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USPS releases solar eclipse stamp with temperature-sensitive ink

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USPS releases solar eclipse stamp with temperature-sensitive ink

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The U.S. Postal Service is going all out for this summer's total solar eclipse, with a first-of-its-kind stamp.

Just touch the stamp with your finger, and the heat transforms the image of the blacked-out sun into the moon. Remove your finger, and the eclipse reappears. The trick is using temperature-sensitive ink.

There's a map on the back of the stamp sheet showing the eclipse's diagonal path across the U.S. on Aug. 21, as the moon covers the sun in the sky.

It will be the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since 1979 and the first one coast to coast since 1918.

Announced Thursday, the Forever 49 cent stamp comes out June 20 - on the summer solstice.
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USPS releases solar eclipse stamp with temperature-sensitive ink

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No, they're not "a first-of-its-kind stamp" with "the trick is using temperature-sensitive ink" as Royal Mail used thermochromic inks for their 47p and £1.12 Magic stamps of March 2005.