Berlin 1973 - 500th Birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus

Germany · 1973 · 50 Pfennig

The stamp features a portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus against a background of celestial bodies and orbital paths, representing his heliocentric model.

This stamp was issued by West Berlin in 1973 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe.