 1990).
- 1.50R (Rufiyaa) Value: Giotto Space Probe (European Space Agency, ESA).
- 2R Value: Plant-A Probe (Japan’s MS-T5, part of the Sakigake/Suisei missions).
- 4R Value: Edmond Halley (the astronomer), often depicted with the ancient astronomical site Stonehenge in the background.
- 5R Value: Vega Probe (USSR/Soviet Union mission).
