Last Total Solar Eclipse of Twentieth Century – Stamps of Iran 1999
The Last Total Solar Eclipse of Twentieth Century took place on 11 Aug 1999. One of the best places on earth where it was visible remarkably was Tiran In Iran.
Iran issued a strip of Five stamps to Commemorate this Astronomical delight on 11 Aug 1999. The different phases of Solar eclipse are featured on the stamps as we see the stamps from left to right –
Stamp No1 (extreme left)- Partial Eclipse
Stamp no 2 – Diamond ring at 2nd Contact
Stamp no 3 – Outer Corona
Stamp no 4 – Final Diamond Ring
Stamp no 5 – Partial Eclipse
These strip of Stamps postally used on a cover from Iran to India is listed
Stamp Digest 