Poland 1971 : Tourism Part 3 - Copernicus // 4 stamps

Poland 1971 : Tourism Part 3 - Copernicus // 4 stamps

• Fischer 1940-1943 | Michel 2088-2091 | Scott 1818-1821 
• Year of issue 1971 | People's Republic of Poland

1940 The house of birth of Mikołaj Kopernik in Toruń

(decorative label: Mikołaj Kopernik)

 1941 Collegium Maius (the Jagiellonian University) in Kraków

(decorative label: handwritings from "Geometry" by Euclid)

 1942 Olsztyn castle

(decorative label: astrolabe)

 1943 Frombork cathedral

(decorative label: the heliocentric universe, drawing by Mikołaj Kopernik)

Glossary
Mikołaj Kopernik (born 19 February 1473 in Toruń, died 19 February 1473 in Frombork), Polish astronomer who discovered that the sun, not the earth, is the center of our solar system.

Translations
Mikołaj Kopernik 19 II 1473 - 24 V 1543 = Nicolaus Copernicus 19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543.
Dom Kopernika = The house of Kopernik.
Zamek = Castle.
Astrolabium = Astrolabe. Katedra = Cathedral.
Nicolai Copernici Torinensis de Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, Libri VI is Latin for: Nicolaus Copernicus on the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Book 6.

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