Poland (1943) - Ulangtahun Kematian Copernicus

Pada 1943 sekali lagi Poland mengeluarkan setem kenangan Copernicus. Kali ini sempena ulang tahun ke 400 kematian Copernicus. Beliau meninggal dunia pada 24 Mei 1543.

Copernicus - Ulang tahun kematian ke 400

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This is a repeat of the 1942 Poland design, but with the colour changed from green to dark red (the Gibbons catalogue terms it purple) and overprinted with the dates “24 Mai 1543” on the left and “24 Mai 1943” at right to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Copernicus.

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Poland (1940) - Copernicus Memorial

Satu lagi setem pengiktirafan kepada Copernicus diterbitkan oleh Poland pada 1940.

Copernicus Memorial

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In 1900 a monument to Nicolaus Copernicus was set up in the courtyard of his alma mater, the Collegium Maius (Great College) of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Copernicus is modelled in a cape, holding an armillary sphere. The statue is not there now, as it was moved to the Witkowski Collegium in nearby Planty Park in 1953, but this stamp shows how it looked in 1940. As the inscription “Generalgouvernement” and the Nazi eagle indicate, this stamp was released while Poland was under German occupation during World War II.

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Poland - Astronomer Copernicus (1923)

Setem kenangan ahli astonomi Copernicus yang berasal dari Poland telah keluar pada 1923.

Copernicus (1473-1543)

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The first astronomer to be depicted on a postage stamp is Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), a Polish clergyman and astronomer who in the year of his death published the heretical view that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not vice versa as had been traditionally believed. This revolutionary idea dethroned the Earth from the centre of the Universe. Fittingly, the first to honour him philatelically was his home country. Copernicus makes ten further appearances on this list – eight times on stamps from Poland (see 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, and 1955), once from China (1953) and once from Russia (1955).

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