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Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking together on a souvenir sheet from the Isle of Man (2016)  |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Explanation of the Photoelectric Effect December 14, 2001 The stamp depicts Albert Einstein and his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.  |
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Lesotho 50th Anniversary of the passing of Albert Einstein August 22, 2005 The souvenir sheet features Albert Einstein on the cover of TIME magazine (issued in December 1999) as Person of the Century.  |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbia) Albert Einstein March 12, 2004 The stamp commemorates the 125th birthday of Albert Einstein (1879-1955).  |
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Concerning the Einstein 1994 Turkish stamp. I do not see it listed in the Scott catalogue. Is it a Cinderella? |
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 This may be the earliest Albert Einstein stamp (FDC). |
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Edited by jogil - 08/30/2021 10:08 am |
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Cuba XV National Championship of Philately – Personalities November 19, 2019 One stamp from the commemorative set shows Albert Einstein (1879-1955).  |
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Birth centenary of Einstein issued by Vietnam in 1979 on a cover sent to Moscow, USSR:  Einstein on 5 Lirot banknote of Israel issued 1968:  |
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I don't have any pictures to post here, unfortunately, but Einstein has long been one of my favorite human beings, for a lot of reasons.
I find it a bit amusing (and also a bit troubling) to see stamps such as the ones from Aitutaki on p. 1 of this thread that show him in association with nuclear weapons. Aside from urging Roosevelt to look into the development of nukes (mostly because he was worried Nazi Germany was already doing so), he had nothing to do with the Manhattan Project or nuclear weapons in general. His famous E=MC^2 equation gives the formula for how much energy will be released in an explosion, but otherwise didn't by itself enable the construction of nuclear weapons. He really shouldn't be associated with nukes, other than in a tangential way.
Somewhat less of an issue, but still potentially misleading, is the depiction of atoms in association with Einstein. Albert did make contributions to quantum theory ("the realm of the very small"), but others did far more than he to flesh this out. He is mostly known for his theories of special and general relativity ("the realm of the very large") an area in which he eclipsed Isaac Newton, largely considered by other scientists to be the greatest scientist who ever lived.
(Side note - as I write this on 12/24/22 in the USA - it's actually 12/25 in the UK. Isaac Newton was born on 12/25/1642, so happy 380th birthday, Isaac! Yes, I know they used a different calendar at the time, so this might not be technically correct today, but I'm going to wish him a happy birthday, anyway.)
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The first Israeli stamp shows Einstein (and probably, the first in the world), issued on January 3, 1956. It posted earlier on FDC. Here it is with tab:  Einstein on a stamp issued by Israel on April 27, 1998 as one of a set of 12 stamps entitled "Jewish Contribution to World Culture in the Modern Era":  Centenary of "Annus Mirabilis", the "Einstein's year of miracles", issued by Israel on December 27, 2005 to publicize the Physics Year and the "Jerusalem 2006" stamp exhibition (single stamp posted in the first page of this thread):  Cover sent registered from Portugal to Israel franked with the Einstein stamp posted by KouLC5310:  |
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