Russia 1955 – Nicolaus Copernicus
The illustration on this stamp is a
coloured engraving of the painting Astronomer
Copernicus: Conversation with God by
the Polish artist Jan Matejko (1838–1893); Matejko
himself is depicted in the inset. The date of the painting is
usually given as 1872, although the stamp carries a date of
1873 (which would have been the 400th anniversary of
Copernicus’s death). The stamp is the highest-value
member of a set of four marking the 10th anniversary of a
treaty of mutual assistance between the Soviet and Polish
governments. A monochrome version of Matejko’s painting
also appears on a Polish stamp from 1953.
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