Date | 1994, 19 IV |
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Value | 16 x NIO 1,50 1 x NIO 10 |
Catalog no. | Mi 3292 - 3308 Sc 1985a - 1985p SG 3342 - 3357 Y&T 1761 - 1775 |
Topic | Copernicus, Nicolas |
Occasion | 450th dying day of Copernicus |
Description | Sheet counting 16 stamps. Each stamp shows the portraits of Copernicus and an astronomer. Stamp 1: Copernicus alone - stamp 2: ? - stamp 3: Galileo Galilei - stamp 4: ? - stamp 5: Edmond Halley - stamp 6: ? - stamp 7 ? - stamp 8: ? - stamp 9: Carl Friedrich Gauss - stamp 10: ? - stamp 11: ? - stamp 12 George B. Airy - stamp 13: ? - stamp 14: ? - stamp 15: Edwin Hubble - stamp 16: Gerard Kuiper. Single stamp sheet, showing Copernicus at work. In the background astronomical observatory in orbit. |