1999 33c Celebrate the Century,1960s: Lasers
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1999 Lasers – Celebrate the Century (1960s)
• Part of the seventh sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates the invention of lasers
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: September 17, 1999
First Day City: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Quantity Issued: 120,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the creation of lasers and resulting technological advancements made possible because of them.
About the stamp design: Pictures a painting of a scientist by Keith Birdsong. Includes the following text on the back: “Lasers can provide light in a narrow beam of high intensity and pure color. They were first operated in 1960 and revolutionized technologies from communications to surgery and led to everyday items like CD players.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Brown County Exposition Center in Green Bay, across the street from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers football team.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: The laser is a device that produces an intense beam of light that is a very pure, single color. The beam can be intense enough to melt the hardest and most heat-resistant metals. The word laser is an acronym for the phrase “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.”
Einstein recognized the existence of stimulated emission as early as 1916, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that the principles were put to use. American scientists Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow were responsible for completing much of the initial research on the laser during this time. The first laser, constructed by Theodore Maiman in 1960, used a ruby crystal. In 1964, Townes and two other scientists were awarded a Nobel Prize in physics for the development of the laser.
The light produced by lasers is far more directional and powerful than that from any other source. Lasers have measured the distance from the Earth to the moon with a reported accuracy of about one foot. A laser directed from an airplane can be used for mapping the steps in a stadium or the shape of a roof on a house.
One of the first medical procedures to utilize the laser was for surgery on the retina of the eye. As research was completed, laser surgery on other areas of the body became more common.
US #3188k
1999 Lasers – Celebrate the Century (1960s)
• Part of the seventh sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates the invention of lasers
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: September 17, 1999
First Day City: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Quantity Issued: 120,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the creation of lasers and resulting technological advancements made possible because of them.
About the stamp design: Pictures a painting of a scientist by Keith Birdsong. Includes the following text on the back: “Lasers can provide light in a narrow beam of high intensity and pure color. They were first operated in 1960 and revolutionized technologies from communications to surgery and led to everyday items like CD players.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Brown County Exposition Center in Green Bay, across the street from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers football team.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: The laser is a device that produces an intense beam of light that is a very pure, single color. The beam can be intense enough to melt the hardest and most heat-resistant metals. The word laser is an acronym for the phrase “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.”
Einstein recognized the existence of stimulated emission as early as 1916, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that the principles were put to use. American scientists Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow were responsible for completing much of the initial research on the laser during this time. The first laser, constructed by Theodore Maiman in 1960, used a ruby crystal. In 1964, Townes and two other scientists were awarded a Nobel Prize in physics for the development of the laser.
The light produced by lasers is far more directional and powerful than that from any other source. Lasers have measured the distance from the Earth to the moon with a reported accuracy of about one foot. A laser directed from an airplane can be used for mapping the steps in a stadium or the shape of a roof on a house.
One of the first medical procedures to utilize the laser was for surgery on the retina of the eye. As research was completed, laser surgery on other areas of the body became more common.