Astro stamps

pre-1940

Astro stamps

1940–49

Astro stamps

1950–56

The world’s oldest astro stamps
1950–56


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Date 

Country 

SG number(s) 

Subject 

1951

France

1138

Pic du Midi Observatory

1951

Poland

709

Nicolaus Copernicus

1951

USSR

1715

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

1952

Japan

649, 650

Southern Cross;

the Plough 

1952

Peru

788

Inca Observatory

1953

Austria

1247

Johannes Kepler

1953

China (PR)

1604

Armillary sphere

1953

China (PR)

1608

Nicolaus Copernicus

1953

Ecuador

985

Equatorial line monument

1953

Japan

718

Tokyo Observatory

1953

Poland

812, 813

Nicolaus Copernicus

1953

Somalia

275–277

Aeroplane and constellations

1954

Canada

474

Plough and gannet

1954

USSR

1856

Pulkovo Observatory

1955

China (PR)

1660–1662

Zhang Heng, Zu Chongzhi, 

Zhang Sui

1955

France

1257

Laplace

1955

Germany

1130

C. F. Gauss

1955

Poland

912

Copernicus monument

1955

USSR

1888

Nicolaus Copernicus

1955

USSR

1926

Observing aurora

1956

France

1282

Camille Flammarion

1956

Germany (East)

E262

Dresden Observatory

1956

Iran

1086–1088

al-Tusi (Nasireddin)

1956

Israel

127

Albert Einstein

1956

Italy

939

International Astronautical Congress 

1956

Korea (South)

249

Kyongju Observatory

1956

USSR

2028

F. A. Bredikhin

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