New Stamps on Astronomy

 

Date of Issue – 7 May 2009 

Hi !  The year 2009 is being celebrated as International Year of Astronomy and this year's EUROPA theme is also astronomy. I have written about some stamps on this theme in some of my  posts earlier. Here are some more issues on EUROPA theme with wonderful designs. These stamps have been issued by Germany ( depicted above), Austria, Turkey, Norway and Great Britain. The stamp of Great Britain is different from rest of the stamps as it features famous astronomer, Professor Martin Ryle. Sir Martin Ryle.  was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems. Its a beautiful stamp commemorating great Astronomer (shown below). This is all for Today !.....Till Next Post....Have a Nice Time !

Date of Issue - 8 August 2009

Martin Ryle was undoubtedly one of the great astronomers of the 20th Century.He led  the Radio Astronomy Group at the University of Cambridge  and published Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C). Ryle’s work led to confirmation of the Big Bang Theory. Ryle was knighted in 1966 and awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in 1974.Ryle also authored a couple of short books on Nuclear Proliferation ('Politics of Nuclear Disarmament') where he argues that the only way to save the planet Earth from complete nuclear annihilation is to ban the use of any nuclear devices indefinitely. Read More..

Date of Issue – 16 June 2009

Norway - Souvenir sheet – 12 June 2009

 

Austria – 5 June 2009