GREEK PHILOSOPHERS STAMPS

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Greek Mathematicians and Philosophers Postage Stamps

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ARCHIMEDES. Issued by the German Democratic Republic on Nov. 13, 1973. One of a series of six stamps, "Old Masters Paintings." The painting "Archimedes" is by Domenico Fetti arch1.jpg; issued by Italy in 1983 arch2.jpg; issued by San Marino in 1982 arch3.jpg; issued by Greece in 1983 arch4.jpg; issued by Spain arch5.jpg; issued by Malawi in 2008 arch6.jpg; issued by Guinea-Bissau in 2008 arch7.jpg; issued by Romania (a cover) arch8.jpg; issued by Gabon in 2010 arch9.jpg; issued by Mali in 2011 arch10.jpg

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ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS. Issued by Greece in 1980 aristarchus1.jpg

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ARISTOPHANES

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ARISTOTLE

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DEMOCRITUS. issued by Greece on Sept. 26, 1983, to honor an International Conference on Democritus and his work democ1.jpg; issued by Greece in 1961 honoring the "Democritus" National Center for Scientific Research democ2.jpg, democ3.jpg; currency issued by Greece democritus4.jpg; coin issued by Greece democritus5.jpg

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EUCLID. Issued by the Maldive Islands on Jan. 10, 1988 euclid1.jpg

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GALINOS

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HERACLITUS

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HIPPARCHUS OF RHODES. Issued by Greece hipparchus1.jpg

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HIPPOCRATES

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PLATO. Issued by Greece in 2013. One stamp has the phrase “Let no one untrained in geometry enter,” said to have been written above the entrance to Plato’s Academy. plato.jpg

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PYTHAGORAS. Issued by Greece on Aug. 20, 1955, to commemorate Pythagoras's Congress and the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the first school of philosophy by Pythagoras pythag.jpg, theorem.jpg, pythag2.jpg, pythag4.jpg, pythag5.jpg; issued by San Marino on April 21, 1982 pythag3.jpg issued by Surinam in 1972 theorem2.jpg; issued by Macedonia on Feb. 6, 1998, to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the death of Pythagoras pythagoras6.jpg; isued by Japan in 1984 pythagoras7.jpg; issued by Sierra Leone in 1984 pythagoras8.jpg; issued by Switzerland in 1983 pythagoras9.jpg; issued by Nicaragua on May 15, 1971, formula5.jpg; issued by the Philippines in 2001 pythagoras10.jpg

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RAPHAEL'S SCHOOL OF ATHENS. Three stamps issued by Sierra Leone in 1983, showing detail of this painting. Pictured are Euclid, Ptolemy, Pythagoras, and others raphael1.jpg, raphael2.jpg, raphael3.jpg; issued by Kampuchea in 1983 raphael4.jpg, raphael5.jpg; issued by Angola in 2003 raphael6.jpg; issued by Ajamn in 197 raphael7.jpg; issued by North Korea in 1983 raphael8.jpg; issued by the Comoros Islands in 1977 raphael9.jpg; issued by Greece in 1978 raphael10.jpg; issued by Sierra Leone in 1983 raphael11.jpg