Nicaragua

Date1994, 19 IV
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
TopicCopernicus, Nicolas
Occasion450th dying day of Copernicus
DescriptionSheet 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.