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Stamp on Martin Waldseemuller Map – Germany – 2007

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Stamp on Martin Waldseemuller Map – Germany – 2007.

Germany has issued a stamp of  220c to mark 500th  Anniversary of Martin Waldseemuller Map. The Waldseemuller Map or Universalis Cosmographia or Universal Cosmography is a printed wall map of the World by German Cartographer Martin Waldseemuller, originally published on April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the word America. It was bestowed in honour of Italian Americo Vespucci. America placed on this map is now South America.

The wall map consists of 12 sections printed from woodcuts. Each section is one of four horizontally and three vertically when assembled. The stamp shows these 12 sections. The only copy of this Map is displayed in Library of Congress Washington DC. A thousand copies were printed originally.

Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1520) was a German Cartographer who along with Matthias Ringmann is credited with first using the word America on maps based on Vespucci and Columbus travels

First Day Cover cancelled at Berlin is listed.

GERMANY FDC MARTIN MAP
GERMANY FDC 2007- MARTIN WLADSEEMULLER’S MAP

 

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Stamps on J C Senckenberg – Germany – 2007.

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Stamps on J C Senckenberg – Germany – 2007.

Germany has issued a 90c  stamp on 300th Birth Anniversary of  Johann Christian Senckenberg on 08 Feb 2007. J C Senckenberg (1707-1772) was a Germany Physician, Naturalist and Collector. He established the Senckenberg Foundation to support natural Sciences. His diaries are kept in Frankfurt University J C Senckenberg Library.

First Day Covers cancelled at Berlin is listed.

GERMANY SENCKEN
GERMANY 2007- JC SENCKERBERG

Europa Stamps -France-1994

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Europa Stamps -France-1994

The theme for 1991 EUROPA stamps was Discoveries. France issued two stamps on this theme. 49 Countries participated in the stamp issue programme and issued 85 stamps. New countries to issue stamps on EUROPA theme were Aland, Greenland, Estonia and Latvia.

2.80 Fr – Discovery of AIDS Virus. Nobel Prize awarded to  Dr Luc Montagnier at Pasteur Institute Paris for the discovery of AIDS virus.

3.70 Fr – Discovery of De Broglie Wave (1924). The theory about subatomic particles having wave properties was given by Louis De Broglie in 1924. De Broglie (1892-1987) was a French physicist best known for wave theory and quantum theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929.

FRANCE EUROPA 1994 DISCOVERIES
FRANCE 1994 -EUROPA-DISCOVERIES-AIDS VIRUS & DE BROGLIE WAVE.

Years of Halley’s Comet – Stamps of Jersey 1986.

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Years of Halley’s Comet – Stamps of Jersey 1986.

Halley’s Comet is a short period comet visible every 75-76 years. It last appeared in 1986 and the next appearance is likely on 28 July 2061. It was discovered in 1758 by Edmond Halley and hence the name Halley’s Comet.

Jersey issued a set of three stamps tracing the history and years of the appearance of Halley’s Comet. The Bayeux tapestry which chronicles the battle of Hastings in 1066 also mentions the appearance of Halley’s comet in 1066.

10p – 912 AD -When Rollo the Viking was settling into the Dukedom of Normandy. 1066 AD -Battle of Hastings and Bayeux Tapestry.

22p -1301 AD -The comet looked down on Giotto painting his magnificent “Adoration of Magi” and included as an untimely star of Bethlehem.  In 1682 when Halley was forming the theory of periodic return.

31p- In 1910 -it coincided with the first voyage of mail steamer ‘Caesarea’ (the Roman name for Jersey) and opening of New Main Post Office at St Helier. In 1986 it made its last appearance.

An FDC with these three beautiful stamps tracing the Years of Comet and events in History is listed.

JERSEY FDC HALLEY'S COMET
JERSEY FDC1986- YEARS OF HALLEY’S COMET

Special Cover on Charles Darwin – The Netherlands 1982.

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Special Cover on Charles Darwin – The Netherlands 1982.

A Special Cover on Charles Darwin(12 Feb 1809 – 19 Apr 1882) was issued by  The Netherlands in 1982 on his 100th Death Anniversary.

NRTHERLANDS COVER CENT DARWIN
THE NETHERLANDS SPECIAL COVER 1982 – CHARLES DARWIN 100TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY.

Journey through 20th Century – Souvenir Sheet Belgium 1999.

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Journey through 20th Century – Souvenir Sheet Belgium 1999.

Belgium issued a souvenir sheet containing 20 stamps of 17 Fr or 0.42 euro each on important people and events in the journey through 20th Century. The sheet was issued on 04 Dec 1999. The stamps feature

Pope John XXIII            King Baudouin     Willy Brandt         John F Kennedy

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)                    Martin Luther King (1929-1968)                                Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)      Che Guevara       Golda Meir       Nelson Mandela

Olympics          Football                  Eddy Merckx        Chanson

Beatles     Charlie Chaplin      Tourism -Beaches    Musical Instruments, Music, Scouting

Herge, Cartoons    Philately

BELGIUM MS MILLENIUM
BELGIUM SOUVENIR SHEET 1999- THROUGH 20TH CENTURY

Stamp on Georg Christoph Lichtenberg– German Physicist – 1992.

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Stamp on Georg Christoph Lichtenberg– German Physicist – 1992.

Germany issued a stamp on  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg(1742-1799) – He was German Physicist, satirist and anglophile. He is known for his scrapbooks.

A stamp was issued on 11 Jun 1992 to mark his 250th Birth Anniversary. An FDI card is listed.

GERMANY FDI 1992 GEORG CHRISTOPH
GERMANY FDI 1992- GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG-PHYSICIST
GERMANY FDI 1106
GERMANY FDI 1992- GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG-PHYSICIST