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STAMPS
Postage stamps are not merely small piec-
es of paper with a printed image and nominal
value. With their motifs, a country can pres-
ent its natural, cultural and historical heritage
and preserve the memory of meritorious indi-
viduals, events and important anniversaries.
At the Museum of Post and Telecommuni-
cations, an out-station of the Technical Muse-
um of Slovenia, we hold a rich philatelic col-
lection of about 1,500 stamps, first day covers
and postal stationery.
ANTON PETERLIN, 2012 Picture postcard
issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Slovenian physicist Anton Peterlin.
The postcard features his bust, the Jožef Ste-
fan Institute of which he was the founder, and
a model of a macro-molecule. (S0004576)
Special mention should be made of the
Verigar issue, the very first Slovenian postage
stamps that will go on public display for the
first time in the temporary exhibition of the
100th anniversary of their issue, in 2018.
We went through our collection to dis-
cover who of the scientists presented at the
exhibition ‘Knowledge without Frontiers’ de-
served public acknowledgement in a stamp
form.
HERMAN POTOČNIK – NOORDUNG, 1992
Commemorative stamp issued upon the 100th
anniversary of birth of Herman Potočnik –
Noordung, with an image of Earth and his de-
sign of a space station. (A343.LBK142)
JOŽEF
STEFAN,
1993
Commemorative
stamp issued upon the 100th anniversary of
the death of Jožef Stefan. (A343.LBK031)
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