China 1953 – Nicolaus Copernicus
China was the first country to break
Poland’s monopoly on Copernicus as a philatelic subject.
This stamp, issued on the 410th anniversary of his death, was
the highest-value member of a set of four commemorating famous
historical figures, the others being the French writer
François Rabelais, the Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti,
and the Chinese poet Qu Yuan. This eclectic mix may have been
chosen because all could be considered revolutionaries, in
their own way. The only other country to depict Copernicus
during the pre-1957 era was the Soviet Union, with a 1955 stamp
celebrating Soviet–Polish friendship.
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