Copernicus

While putting together Zuzu's Polish auction win I was looking at this stamp showing Nicolas Copernicus and thought, he must be one of the most portrayed people on stamps. I mean, he's everywhere!




So I did my due diligence, but a search here did not show a topical thread dedicated to him.
I know he's a Polish national treasure. So let's see how many philatelic images of this man, who is the centre of everybody's universe, we can find.

GO!

Here's two more the get the globe rolling.

Here are a few from the Generalgouvernement.


MiNr 100


MiNr 100 full sheet


MiNr 104


MiNr 104 II -- plate flaw (missing period after "24" overprint)


MiNr 104 sheetlet


MiNr 104 sheetlet -- plate flaw (broken axis on globe)


MiNr 104 sheetlet phase printing

And these show Copernicus if you get out your magnifying glass -- the statue is the Copernicus Monument at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.


MiNr 43


MiNr 52


MiNr 67


Copernicus Monument

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, plus an attached label depicting his heliocentric system and a view of Torun, his home town, designed and engraved by Hungarian artist and engraver Mihály Füle (1914-2005), and issued by Hungary on February 19, 1973 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Copernicus's birth, Scott No. 2218.

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USA Scott# 1488

and moore few stamps about Copernicus:

West Germany Michel 758 1973

Nikolaus Kopernikus 1473 - 1543

Was he Polish or German ?
Here is a link to the Polish site for the town of Torun (German Thorn) the birthplace of Copernicus.

http://www.visittorun.pl/232,l2.html#germanorpole




This image is hosted on Flickr which I will continue to use
instead of Photobucket.

I was thinking there was a Copernicus stamp issued by France and I was able to locate this one from 1974:

I'm tellin' ya, he's out there! Just circling around!

Another from France, Scott# 857:

Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting an oil painting of Copernicus by Italian-Polish artist Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818), designed by Andrzej Heidrich, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on September 27, 1973 for Stamp Day and to aid in the reconstruction of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Scott No. B129.

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Copernicus and astrolabe, designed by Jean Van Noten, printed by photogravure, and issued by Rwanda on December 26, 1973, Scott No. 565.

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Portrait of Copernicus, engraved stamp issued by China (People's Republic) on December 30, 1953 to commemorate the 410th anniversary of his death, Scott No. 205.

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Afars & Issas (a french territory in east Africa), issued this stamp to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth. Scott C83, issued on March 16, 1973.


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Albania issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Copernicus. Scott 1481-1486, issued on 2/1/1983.

Bangladesh issued two stamps to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Copernicus. Scott 61-62, issued 7/22/1974.