Comet Halley and Giotto Mission

Federal Republic of Germany · 1986 · 80 Pfennig

The stamp depicts a stylized representation of Halley's Comet alongside the Giotto spacecraft, symbolizing the European Space Agency's mission to the comet.

Issued in 1986, this stamp commemorates the historic return of Halley's Comet and the European Space Agency's Giotto mission, which made the first close-up observations of a comet's nucleus.