Welcome to our online EUROPA competition. All web viewers are invited to participate to select their favourite EUROPA stamp which this year is on the theme ‘Astronomy’.
Two persons picked out from those that have selected the winning stamp will be granted special prizes – a full set of the 2009 EUROPA stamp issues!
Votes are open from 9 May until 8 August. The winning stamp will be announced on 8 October during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly that will be held in Bled, Slovenia. So try your luck today!
The EUROPA stamp best design competition is a yearly online event which result is announced during the Plenary Assembly. The first competition took place in 2002. All official EUROPA stamp issues can enter the competition. Web viewers and PostEurop members are invited to vote for their favorite stamps.
PostEurop's Stamps and Philately Working Group selects the EUROPA stamp theme for each year. This year the theme is "Astronomy".
This the country that was participating in this competition :
Aland
Perforated astronomy stamp
The theme for the 2009 Europa stamp is astronomy. Åland Post depicts the Big Dipper constellation or the Plough (UK), the stars of which have been punched in the stamp, creating seven holes in it.
The firmament is divided into 88 constellations, approximately half of which are mostly not visible from Åland, being placed on the southern sky. The Big Dipper is part of the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major). The Great Bear is the third largest constellation and the Big Dipper is formed by the seven brightest stars in the Great Bear.
The Big Dipper on the stamp is shown exactly as it appears to an observer in Åland looking towards the south or south-west at midnight between 8 and 9 May. As a special effect of this sky-blue stamp, the stars are perforated, which means to say that they are punched in the stamp. Consequently, the stamp is best presented if affixed on a light coloured cover, allowing the background colour to shine through the stamp, making the stars of the Big Dipper appear clearly.
Three different constellations are depicted on the gutter pair strip: the Little Dipper, the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia. The names of the brightest stars are stated. The stars on the sheet have been printed with a silver colour.
Date of issue: 8 May 2009
Design: Cecilia Mattsson
Edition: 200 000
Denomination: Europa (€0.80)
Price FDC: €1.35
Size of stamp: 40 x 26 mm
Size of sheet: 2 x 16 stamps
Perforation: 13.5 per 2 cm
Paper: 105 g/m²
Printing method: 4-colour offset and perforation (5-colour offset on gutter pair strip)
Printing house: Posten Sverige
Contact:
ÅLAND - Åland Post Stamps
PB 1100
AX-22111 Mariehamn
Åland
Phone: +358 18636641
Fax: +358 18636608
Email: frimarken@posten.ax
Website: http://www.posten.ax
Andorra
EUROPA 2009 French Andorra
Astronomy is the science of observing the stars, seeking to explain their origin, evolution, physical and chemical properties. With more than 6000 years of history, the origins of astronomy dates back beyond ancient in prehistoric religious practices.
Issue date: 04.05.09
Format: 40 x 26 mm - Feuille de 50 timbres
Printing technique: Offset
Issuer: Enric Cardús
Contact:
ANDORRA FR - Service Philatélique de La Poste
Z.I. Avenue Benoît Frachon - BP 106 Boulazac
24051 Perigueux Cedex 09
France
Phone: +33 141874210
Email: 'sav-phila.philaposte@laposte.fr'
Website: http://www.laposte.fr/timbres
EUROPA 2009 Spanish Andorra
On April 23 will circulate a stamp series for the Principality of Andorra Europe, dedicated to Any International de l'Astronomia.
The next year will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first telescopic observations did Galileo Galilei. For this reason, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) proposed the declaration of 2009 as International Year of Astronomy. The proposal, supported by UNESCO, was endorsed by the UN General Assembly. The word "Astronomy" comes from the Greek ast? Μ? A (? St? Et? Μ?), Which means "law of the stars." Astronomy is the science of observing the stars, which seeks to explain its origin, evolution, and their physical and chemical properties. Not to be confused with the celestial mechanics, which is a particular aspect. With more than 6000 years of history, is considered the oldest of sciences. Archaeologists found that some civilizations of the Bronze Age and Neolithic perhaps had knowledge of astronomy. Had understood the nature of the newspaper equinox and its relationship with the cycle of seasons. They knew also recognize some constellations. Modern astronomy owes its development to mathematics, from ancient Greek, and the invention of instruments for observation in the late Middle Ages. Is a science in which amateurs can have a certain role. It is practiced as a hobby by amateur astronomers public: part of them, the most experienced part in the discovery of asteroids and comets.
Issue: EUROPE.
Any International de l'Astronomia Principat d'Andorra .- 2009 .-
Issue date: 23/04/2009
Stamping: Offset
Paper: Coating, scrubbing, phosphorescent
Perforated: 13 3 / 4
Size of the Stamps: 28.8 x 40.9 mm. (vertical)
Face value of the stamps: € 0.62
Fold effects: 25
Edition: 150000
Contact:
ANDORRA ESP- International Philatelic Service
Correos
Via Dublin 7
E-28070 Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 915969298
Fax: +34 915969662
Email: atcliente.filatelia@correos.es
Website: http://www.correos.es
Armenia
I apologize for this country, I am difficult to get its information for this stamp.
Date of issue: 11.05.2009
Contact:
ARMENIA - Haypost
International Relations and Philately Unit
22 Saryan Street - 6th floor
375002 Yerevan
Armenia
Phone: +37410 514768
Fax: +37410 532768
Email: anna.ghukasyan@haypost.am
Website: http://www.iatp.am/stamps
Austria
The first day of issue of this special-issue stamp is 5 June 2009. The matching postmark will be available at the special post office. When? 5 June 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. Where? Universitätssternwarte/University Observatory, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Vienna.
Date of issue: 05.06.2009
Contact:
AUSTRIA - Österreichische Post AG
Sammler-Service
Steinheilgasse 1
A-1210 Wien
Austria
Phone: +43 1250254040
Fax: +43 1250254080
Email: sammler-service@post.at
Azerbaijan
Design: Kh. Mirzoyev
Printing: ofset
Perforation: frame-shaped 14.0
Size of stamp: 28x42 mm.
Size of sheet: 136x84 mm.
Date of issue: 13.04.2008
Circulation: 12500 sheets or 50000 of each stamps
Design: Kh. Mirzoyev
Printing: ofset
Perforation: frame-shaped 14.0
Size of stamp: 28x42 mm.
Size of souvenir sheet: 80x80 mm.
Date of issue: 13.04.2009
Circulation: 50000 of each stamps and 15000 souvenir sheets
Contact:
AZERBAIJAN - State Enterprise "Azerpost"
Drogalny Str. 702
AZ1010 Baku
no selection
Phone: +994 124931741
Email: azermarka@office.az
Belarus
Ancient astronomy Modern astronomy
An artistically decorated booklet has been designed too. The booklet is one-sided. Folded size: 184,5x80 mm. Print quantity: 10.000.
There is a sheetlet of 6 stamps and 2 coupons inside. Size of the sheetlet: 167x64 mm. Designer: T. Stasevich.
A special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamp issuing day.
Colour of the postmark — black.
Special postmark and FDC designed by T. Stasevich.
Belgium
EUROPE - The European sky
Subject: EUROPA stamp nav Year of Astronomy and 400ste birthday of the first astronomical observation by Galileo Galilei
Created: Thierry Mordant
Value: 1 or € 0.90
Format: Seal: 48.75 mm x 38.15 mm
sheet: 125 mm x 90 mm
Print Process: Offset
Engraving (form cylinders): De Schutter "Neroc sa
Pressure: Stamps Production Belgium
Number plates:
Velindeling: 1 stamp
Serrated: 11 ½
Paper: lithograph phosphorescent
Order Code: 0909
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Catalogue no: 458
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 2,00 KM
Quantitiy: 45 000
Motive: telescope
Catalogue no: 459
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 1,00 KM
Quantitiy: 45 000
Motive: telescope
Catalogue no: 460
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 9,00 KM
Quantitiy: 25 000
Motive: telescope
EUROPA 2009 - Pošte Srpske
Author: Miodrag Nikolić/Nebojša Djumić/Boži
Type of issue: commemorative
Date of issue: 23.04.2009 godine
Technique: multicolour offset
Printed by: Glas Srpske
Paper: muflep 100g
Sheet: 8+1 (3x3)
Contact:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Pošte Srpske a.d. Banja Luka
Philately
Kralja Petra I Karađorđevića 93
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 51215882
Fax: +387 51216563
Email: filatelija@postesrpske.com
Website: http://www.filatelija.rs.ba
EUROPA 2009 - Hrvatska pošta Mostar
International Astronomical Union and UNESCO declared the year 2009 the International Year of Astronomy with the aim of approaching the universe to the people and popularization of astronomy as well as a warning of disappearance of the black sky. World Year of Astronomy was selected because the men relationship toward universe has disappeared, and it is call for people to discover observatories and telescopes and to educate themselves about hurtfulness of excessive artificial lightning, known under the term of light pollution. For the first time, 400 years ago Galileo Galilei used telescope in astronomical purpose, looked the craters on the Moon, rings of Saturn and spots on the Sun. By his telescope he discovered the four largest natural satellite of Jupiter which was the first scientific evidence against geocentric system.
Croatian post Ltd. Mostar has issued two commemorative postage stamps in se-tenant, sheet 10 stamps (8+2 vignette, blindruck), postmark and first day cover.
Type: Commemorative
Motif: Astronomy
Author: Gordan Zovko
Size: 35.50 x 29.82 mm
Printed by: Zrinski d.d. Čakovec
Paper: White, 102 g, adhesive
Value: 3,00 BAM
Date of issue: 2009-04-05.
Sheet: 10 stamps (8 + 2 vignette)
Contact:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Hrvatska pošta Mostar
Marketing Department
Tvrtka Milosa bb
88000 Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 36445000
Email: stela.zovko@post.ba
Bulgaria
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - booklet
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 28 000 (7 000 booklets)
Stamp size: 29 x 39 mm
Perforation: 13 : 13 1/4
Sheets: 4 x 1
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - s/s
Subject: 0.60 Leva - Spiral Galaxy IC 342
1.50 Leva - Andromeda Galaxy, M 31
Background - Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038 & NGC 4039
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 50 000 (25 000 s/s)
Stamp size: 29 x 39 mm
Perforation: 13 : 13 1/4
Souvenir sheet size: 111 x 89 mm
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - 2 m/s
Subject: 0.60 Leva - Spiral Galaxy IC 342
1.50 Leva - Andromeda Galaxy, M 31
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 50 000 (2 x 10 000 m/s)
Stamp size: 32.5 x 43 mm
Perforation: 13
Sheets: 3 x 2
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Croatia
Parts of the Universe taken by the Hubble Telescope INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY AND THE ZAGREB ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY The astronomical observatory is located in the premises of Popov toranj (Priest’s Tower), the defence fortress built in the first half of the 13 century, in the Zagreb Old City (Upper Town), Opatička 22, and opened to public on 5 December 1903. The Observatory was founded on the initiative of dr. Oton Kučera (1857 – 1931) under the auspices of the Croatian Society for Natural Sciences, which since the year it was founded in 1885 was home to numerous naturalists and amateur naturalists in Croatia. Its main purpose is educational and disseminating information pertaining to the natural sciences, astronomy, astronautics and similar activities. In honour of the Observatory in Zagreb, German astronomer Max Wolf and discoverer August Kopf from Heidelberg Observatory, named the Asteroid number 589 Croatia. Asteroid is measuring in diameter 93 kilometres. In course of 105 years of its activity the Astronomical Observatory represented the gathering point of experts and amateurs active in disseminating information on topics of astronomy and astronautics, nowadays also in contemporary astrophysics, but also actively participating in educational, professional and scientific work. In the second half of the 20 century the Astronomical Observatory took astronomy to schools and organised astronomy sections and astronomy groups in schools on the entire territory of Croatia.
The Astronomical Observatory regularly conducts programs designed for young persons, seminars and summer astronomy schools, weekly lectures for public audiences and night sky telescope observations. The Observatory is opened to school groups for weekly visits, lectures and observations of the sky through telescope. The Observatory participates actively in other programs as seminars for astronomy teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Man and Space, popular and scientific journal is published by the Observatory for more than half a century and Bolid a popular and professional journal since 1974. For more than two decades the Observatory published Homo kaj Cosmo (Man and Space), the unique journal in the world published on Esperanto. The Observatory is engaged from time to time in publishing educational issues as sky charts, Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, chart of the Universe, even some professional and popular books. Monitoring of the Sun has been conducted without interruption and results are published in media. The Astronomical Observatory cooperates with domestic and international astronomers and astrophysicists on scientific and popular basis. A first telescope (so called Kučera telescope) is presently on display at the entrance into the Planetarium of the Technical Museum in Zagreb, second telescope was installed at the Observatory in 1966 and the third sophisticated telescope was installed in summer 2007. At the end of 2008 a telescope for measuring neutron radiation was installed at the Observatory, and is one in the network of same telescopes installed in several countries of Asia and Europe. International Astronomical Union – IAU was founded in 1919, uniting national astronomical societies from different states around the globe. IAU acts as internationally recognised authority for discovering of and naming of celestial bodies: stars, planets, asteroids and others, and has a mission to promote astronomy in all its aspects. The organisation consisting of professional astronomers has friendly relationship with astronomical societies of amateurs, and is assisting and directing them within the frame of their possibilities.
IAU is a member of the Council for Science (ICSU). On the UNESCO and IAU initiative the International Year of Astronomy – IYA 2009 -was proclaimed by the United Nations on 20 December 2007. The motto of all the manifestations included in IYA 2009 is: «The Universe, yours to discover». The basic idea is to assist people all around the globe to understand and discover our place in the Universe. The motive for selecting the year 2009 is extremely important for our civilisation, it celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of his telescope in 1609, enabling people to penetrated into the depth of a Universe hidden to human eye. The opening ceremony of the IYA 2009 was held in Paris on 15 and 16 January 2009. Over one hundred states joined the IYA 2009 project, Croatia joined IYA 2009 too. The basic motive behind the IYA is to enable great number of people around the world to look out through the telescope and remember Galileo and his first homemade telescope he used to look out to the sky. IYA will serve as a platform for informing the public about the latest astronomical discoveries. One of the aims is also a fight against the overuse of artificial light, so called artificial light pollution and its negative effect of taking away the sky from the Earthlings. National central point of all the scheduled events in Croatia is the Astronomical Observatory on Priest’s Tower in Zagreb, organised under the auspices of the Croatian Astronomical Society (ACS). The Croatian Astronomical Society co-ordinates work of all astronomical societies in Croatia. The Zagreb Astronomical Observatory is in charge of organizing county and state competitions in astronomy. Along with the Croatian Astronomical Society, schools and faculties and around twenty astronomical societies all over Croatia, and the Observatory on Višnjan, the Zagreb Observatory plans to intensify popular, professional a scientific activities.
Value: 8 kn
Author: Goran Den Popović i Danijel Popović, designers from Zagreb
Size: 24,14 x 48,28 mm
Paper: white 102g, gummed
Perforation: Comb,14
Tehnique: Multicoloured Offsetprint
Printed by: "Zrinski" - Čakovec
Date of issue: 9.5.2009
Quantity: 200000
Contact:
CROATIA - Croatian Post Inc.
Sales & Marketing Dept.
Jurišićeva 13
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone: +385 14981047
Fax: +385 14981296
Email: filatelija@posta.hr
Website: http://www.posta.hr
Cyprus
Contact:
CYPRUS - Department of Postal Services
Stamps and Philatelic Service
CY-1900 Nicosia
Cyprus
Phone: +357 22805727
Fax: +357 22302079
Email: philatelic@dps.mcw.gov.cy
Website: http://www.mcw.gov.cy/dps
Czech Republic
Theme Marks
PostEurop - Association of European public postal operators - declared a common theme EUROPA mark for this year astronomy. Year 2009 was the initiative of professional astronomers combined the International Astronomical Union declared UNESCO world as the International Year of Astronomy under the auspices of the UN. This event is closely linked to the 400th anniversary of the first use hvězdářského telescope Galileo Galilei. Czech Republic celebrates the 400th International Conference anniversary edition Keplerova significant publications Astronomia nova.
Astronomer, mathematician, physicist and astrologer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) came to Prague to the court of Emperor Rudolf II., Where he became a collaborator Tychona Brahe and after his death (1601) delivered instead imperial mathematician and astronomer. Kepler was convinced harmonious world order, which considered that the grouping of planets in the specific geometric patterns of world affairs is of paramount importance. Based on data obtained Brahe propočítal elliptical path of the planet Mars, and formulated the first two of his famous laws which govern the movement of planets. Results published in the year 1609 of file Astronomia nova. In 1612 Kepler went from Prague to Linz, where the year 1618, formulated its third law of planetary circulation. J. Kepler is one of the most astronomům 17th century. He geometry, observed a supernova explosion, improved and built astronomical telescope. He was the first to really calculate the Bethlehem star. The mark, which recalls the 400th anniversary of the publication of works of J. Kepler Astronomia nova, is a portrait of J. Kepler the schematic interpretation of the first and second law of elliptical path and speed of the movement of planets around the sun. Mark is accompanied by the logo and text EUROPA Johannes Kepler - Astronomia nova 1609 - International Year of Astronomy 2009.
Catalog number: 0596
Release date: 6.5.2009
The nominal value: 17 Kč
Press Sheets: 6 pcs Stamps
Image Mark: 38 x 38 mm
Art Designs: Jan Ungrád
Engraving:
Contact:
CZECH REPUBLIC- Czech Post
POSTFILA - Export Department
Ortenovo nám. 16
22506 Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 251036248
Fax: +420 220875543
Email: postfila@cpost.cz
Colour of the postmark — black.
Special postmark and FDC designed by T. Stasevich.
Belgium
EUROPE - The European sky
Subject: EUROPA stamp nav Year of Astronomy and 400ste birthday of the first astronomical observation by Galileo Galilei
Created: Thierry Mordant
Value: 1 or € 0.90
Format: Seal: 48.75 mm x 38.15 mm
sheet: 125 mm x 90 mm
Print Process: Offset
Engraving (form cylinders): De Schutter "Neroc sa
Pressure: Stamps Production Belgium
Number plates:
Velindeling: 1 stamp
Serrated: 11 ½
Paper: lithograph phosphorescent
Order Code: 0909
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Catalogue no: 458
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 2,00 KM
Quantitiy: 45 000
Motive: telescope
Catalogue no: 459
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 1,00 KM
Quantitiy: 45 000
Motive: telescope
Catalogue no: 460
Perforation: 13 3/4
Face value: 9,00 KM
Quantitiy: 25 000
Motive: telescope
EUROPA 2009 - Pošte Srpske
Author: Miodrag Nikolić/Nebojša Djumić/Boži
Type of issue: commemorative
Date of issue: 23.04.2009 godine
Technique: multicolour offset
Printed by: Glas Srpske
Paper: muflep 100g
Sheet: 8+1 (3x3)
Contact:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Pošte Srpske a.d. Banja Luka
Philately
Kralja Petra I Karađorđevića 93
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 51215882
Fax: +387 51216563
Email: filatelija@postesrpske.com
Website: http://www.filatelija.rs.ba
EUROPA 2009 - Hrvatska pošta Mostar
International Astronomical Union and UNESCO declared the year 2009 the International Year of Astronomy with the aim of approaching the universe to the people and popularization of astronomy as well as a warning of disappearance of the black sky. World Year of Astronomy was selected because the men relationship toward universe has disappeared, and it is call for people to discover observatories and telescopes and to educate themselves about hurtfulness of excessive artificial lightning, known under the term of light pollution. For the first time, 400 years ago Galileo Galilei used telescope in astronomical purpose, looked the craters on the Moon, rings of Saturn and spots on the Sun. By his telescope he discovered the four largest natural satellite of Jupiter which was the first scientific evidence against geocentric system.
Croatian post Ltd. Mostar has issued two commemorative postage stamps in se-tenant, sheet 10 stamps (8+2 vignette, blindruck), postmark and first day cover.
Type: Commemorative
Motif: Astronomy
Author: Gordan Zovko
Size: 35.50 x 29.82 mm
Printed by: Zrinski d.d. Čakovec
Paper: White, 102 g, adhesive
Value: 3,00 BAM
Date of issue: 2009-04-05.
Sheet: 10 stamps (8 + 2 vignette)
Contact:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Hrvatska pošta Mostar
Marketing Department
Tvrtka Milosa bb
88000 Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 36445000
Email: stela.zovko@post.ba
Bulgaria
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - booklet
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 28 000 (7 000 booklets)
Stamp size: 29 x 39 mm
Perforation: 13 : 13 1/4
Sheets: 4 x 1
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - s/s
Subject: 0.60 Leva - Spiral Galaxy IC 342
1.50 Leva - Andromeda Galaxy, M 31
Background - Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038 & NGC 4039
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 50 000 (25 000 s/s)
Stamp size: 29 x 39 mm
Perforation: 13 : 13 1/4
Souvenir sheet size: 111 x 89 mm
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Description: Europa 2009: Astronomy - 2 m/s
Subject: 0.60 Leva - Spiral Galaxy IC 342
1.50 Leva - Andromeda Galaxy, M 31
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Denomination & quantity: 0.60 & 1.50 Leva - 50 000 (2 x 10 000 m/s)
Stamp size: 32.5 x 43 mm
Perforation: 13
Sheets: 3 x 2
Printing process: offset
Designer: Rosen Toshev
Croatia
Parts of the Universe taken by the Hubble Telescope INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY AND THE ZAGREB ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY The astronomical observatory is located in the premises of Popov toranj (Priest’s Tower), the defence fortress built in the first half of the 13 century, in the Zagreb Old City (Upper Town), Opatička 22, and opened to public on 5 December 1903. The Observatory was founded on the initiative of dr. Oton Kučera (1857 – 1931) under the auspices of the Croatian Society for Natural Sciences, which since the year it was founded in 1885 was home to numerous naturalists and amateur naturalists in Croatia. Its main purpose is educational and disseminating information pertaining to the natural sciences, astronomy, astronautics and similar activities. In honour of the Observatory in Zagreb, German astronomer Max Wolf and discoverer August Kopf from Heidelberg Observatory, named the Asteroid number 589 Croatia. Asteroid is measuring in diameter 93 kilometres. In course of 105 years of its activity the Astronomical Observatory represented the gathering point of experts and amateurs active in disseminating information on topics of astronomy and astronautics, nowadays also in contemporary astrophysics, but also actively participating in educational, professional and scientific work. In the second half of the 20 century the Astronomical Observatory took astronomy to schools and organised astronomy sections and astronomy groups in schools on the entire territory of Croatia.
The Astronomical Observatory regularly conducts programs designed for young persons, seminars and summer astronomy schools, weekly lectures for public audiences and night sky telescope observations. The Observatory is opened to school groups for weekly visits, lectures and observations of the sky through telescope. The Observatory participates actively in other programs as seminars for astronomy teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Man and Space, popular and scientific journal is published by the Observatory for more than half a century and Bolid a popular and professional journal since 1974. For more than two decades the Observatory published Homo kaj Cosmo (Man and Space), the unique journal in the world published on Esperanto. The Observatory is engaged from time to time in publishing educational issues as sky charts, Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, chart of the Universe, even some professional and popular books. Monitoring of the Sun has been conducted without interruption and results are published in media. The Astronomical Observatory cooperates with domestic and international astronomers and astrophysicists on scientific and popular basis. A first telescope (so called Kučera telescope) is presently on display at the entrance into the Planetarium of the Technical Museum in Zagreb, second telescope was installed at the Observatory in 1966 and the third sophisticated telescope was installed in summer 2007. At the end of 2008 a telescope for measuring neutron radiation was installed at the Observatory, and is one in the network of same telescopes installed in several countries of Asia and Europe. International Astronomical Union – IAU was founded in 1919, uniting national astronomical societies from different states around the globe. IAU acts as internationally recognised authority for discovering of and naming of celestial bodies: stars, planets, asteroids and others, and has a mission to promote astronomy in all its aspects. The organisation consisting of professional astronomers has friendly relationship with astronomical societies of amateurs, and is assisting and directing them within the frame of their possibilities.
IAU is a member of the Council for Science (ICSU). On the UNESCO and IAU initiative the International Year of Astronomy – IYA 2009 -was proclaimed by the United Nations on 20 December 2007. The motto of all the manifestations included in IYA 2009 is: «The Universe, yours to discover». The basic idea is to assist people all around the globe to understand and discover our place in the Universe. The motive for selecting the year 2009 is extremely important for our civilisation, it celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of his telescope in 1609, enabling people to penetrated into the depth of a Universe hidden to human eye. The opening ceremony of the IYA 2009 was held in Paris on 15 and 16 January 2009. Over one hundred states joined the IYA 2009 project, Croatia joined IYA 2009 too. The basic motive behind the IYA is to enable great number of people around the world to look out through the telescope and remember Galileo and his first homemade telescope he used to look out to the sky. IYA will serve as a platform for informing the public about the latest astronomical discoveries. One of the aims is also a fight against the overuse of artificial light, so called artificial light pollution and its negative effect of taking away the sky from the Earthlings. National central point of all the scheduled events in Croatia is the Astronomical Observatory on Priest’s Tower in Zagreb, organised under the auspices of the Croatian Astronomical Society (ACS). The Croatian Astronomical Society co-ordinates work of all astronomical societies in Croatia. The Zagreb Astronomical Observatory is in charge of organizing county and state competitions in astronomy. Along with the Croatian Astronomical Society, schools and faculties and around twenty astronomical societies all over Croatia, and the Observatory on Višnjan, the Zagreb Observatory plans to intensify popular, professional a scientific activities.
Value: 8 kn
Author: Goran Den Popović i Danijel Popović, designers from Zagreb
Size: 24,14 x 48,28 mm
Paper: white 102g, gummed
Perforation: Comb,14
Tehnique: Multicoloured Offsetprint
Printed by: "Zrinski" - Čakovec
Date of issue: 9.5.2009
Quantity: 200000
Contact:
CROATIA - Croatian Post Inc.
Sales & Marketing Dept.
Jurišićeva 13
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone: +385 14981047
Fax: +385 14981296
Email: filatelija@posta.hr
Website: http://www.posta.hr
Cyprus
Contact:
CYPRUS - Department of Postal Services
Stamps and Philatelic Service
CY-1900 Nicosia
Cyprus
Phone: +357 22805727
Fax: +357 22302079
Email: philatelic@dps.mcw.gov.cy
Website: http://www.mcw.gov.cy/dps
Czech Republic
Theme Marks
PostEurop - Association of European public postal operators - declared a common theme EUROPA mark for this year astronomy. Year 2009 was the initiative of professional astronomers combined the International Astronomical Union declared UNESCO world as the International Year of Astronomy under the auspices of the UN. This event is closely linked to the 400th anniversary of the first use hvězdářského telescope Galileo Galilei. Czech Republic celebrates the 400th International Conference anniversary edition Keplerova significant publications Astronomia nova.
Astronomer, mathematician, physicist and astrologer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) came to Prague to the court of Emperor Rudolf II., Where he became a collaborator Tychona Brahe and after his death (1601) delivered instead imperial mathematician and astronomer. Kepler was convinced harmonious world order, which considered that the grouping of planets in the specific geometric patterns of world affairs is of paramount importance. Based on data obtained Brahe propočítal elliptical path of the planet Mars, and formulated the first two of his famous laws which govern the movement of planets. Results published in the year 1609 of file Astronomia nova. In 1612 Kepler went from Prague to Linz, where the year 1618, formulated its third law of planetary circulation. J. Kepler is one of the most astronomům 17th century. He geometry, observed a supernova explosion, improved and built astronomical telescope. He was the first to really calculate the Bethlehem star. The mark, which recalls the 400th anniversary of the publication of works of J. Kepler Astronomia nova, is a portrait of J. Kepler the schematic interpretation of the first and second law of elliptical path and speed of the movement of planets around the sun. Mark is accompanied by the logo and text EUROPA Johannes Kepler - Astronomia nova 1609 - International Year of Astronomy 2009.
Catalog number: 0596
Release date: 6.5.2009
The nominal value: 17 Kč
Press Sheets: 6 pcs Stamps
Image Mark: 38 x 38 mm
Art Designs: Jan Ungrád
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