Guinea - Akatsuki Probe - Mint Stamp S/S MNH - 7B-1221

This is a beautiful stamp souvenir sheet, issued by Guinea in 2010, commemorating the 2010 launch of the Japanese Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) Planet-C space probe. Also honored on the sheet are the European Space Agency's Venus Express exploration mission, project manager of the Japanese Venus orbiter project (PLANET-C) Masato Nakamura, the H-IIA launch vehicle from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and a brief written description of the Akatsuki space program. The sheet is Michel catalog #7640/ Bl. 1842, and is Post Office fresh, mint never hinged, and F/VF.