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Ireland EUROPA - Inventions May 4, 1983 Set of two, one stamp features William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865), the greatest Irish mathematician and one of the founders of abstract algebra. The design shows his defining relations for the division ring of quaternions.  |
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Great Britain Scientific Achievements March 5, 1991 Charles Babbage (1791 – 1871) was an English polymath. Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex electronic designs.  |
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United States STEM Education April 6, 2018 Set of four, one stamp depicts mathematics education.  |
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Slovenia Prominent Slovenians - Ivan Vidav January 26, 2018 Ivan Vidav (1918 – 2015) was a Slovenian mathematician with main research interest in differential equations, functional analysis and algebra. He was responsible for all major reforms in mathematics education in Slovenia.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792-1856), a Russian mathematician and geometer known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, designed by Vasili Vasilievich Zavialov (1906-1972), printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on June 4, 1956 to commemorate the centenary of the mathematician's death, Scott No. 1822, Zagorsky No. 1799, plus an image of a painted portrait (c. 1839) of Nikolai Lobachevsky by Russian artist Lev Dmitrievich Kryukov (1783-1843). - nethryk  |
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Ireland World Year of Physics March 14, 2005 William Rowan Hamilton (1805 – 1865) was an Irish mathematician who made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. The stamp shows his portrait and manuscript.  |
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For a great resource on mathematics on stamps, check out "Stamping through Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Mathematics through Stamps," by Robin J. Wilson. Springer Publishing 2001 (ISBN 978-0-387-98949-5)
It contains >350 enlarged pictures of mathematics-related stamps in full color, along with interesting and informative discussions about them.
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Hungary World Expo 2010 Shanghai - Gömböc April 30, 2010 The pane of 30 stamps depict gömböc, a convex three-dimensional homogeneous body whose existence was proven by Hungarian scientists Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi.  |
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Italy International Women's Day March 8, 2018 Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university. The stamp shows her portrait and her work witch of Agnesi.  |
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Serbia 2018 Famous Serbs - Mihailo Petrovi#263; (1868 - 1943) Obtained his PhD in Mathematical Sciences in the field of differential equations.  |
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United States American Scientists May 4, 2005 John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and polymath. He made major contributions to a number of fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, computing, and statistics.  |
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Greece Centenary of Hellenic Mathematical Society June 19, 2018 The stamp shows geometry motifs.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Persian mathematician and astronomer Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid Mas'ud al-Kashi (aka al-Kashani, c. 1380-1429), printed by lithography, and issued by Iran on December 5, 1979 to commemorate 550th anniversary of the mathematician's death, Scott No. 2042. - nethryk  |
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Slovakia International Mathematical Olympiad June 7, 2019 The stamp marks the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), a mathematics competition for pre-college students. Contestants from 112 countries participated in the 60th IMO in 2019.  |
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Thanks too all for keeping this post alive. I'm still checking it daily. Please keep the math stamps coming! |
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