Date | 1973, 14 XII |
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Value | 10, 15 c |
Catalog no. | Mi 896 -901, BL69 Sc 653-658 SG -- Y&T 623- 628, BF68 |
Topic | Copernicus, Nicolas |
Occasion | Copernicus born 500 years ago |
Description | On all stamps inscription: 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF NICHOLAS COPERNICUS 1473-1543 and Copernicus portrait. On 1c: tracking station and armillary sphere, on 4c: simplificied solar system, on 10c: Aristoteles, Ptolemeus and Copernicus in a fancied discussion. Above them satelites from the 20th century, on 15c: Skylab, on 20c: astronomical observatory in orbit, on 25c satellite tracking station, on 55c: future orbiting station around Mars. |