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Adam Riese 400th Death Anniversary
Germany · 1959 · 20 Pfennig
A portrait of the German mathematician Adam Riese is depicted, along with his birth and death years (1492-1559) and the denomination '20 Deutsche Bundespost'.
This stamp was issued in 1959 by West Germany to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Adam Riese, a renowned German mathematician who significantly contributed to the popularization of arithmetic.
Printing Method
Photogravure
Catalog Numbers
michel308
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